Discipleship Series · A Pilgrim's Reading · 47 Chapters

Depths of Reflection on Lilith

George MacDonald's last and strangest fantasy, read chapter by chapter through Scripture, science, philosophy and metaphysics — and tested by the laws of classical logic.

In 1895 the Scottish minister and storyteller George MacDonald — the writer C.S. Lewis called his “master” — published Lilith, a dreamlike pilgrimage through death and waking. We read it the way our Discipleship School reads everything: with the original languages open (Septuagint LXX and Greek beside the ESV), the author and audience of every Scripture named, and the three laws of classical logic applied from a fixed point of reference. We love MacDonald's sanctified imagination — and we test it honestly against Scripture, including where his hope drifts toward universal restoration. See our Statement of Beliefs →

Four Lenses, Every Chapter
Scripture

The chapter's images read back into the text — in Greek and ESV, with each passage's author and audience.

Scientific

Where MacDonald's wonder meets the natural world — cosmos, mind, and the unseen.

Philosophical

Knowledge, being, the self, and the good — the questions the story stages.

Metaphysical

Reality beyond the visible — tested by Identity, Non-Contradiction, and the Excluded Middle.

📘 Read the Complete Book George MacDonald’s full Lilith (1895), public domain — all 47 chapters formatted for comfortable reading, alongside each lesson. Read → 📖 Definitions & Glossary Every specialized word in one place — and while you read, tap any underlined word for a pop-up definition. Open → The 47 Chapters — 47 available, releasing weekly
IThe LibraryRead → IIThe MirrorRead → IIIThe RavenRead → IVSomewhere or Nowhere?Read → VThe Old ChurchRead → VIThe Sexton's CottageRead → VIIThe CemeteryRead → VIIIMy Father's ManuscriptRead → IXI RepentRead → XThe Bad BurrowRead → XIThe Evil WoodRead → XIIFriends and FoesRead → XIIIThe Little OnesRead → XIVA CrisisRead → XVA Strange HostessRead → XVIA Gruesome DanceRead → XVIIA Grotesque TragedyRead → XVIIIDead or Alive?Read → XIXThe White LeechRead → XXGone! -- But How?Read → XXIThe Fugitive MotherRead → XXIIBulikaRead → XXIIIA Woman of BulikaRead → XXIVThe White LeopardessRead → XXVThe PrincessRead → XXVIA Battle RoyalRead → XXVIIThe Silent FountainRead → XXVIIII Am SilencedRead → XXIXThe Persian CatRead → XXXAdam ExplainsRead → XXXIThe Sexton's Old HorseRead → XXXIIThe Lovers and the BagsRead → XXXIIILona's NarrativeRead → XXXIVPreparationRead → XXXVThe Little Ones in BulikaRead → XXXVIMother and DaughterRead → XXXVIIThe ShadowRead → XXXVIIITo the House of BitternessRead → XXXIXThat NightRead → XLThe House of DeathRead → XLII Am SentRead → XLIII Sleep the SleepRead → XLIIIThe Dreams That CameRead → XLIVThe WakingRead → XLVThe Journey HomeRead → XLVIThe CityRead → XLVIIThe “Endless Ending”Read →