“There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”
Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Written on 7/5/1941)
Fact: July 5, 2013
Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on this day in 1941.
Quote: July 4, 2013
(Screwtape commenting on the patent faking cynical and skeptical attitudes):
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
The Screwtape Letters – X
(first published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)
Fact: July 4, 2013
The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. Deals w/ pride and “Puritanism.”
Retro: July 1st – 10th
Highlights for the first ten days in July are: the release of his landmark nonfiction book, why chivalry is important today and the preface to his first claim to fame is written.
In the early 1950’s Lewis was seeing continual success from his writing. By the middle of 1952 he had experienced significant praise from his venture into children’s literature with two Narnia stories released and a third due out in a few months. But it
Quote: June 29, 2013
“All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden.”
The Screwtape Letters – IX
(first published in The Guardian on 6/27/1941)
Fact: June 29, 2013
The ninth letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian and the end of June (the 27th) in 1941
Quiz: June 28, 2013
In The Screwtape Letters where are the young demons initially taught and who leads the place?
Fact: June 23, 2013
Besides Slubgob being mentioned in The Screwtape Letters, there are six other demons names told.
Fact: June 20, 2013
The eighth Screwtape letter was published in The Guardian today in 1941. It has the first mention of Slubgob.