Book Review: The Magician's Nephew, Narnia 1

Although published in 1955, this book is the prequel, or the first of the Narnia books written by C.S.Lewis.  This book gives some important detail as to the world of Narnia.  For example it answers the question as to how the wardrobe had become a doorway between worlds, what was the light post doing there, where did the witch come from?  In fact this book shows us the creation scene, with Aslan singing, and blowing life into Narnia, much in the same order as the creation of the world in Genesis. 
There is a valuable lesson in this book.  The magician really isn't a good man, using people and mistreating them.  When he gets to Narnia, he cannot hear the animals talking.  He is not willing to believe anything that doesn't make sense to him, and consequently the animal are just ferocious beats he is scared of, he does not hear their words, nor their songs and sees them only as threatening.  On the other hand, the two children hear music, and understand th animals, and have a terrific experience. 
In similar fashion, those who hear will hear, while to others the Gospel is just hogwash.  But who is to say that things perceived by the Spirit are not real.  I believe it takes someone on a higher plane to listen to, and accept things of the spirit, which are accepted on faith.
Enjoyable read and I recommend this work.