Is Deeper Magic something more than God (the Emperor beyond the Sea) in Narnia?

Question

When Aslan is asked why he has to die in the *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*, he answers something in the sense that there is a "deeper magic" that he has to obey. What exactly is this "deeper magic"? Since Narnia can be interpreted as a religious allegory, does this "deeper magic" have any correspondence to Christian beliefs?

Answer 1

Keep in mind that we are given two very different accounts of the origins of Narnia in Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as opposed to in the Magician's Nephew. It would seem that the Deep Magic is a force that the Emperor (God) used to create Narnia. As such, it would seem that the Deep Magic is less than God even as it is something that binds Aslan. He is only able to defeat the White Witch because he knows of a "Deeper Magic."