Lois Lang-Sims

Recently a friend of mine, the author together with mystic Lois Lang-Sims, who could move called the final of the Inklings, died inwards a nursing habitation on eleven March aged 97, surrounded yesteryear patients suffering from dementia. According to Grevel Lindop, the biographer of Charles Williams, asked virtually her wellness inwards those final months, she would exclaim "Oh, I’m crumbling away! But don’t worry, my dear, I’m looking frontward to death. I actually can’t wait!"

She was a friend together with for a fourth dimension the disciple of Williams, together with the co-author of Letters to Lalage, inwards which she added her ain commentary together with reminiscences to Williams’s letters to her. For a fourth dimension she was equally good a friend of Marco Pallis together with helped to flora the Tibet Society. She wrote her ain mystical/ metaphysical books afterwards breaking amongst Williams, including One Thing Only together with The Christian Mystery, together with a detailed written report of Canterbury Cathedral, precisely many volition concord that her most impressive writings were autobiographical -- including several volumes virtually her childhood.

As a long-time friend, I corresponded amongst her for years correct upwards to her death, equally far equally she was able. My memories of her jibe to what Grevel Lindop says. She was looking frontward to decease -- to her coming together amongst the Lord. Towards the end, through reading booklets from the Catholic Truth Society, including a biography of her dearest Pius XII, catechisms, together with other books, together with pastoral visits from the chaplain, she could move said to accept reconverted to Catholicism. This was what she told me.

She had no involvement inwards anything else, or inwards the republication of her books, although equally Grevel writes Flower inwards a Teacup and A Time to move Born, "form i of the finest British autobiographies of the twentieth century together with richly deserve to move reprinted", along amongst a 3rd majority together with other essays non notwithstanding published. She was sugariness together with intelligent to the end, together with amount of faith. The was no ego left. All who knew her volition immature adult woman her.

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