FACT OF THE DAY: The seventh Screwtape letter was published on June 13, 1941 in The Guardian. Mentions “Materialist Magician.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape States: “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy [i.e. God], are to be encouraged.” The Screwtape Letters VII (Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941) More Details about The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 06/06/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth Screwtape letter was published on June 6, 1941 in The Guardian. Topics include how to “weaken his (patient’s) prayers.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy [i.e. God].” The Screwtape Letters VI (Published in The …
CSL Daily 05/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The fifth Screwtape letter was published May 30, 1941 in The Guardian. It talked about Wormwood failing in his duties because of relying on anxiety caused by a war. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldiness, is rendered useless. …
CSL Daily 05/23/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth Screwtape letter was published May 23, 1941 in The Guardian. It deal with “the painful subject of prayer.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things …
CSL Daily 05/18/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, Florence Augusta Hamilton, was born on May 18, 1862. She went by “Flora.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A country clergyman wrote to the editor (of The Guardian), withdrawing his subscription on the ground that ‘much of the advice given in these letters seemed to him not only erroneous …
CSL Daily 05/16/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On May 16, 1941 the third letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.” The Screwtape Letters III (Published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941) More Details about The Misquotable C.S. …
CSL Daily 05/10/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On May 9, 1941 the second Screwtape Letter premiered in The Guardian before being available in the famous book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You don’t see Nature till you believe in the Supernatural: don’t get the full, hot, salty tang of her except by contrast with the pure water from beyond …
CSL Daily 05/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published May 9, 1960 containing a revised third chapter. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.” The Screwtape Letters II (Published in The Guardian on 5/9/1941) More Details about The …
CSL Daily 05/06/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian must wage endless war against the clamour of the ego as ego: but he loves and approves selves as such, though not …
CSL Daily 05/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On May 5, 1924 Lewis accepted a temporary position to teach philosophy at Oxford (his former tutor was taking a one-year leave). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape’s observation of humans: “Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to …