Aslan states that there is deep magic, and when a completely innocent person (or in this case lion) is willingly killed on the Stone Table, it will crack.
Upon Aslan being returned to life, the stone table cracks in two. This shows that Aslan's obedient sacrifice has enabled death to start working backwards, and it can no longer have any hold on him. Aslan's sacrifice is the one needed to save all of Narnia, and the stone table will never be required again.
"It means that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back, into the stillness and the darkness before Time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards." ―Aslan describing the Deeper Magic (Chapter 15).Copyright © 2026 eLLeNow.com All Rights Reserved.
