Men with Chests

"Screwtape Proposes a Toast" is an essay of Lewis's that deals with the issue of egalitarianism in education. This essay, written after The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength, continues on the theme of Lewis's most prophetic writings. In this episode, we cover the preface of the essay, written late in Lewis's life (1962).

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In this Sisu Hour episode, I'm joined by Pete Nelson, the owner and founder of Sisu Sauna. You can find his company and their saunas here: https://sisulifestyle.com/

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Today, we finish Lewis's essay.  

Having completed That Hideous Strength, we're now moving on to Lewis's response to a critique of his Ransom Trilogy by J.B.S. Haldane, a contemporary of Lewis's. This essay sheds more light on what Lewis is doing in the Ransom Trilogy and especially That Hideous Strength. This essay is probably the most relevant of all his essays for That Hideous Strength.

Christiana Hale joins me to go through and discuss Chapter 17, the final chapter of That Hideous Strength.

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The top officials at the N.I.C.E. meet their end when bedlam ensues at a banquet.  Ironically, after abusing language throughout the story, it turns out that gibberish is the cause of the N.I.C.E.'s destruction. "Qui Verbum Dei contempserunt, eis auferetur etiam verbum hominis,"  Merlin says (They that have despised the word of God, from them shall the word of man also be taken away). Frost follows his materialism to a material death and Wither... well, it's a bit mysterious. Listen to find out.

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David Downing joins me to discuss his insights into That Hideous Strength. His book, Planets in Peril, was the first study of the Ransom Trilogy. Dr. Downing is one of the foremost Lewis scholars alive today. 

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Michael Ward returns to discuss Chapter 15: The Descent of the Gods. We spend most of our time discussing the various descenders and Lewis's use of the medieval cosmos in his works. Ward knows a great deal about this, which made for a fascinating conversation.

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In this episode I cover one particular scene from Chapter 15 where Mark's Chest grows because of his response to an act of impiety he's commanded to perform by Professor Frost. Later in the week, Michael Ward and I discuss this and other parts of the chapter, especially the opening scene when the gods descend. So I'm leaving most of that for the episode later in the week. 

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Jason Lepojarvi is a native of Finland who now resides in Oregon where he is heading up the inaugural Undiscovered Lewis conference at George Fox University. As a native Finnish speaker, he made for a fitting guest to discuss the similarities and differences between the Finnish word Sisu and what Lewis calls "the Chest" in Abolition of Man.

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