{"id":79959,"date":"2021-03-09T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=79959"},"modified":"2021-03-11T09:25:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:25:42","slug":"pwj-s4e44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2021\/03\/09\/pwj-s4e44\/","title":{"rendered":"PWJ: S4E44 &#8211; TSL 22 &#8211; &#8220;Isn&#8217;t she lovely?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/S4E44-Banner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/S4E44-Banner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/S4E44-Banner.png 860w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/S4E44-Banner-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/S4E44-Banner-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormwood&#8217;s patient is in love! Unfortunately for Wormwood, she is a Christian woman who is full of virtue! Needless to say, Screwtape is livid&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S4E44: &#8220;Isn&#8217;t she lovely?&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PWJ-S4E44.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PWJ-S4E44.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-51396fab-e50d-4cf5-92e3-e840026c934b\">If you enjoy this episode, you can subscribe&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/TheEagleAndChildPodcast\" target=\"_blank\">manually<\/a>, or&nbsp;any place where good podcasts can be found&nbsp;(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-eagle-and-child-podcast-restless-pilgrim\/id1289456381\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Ixvobfgi2wk4rkdegdnbdqjjh44?t=The_Eagle_and_Child\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pints-with-Jack\/dp\/B08K57WLYB\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/podcast-detail\/wqkqe-5e798\/The+Eagle+and+Child\" target=\"_blank\">Podbean<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=159766&amp;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Eagle-and-Child-p1079872\/\" target=\"_blank\">TuneIn<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1289456381\/pints-with-jack\" target=\"_blank\">Overcast<\/a>), as well as on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcYFlFuyOmYL6LcuicqzULw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>. The roadmap for Season 4 is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/pints-with-jack-season-4\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-a56ad4a8-f43a-4986-8d5f-09ffa487daa4\">More information about us can be found on our website,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pintswithjack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PintsWithJack.com<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to support us and get fantastic gifts,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pintswithjack\">please join us on Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-2882b493-f1aa-48ab-8db6-3c40f02265fc\">Timestamps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">00:00 \u2013 <em>Entering \u201cThe Eagle &amp; Child\u201d\u2026 <\/em><br>00:14 \u2013 <em>Welcome <\/em><br>00:47 \u2013 <em>Chit-Chat <\/em><br>05:20 \u2013 <em>Song-of-the-week <\/em><br>06:02 \u2013 <em>Quote-of-the-week <\/em><br>07:57 \u2013 <em>Drink-of-the-week <\/em><br>10:35 \u2013 <em>Patreon Toast <\/em><br>10:48 \u2013 <em>Chapter Summary <\/em><br>11:41 \u2013 <em>Discussion <\/em><br>52:02 \u2013 <em>Unscrewing Screwtape <\/em><br>54:24 \u2013 <em>\u201cLast Call\u201d Bell and Closing Thoughts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-256e7e4a-897b-43e2-a2ed-609bf087c84b\">YouTube Version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DTfkFuBcgY0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-a885e324-ccf9-42f2-9e03-3f3eb5dc7d6b\">After Show Skype Session<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>No Skype Session today!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-27508392-5bf9-4ea7-9a6d-34a4e3476c70\">Show Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chit-Chat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We are now two thirds of the way through <em>The Screwtape Letters<\/em>!<\/li><li>I\u2019m already starting to plan some of the special months for next season:<ul><li>Apologetics<\/li><li>Dorothy Sayers<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Ecumenical Lewis, interviewing folks from a variety of religious backgrounds who find value in Jack\u2019s works<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>At the time of recording, we\u2019ve just entered into the season of Lent, so I asked Andrew if he had assigned himself any Lenten reading&#8230;<ul><li>Howard Thurman<\/li><li>He&#8217;s given up news apps<\/li><li>Reading the Coverdale\/Vulgate psalter<\/li><li>Malcolm Guite\u2019s David\u2019s crown<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>For myself, I&#8217;m just reading The Gargoyle Code and praying a decade of the rosary each day.<\/li><li>I gave a shoutout to the YouTube channel of Fr. Jeffrey Dole. He\u2019s got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9_BTEBmbsZI&amp;list=PLG_zqUgLKJKAD5xCeISaSMjoPjBpa-1u8\">YouTube series<\/a> where he goes through each of the <em>The Screwtape Letters<\/em> giving about eight minutes per Letter. I\u2019ll be including a link in the Show Notes, but I just wanted to share it because I love the idea of Pastors helping their congregations engage with great literature.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6EDr_W4M7Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Song-of-the-week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Today\u2019s chapter is devoted to discussing the new girl in the patient\u2019s life who seems to fit the description of Mary Poppins &#8211; practically perfect in every way. As such, one suggestion was one of my favourite wedding smooching songs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Vv-BfVoq4g\">\u201cPerfect\u201d<\/a> by Ed Sheeran, but in the end I went with a different classic, one by Stevie Wonder,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oE56g61mW44\">\u201cIsn\u2019t she lovely?\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Isn&#8217;t she lovely? Isn&#8217;t she wonderful? Isn&#8217;t she precious?<\/p><cite>Stevie Wonder, Isn&#8217;t she lovely?<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quote-of-the-week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cI have looked up this girl\u2019s dossier and am horrified at what I find. Not only a Christian but such a Christian \u2014 a vile, sneaking, simpering, demure, monosyllabic, mouse-like, watery, insignificant, virginal, bread-and-butter miss. The little brute. She makes me vomit. She stinks and scalds through the very pages of the dossier.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and the runner-up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cMusic and silence\u2014how I detest them both! How thankful we should be that ever since Our Father entered Hell\u2014though longer ago than humans, reckoning in light years, could express\u2014no square inch of infernal space and no moment of infernal time has been surrendered to either of those abominable forces, but all has been occupied by Noise\u2014Noise, the grand dynamism, the audible expression of all that is exultant, ruthless, and virile\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drink-of-the-week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The drink-of-the-week is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/whiskies\/amrut-single-malt-whisky\/\">Amrut Single Malt Whisky&nbsp;<\/a>. <em>Notes from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhiskeywash.com\/\"><em>https:\/\/thewhiskeywash.com\/<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em> since the Michael Jackson book didn&#8217;t have an entry for this:<ul><li><strong><em>Appearance: <\/em><\/strong><em>Gold\/pale straw.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li><strong><em>Nose: <\/em><\/strong><em>Orange segment and lemon peel steal the show. Almond or marzipan creeps up in the middle before cereal grain, like Cheerios, rounds out the finish.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li><strong><em>Palate: <\/em><\/strong><em>The mouthfeel is light. It comes off hot at first from the alcohol, but on the other hand it\u2019s a quick burn that rounds out. The whisky comes off very phenolic, and it moves into smoked beef jerky. You get the orange from the nose on the palate with a little sweet honey. The dram is woody, and as it moves into the finish, it is reminiscent of black licorice.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>&#8220;Phenolic&#8221;: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/phenol\">phenol<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patreon Toast<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Today we are toasting <strong><em>Gillis Klotz<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is the summary of Chapter #22, which was first published in <em>The Guardian <\/em>on <em>26th September, 1941.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In addition to threatening his nephew, Screwtape rants about the patient\u2019s new girlfriend, a Christian lady of great virtue &#8211; this is a disaster for Wormwood! Even worse, she also has a wonderful, supportive family and set of friends!. ( Unable to accept their loving behaviours at face-value, Screwtape wonders what they are each really up to\u2026) Screwtape rails against God, whom he considers a great hedonist. He laments that they have to twist everything before it can be used towards their own ends. The letter is concluded by Screwtape\u2019s secretary, as Screwtape has accidentally transformed into a centipede!<\/p><cite>Chapter Summary of Letter #22<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-27508392-5bf9-4ea7-9a6d-34a4e3476c70\">Discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Charges dropped!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape offers some not-very-veiled threats in response to Wormwood\u2019s attempts to get his uncle into trouble with Hell\u2019s Secret Police over charges of heresy.&nbsp; Screwtape includes in his letter this week a booklet about the new \u201cHouse of Correction for Incompetent Tempters\u201d. Screwtape comments:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It is profusely illustrated and you will not find a dull page in it.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We find that Screwtape would be united in an \u201cindissoluble embrace\u201d; remember Letter 8: \u201cWe want cattle who can finally become food\u201d. It&#8217;s the opposite of St. John Baptist: &#8220;I must increase, He must decrease\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mystery woman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>But the real news in this letter is that the patient has fallen in love.&nbsp;Wormwood is in trouble for several reasons. Firstly, because this woman went unmentioned in the report which Wormwood sent to his uncle about women in the patient\u2019s neighbourhood\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWorst kind he could possibly have fallen into\u201d<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What a woman!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8230;but also because Screwtape has looked at their files on the patient\u2019s new squeeze and is horrified at what he finds&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Not only a Christian but such a Christian \u2014 a vile, sneaking, simpering, demure, monosyllabic, mouse-like, watery, insignificant, virginal, bread-and-butter miss. The little brute. She makes me vomit\u2026<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He goes on like this for some time&#8230;&nbsp;He talks about how they would have sent her to be executed in the arena in the old days, but laments that even then she wouldn\u2019t be much use to them, looking weak, but ultimately offering a courageous martyrdom. Andrew mentioned the martyrdom of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perpetua_and_Felicity\" target=\"_blank\">Felicity and Perpetua<\/a> in the Early Church.<\/li><li>Screwtape seems particularly irritated at the thought that she\u2019d find him, Screwtape, \u201cfunny\u201d:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.<\/p><cite>Luther<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>The devil\u2026the prowde spirite\u2026cannot endure to be mocked<\/em><\/p><cite><em>Thomas More<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Screwtape hates the idea of virtuous sex:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Filthy insipid little prude \u2014 and yet ready to fall into this booby\u2019s arms like any other breeding animal. Why doesn\u2019t the Enemy blast her for it, if He\u2019s so moonstruck by virginity \u2014 instead of looking on there, grinning? Nice pun there&#8211;Artemis, goddess of the moon&#8211;and chastity!!<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>God\u2019s facade<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the next section, Screwtape switches from complaining about the girl to complaining about God. He says that&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He\u2019s a hedonist at heart.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A hedonist is someone who thinks that pleasure is the only intrinsic good<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Now, Screwtape doesn\u2019t think that God believes pleasure to be the only intrinsic good, but he does think that \u201call those fasts and vigils\u2026 are only a facade\u201d.&nbsp;He says that underneath it all the asceticism are pleasures. Screwtape says:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He makes no secret of it; at His right hand are \u201cpleasures for evermore\u201d. Ugh!<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a quotation from Psalm 16:11 KJV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape thinks all this is vulgar and that God just doesn\u2019t understand what he calls the&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230;high and austere mystery to which we rise in the Miserific Vision.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Human Pleasure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>My favourite section in this letter comes next. Screwtape writes:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He has filled His world full of pleasures. There are things for humans to do all day long without His minding in the least \u2014 sleeping, washing, eating, drinking, making love, playing, praying, working.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What strikes me about this list is how ordinary all these activities are. They\u2019re not about lots of material possessions or high octane activities (apart from maybe one of them!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hell\u2019s necessary strategy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape then clearly elucidates a point which we\u2019ve made many times throughout this collection of letters:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&nbsp;Everything has to be twisted before it\u2019s any use to us. We fight under cruel disadvantages. Nothing is naturally on our side.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the teaching of the Early Church Fathers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Nothing created by God is evil. It is not food that is evil but gluttony, not the begetting of children but unchastity, not material things but avarice, not esteem but self-esteem. It is only the misuse of things that is evil, not the things themselves<\/p><cite>St. Maximus the Confessor, The Philokalia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>With his divine alchemy, he [Christ] turns not only water into wine, but common things into radiant mysteries, yea, every meal into a Eucharist, and the jaws of death into an outgoing gate.<\/p><cite>George MacDonald, <em>The Miracles of our Lord<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>It gets worse<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Returning to the subject of the girl, Screwtape points out all the problems with this relationship, in particular this woman\u2019s friends and family &#8211; they are all repugnant to Screwtape.<\/li><li>He describes the house in which she lives as one that \u201creeks of that deadly odour\u201d. He says that the gardener who arrived recently has started to smell of it and this even happens to short-term houseguests&#8230;and even the dog and cat!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The logic of love<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In previous letters, Screwtape has shown he\u2019s utterly confused by the philosophy of Heaven, namely, love, and he seems rather confused by this woman\u2019s friends and family:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>[The house is] full of the impenetrable mystery. We are certain (it is a matter of first principles) that each member of the family must in some way be making capital out of the others \u2014 but we can\u2019t find out how. They guard as jealously as the Enemy Himself the secret of what really lies behind this pretence of disinterested love.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We spoke about houses we&#8217;ve found like this.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I meant to say in the episode with Dr. Lepojarvi that Screwtape\u2019s inability to understand the logic of love reminds me of the KJV and NASB translation of John 1:5:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp\/comprehend it<\/p><cite>John 1:5<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape goes on to describe&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The whole house and garden is one vast obscenity. It bears a sickening resemblance to the description one human writer made of Heaven: \u201cthe regions where there is only life and therefore all that is not music is silence\u201d.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes from \u201cThe Hands of the Father\u201d, found in Volume 1 of George MacDonald\u2019s <em>Unspoken Sermons<\/em>. You can also find this quoted by Lewis in his anthology of MacDonald:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And there shall be moments when, filled with that spirit which is the Lord, nothing will ease our hearts of their love but the commending of all men, all our brothers, all our sisters, to the one Father. Nor shall we ever know that repose in the Father\u2019s hands, that rest of the Holy Sepulchre, which the Lord knew when the agony of death was over, when the storm of the world died away behind his retiring spirit, and he entered therefore all that is not music is silence (for all noise comes of the conflict of Life and Death) &#8211; we shall never be able, I say, to rest in the bosom of the Father, till the fatherhood is fully revealed to us in the love of the brothers\u201d<\/p><cite>George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons (Volume 1)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music and Silence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape then riffs on the ideas of music and silence, saying that he hates both of them. He says that neither are in Hell:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230;all has been occupied by Noise \u2014 Noise, the grand dynamism, the audible expression of all that is exultant, ruthless, and virile \u2014 Noise which alone defends us from silly qualms, despairing scruples, and impossible desires. We will make the whole universe a noise in the end. We have already made great strides in this direction as regards the Earth.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I quoted my favourite poem from <a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/02\/the-habit-of-perfection\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79159\">Gerard Manly Hopkins<\/a>. Andrew referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/now-close-windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a poem by Robert Frost<\/a>.<\/li><li>We also referred to this video:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8HLEr-zP3fc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Uncle Centipede<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Andrew referred to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewisiana.nl\/screwtapequotes\/index.htm\">Lewisiana.nl<\/a>.<\/li><li>Screwtape is then in mid-castigation when the sentence breaks off and we\u2019re told that&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In the heat of composition I find that I have inadvertently allowed myself to assume the form of a large centipede. I am accordingly dictating the rest to my secretary.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reason for transformation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Screwtape says alludes to John Milton\u2019s <em>Paradise Lost<\/em>, the demons who raged against God are turned into snakes in Book 10 as a punishment. Naturally, he rejects this idea.<\/li><li>Screwtape much prefers George Bernard Shaw\u2019s understanding (he calls him \u201cPshaw\u201d):<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Transformation proceeds from within and is a glorious manifestation of that Life Force which Our Father would worship if he worshipped anything but himself.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shaw was a playwright and philosopher. He was also an enthusiastic preacher about the \u201cLife Force\u201d which we\u2019ve mentioned a few times now. He\u2019s probably best known for Pygmalion (\u201cMy fair lady\u201d) &#8211; interestingly in which there is a transformation from a flower girl into a classy lady.<\/li><li>Screwtape says that in his centipede form he\u2019s even more anxious to see his Nephew and unite him to himself&#8230;creepy.<\/li><li>The letter is signed:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For his Abysmal Sublimity Under Secretary Screwtape, TE, BS, etc.<\/p><cite>C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Letter #22)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is TE short for <a href=\"https:\/\/apilgriminnarnia.com\/2016\/04\/25\/how-screwtape-was-introduced\/\">Tempter Emeritus?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unscrewing Screwtape<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Do<\/strong> embrace music and silence<\/li><li><strong>Don&#8217;t<\/strong> give a voice to the noise<\/li><li><strong>Do<\/strong> be deliberate about what you let into your life<\/li><li><strong>Do<\/strong> find yourself a spouse who makes Screwtape mad!<\/li><li><strong>Do <\/strong>foster a strong circle of virtuous friends<\/li><li><strong>Do<\/strong> remember that God made a world packed with goodness<\/li><li><strong>Don\u2019t<\/strong> turn into a giant centipede!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fr. 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