Too Deep into Darkness: C.S. Lewis, Saruman, and the Spiritual Strain of Looking at Evil

Looking at evil doesn’t save you from evil; it makes you susceptible to it.

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After writing one of his most popular books The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis confessed,

“Though I had never written anything more easily, I never wrote with less enjoyment. Though it was easy to twist one’s mind into the diabolical attitude, it was not fun, or not for long. The strain produced a sort of spiritual cramp.”

Trying to get into …