The Owen Barfield Literary Estate: The First and Last Inkling

Barfield can be easy to understand. Start to feel your Way.

: ‘Where is Fancy Bred?’
from The Rediscovery of Meaning

: ‘The Soul is the bridge between Body and Spirit’ from World’s Apart

: ‘Of the Consciousness Soul’
from Romanticism Comes of Age

: ‘The Light of the World’

: ‘The Trinity and the Adversaries’

: ‘The Year Participated’
in the Northern Hemisphere

: Owen A. Barfield
Grandson and Trustee
Great Britain, Aug. 2020

The bookplate of Owen Barfield, c. 1953. The quotation on the bookplate is: 'Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust', J. W. v. Goethe ('Two souls alas! are dwelling in my breast').

Welcome to The Owen Barfield Literary Estate

Read explanations for summaries of Barfield’s philosophy, and visit the books section to find out more about Barfield’s fiction and non-fiction.

You can join the community of scholars and readers of Barfield’s work, access resources for research, and find out about Barfield’s profound friendship with fellow Inklings members C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

This website also contains many Open Access texts: articles and essays, short stories, and longer works such as The Silver Trumpet, the first published fantasy book by an Inkling.