Screwtape Proposes a Toast
C. S. Lewis
- The
- only
- official
- sequel,
- penned
- by
- Lewis
- himself,
- to
- the
- ever-popular
- ‘Screwtape
- Letters’
- –
- published
- alongside
- other
- short
- essays.One
- of
- the
- most
- popular
- books
- ever
- to
- come
- from
- the
- pen
- of
- C.S.
- Lewis
- was
- written
- in
- the
- name
- of
- Screwtape,
- a
- senior
- devil,
- experienced
- in
- the
- art
- of
- luring
- his
- ‘patients’
- on
- earth
- to
- their
- own
- damnation
- in
- service
- of
- ‘our
- father
- below’
- –
- and
- training
- others
- to
- do
- the
- same.Screwtape’s
- correspondence
- with
- his
- nephew,
- an
- apprentice
- devil,
- came
- into
- Lewis’s
- hands,
- he
- said,
- by
- a
- route
- he
- would
- not
- disclose,
- and
- many
- a
- reader
- has
- finished
- the
- collection
- longing
- for
- more
- of
- the
- insights
- they
- gained
- from
- its
- wisdom.Much
- to
- Lewis’s
- resistance,
- this
- after-dinner
- speech,
- given
- by
- Screwtape
- to
- a
- graduating
- class
- of
- demons
- at
- a
- college
- in
- hell,
- came
- to
- light
- a
- few
- years
- after
- the
- publication
- of
- the
- original
- letters.
- Now
- 75
- years
- later,
- the
- speech
- is
- reproduced
- in
- full
- once
- more,
- along
- with
- a
- short
- collection
- of
- Lewis’s
- other
- lesser-known,
- but
- perennial
- works.Many
- people
- will
- have
- forgotten
- about
- the
- only
- official
- ‘sequel’
- that
- exists
- to
- Screwtape;
- the
- 75th
- anniversary
- of
- Screwtape’s
- publication
- is
- the
- perfect
- opportunity
- to
- bring
- this back.
