The seventh Screwtape letter was published today in The Guardian in 1941. Mentions “Materialist Magician.”
Retro: June 12th – 19th
Highlights for the period of June 12th – 19th include: the birthday of his closest friend, beginning his longest employment and an explanation of “an old textbook method” that the devils use.
Lewis was the youngest in his family. His only sibling was his brother, Warren who was nearly three-and-half years older. Born on
Quote: June 6, 2013
(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
(first published in The Guardian on 6/6/1941)
Retro: June 5th – 11th
This week’s highlights related to Lewis include: his most famous sermon, a first letter to an eventual longtime friend, winning a scholarship and a book related to his professional specialty.
Before the magic of Narnia started in 1950 C.S. Lewis had a magical year
Quote: June 4, 2013
(Screwtape Advises Wormwood:)
“Do not allow any temporary excitement to distract you from the real business of undermining faith and preventing the formation of virtues.”
The Screwtape Letters – V
(first published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941)
Lewis Didn’t Like Screwtape (CSLM-03)
While C.S. Lewis is known primarily for The Chronicle of Narnia books, his first really big “claim to fame” came from another series…one that he didn’t particularly like himself.
Quote: May 30, 2013
(Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldliness, is rendered useless. In wartime not even a human can believe that he is going to live forever.” The Screwtape Letters – V (first published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941)
Retro: May 29th – June 4th
Highlights in Lewis’s life for the week are: Advice from Screwtape on the danger war is to contented worldliness, a letter about figuring out “Aslan’s other name” and the acceptance of a new position late in his professional career.
One major event stands above all else for this time period in the life of Lewis. Most who know his life fairly
Quote: May 24, 2013
(Screwtape Advises:) “Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling.”
Fact: May 23, 2013
The fourth Screwtape letter was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. It deal with “the painful subject of prayer.”