CS Lewis is the author of The Chronicles of Narnia.
Narnia is a magical world that exists in another dimension. In the first
Narnia book, this other dimension is accessed through a wardrobe. Four
children find their way through the wardrobe and to the land of Narnia
where they stay for several years. Upon returning home, they find that
only a few minutes have passed in real time. They are unable to return
to Narnia through the wardrobe. The passageway to Narnia is in a
different place the next time someone p***** from our world to the world
of Narnia.
One of the major characters in Narnia is Aslan the lion. One of the
major characters in Lost is Ben Linus, or Son of the Lion. Ben Linus
leads "the good guys" as does the lion of Narnia, though Ben's character
and methods don't resemble those of Aslan. John Locke, like Aslan, has
been left for dead, and has returned from the dead to lead his people to
victory over the evil forces.
I think this gives us some clues about the island. It does not exist in
our world. Nor does it necessarily exist in another time, though the
island has its own time frame. The island exists in another dimension.
The passage to this other dimension is not always in the same
geographical location, thus in order to find the island, one must find
the warp in the fabric of space (not outer space, but the 3 dimensional
space that makes up our world) that leads to it.
If this is correct, then the reason that Desmond could not leave the
island is that he was unable to find the "wardrobe." He is not even
aware of its existence. The reason that the island is hard to find is
that it exists in another dimension, and the "wardrobe" is not visible,
though it appears to be detectable under certain cir***stances. The
reason that the freighter is so far from the island is that it is
outside of the "wardrobe." and only the helicopters have passed through.
Desmond's snow globe analogy works. In order to leave the island, one
must sail or fly through the "wardrobe." I don't believe the island is
underwater, but I suspect that the surface of the surrounding water is 3
dimensional. Desmond could sail in any direction he wanted to, and would
wind up sailing right back to the island.
I don't know whether the magnetic anomaly is caused by the warp in
space, or is its cause. I also don't know the significance of the Swan
station with regard to the anomaly.
Desmond remembers the future, because when he turned the failsafe key,
he passed back and forth between both worlds several times, at different
time frames. For him, the future is part of his past.
Unlike the stories of Narnia, passage through the island's "wardrobe" is
not easy. Flight 815 broke up in flight. Desmond ran aground during a
storm. The Beechcraft crash landed. Henry Gale was blown off-course and
crash landed. The Black Rock was forced inland. One helicopter crash
landed. The other was caught in an electrical storm. Passing through a
warp in the fabric of space is not a simple matter. Thus Juliet was
drugged so she wouldn't have to experience it. A submarine is used so
that the location of the "wardrobe" cannot be detected by observing the
submarine sailing into the other dimension.
Dead people are not really dead, so say the producers. They may be dead
in the world of the island, but not in the real world. This is why
Charlie can be dead, but still visit with Hurley in the real world.
This doesn't explain everything, but it appears to give a framework to
start from.
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