Intro: I love books and think they're a huge part of learning to do anything, especially something as important as magic. So I am going to review, rate and comment on books I read, and since I usually finish a book about once a week this should work out fine. Feel free to comment. Also an image of the cover of the book will be posted unless it becomes an issue with people for technical reasons.
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Name:The Screwtape Letters: With Screwtape Proposes a Toast
Author: C.S. Lewis
Official Description:QUOTE
Who among us has never wondered if there might not really be a tempter sitting on our shoulders or dogging our steps? C.S. Lewis dispels all doubts. In The Screwtape Letters, one of his bestselling works, we are made privy to the instructional correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. As mentor, Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the finer points, tempting his "patient" away from God.
Each letter is a masterpiece of reverse theology, giving the reader an inside look at the thinking and means of temptation. Tempters, according to Lewis, have two motives: the first is fear of punishment, the second a hunger to consume or dominate other beings. On the other hand, the goal of the Creator is to woo us unto himself or to transform us through his love from "tools into servants and servants into sons." It is the dichotomy between being consumed and subsumed completely into another's identity or being liberated to be utterly ourselves that Lewis explores with his razor-sharp insight and wit.
The most brilliant feature of The Screwtape Letters may be likening hell to a bureaucracy in which "everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment." We all understand bureaucracies, be it the Department of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, or one of our own making. So we each understand the temptations that slowly lure us into hell. If you've never read Lewis, The Screwtape Letters is a great place to start. And if you know Lewis, but haven't read this, you've missed one of his core writings. --Patricia Klein --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
My Review: I think this book is pretty amazing. Lewis is a Christian theologian writing about one demon who advises another on how to capture his "patient" (a human). His job is to get him off track of spiritual enlightenment and specifically Christianity. Although it is a Christian book and Lewis
specifically says wizards will not learn of demons or magic through him, he did exactly that. It is an excellent read for people interested in Theology, Demons, or Christianity with many short chapters, often less than two or three pages in length. It also touches on psychology in a way that is practical and any layman should understand.
My Rating:9/10 this is one of my favorite books out of any I have ever read, and after finishing it again recently I think whoever hasn't read it should, even though many of you have probably enjoyed this classic.
Where can I get it? (free):Mixed in with a bunch of books ePub formatDemonoid account I will be using to share with everyone. Please do not change the password, I gave it to you free, don't stop other people
Name:thisistomber
Pass:magiciscool
Demonoid link to
The Screwtape LettersIt was rather obscure but I plan on using more links in the future. Hope you enjoyed! (IMG:
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This post has been edited by ☞Tomber☜: Aug 17 2010, 03:49 PM
Weekly Book Reviews, week one: The Screwtape Letters
Aug 17 2010, 03:45 PM
