{"id":15930,"date":"2014-05-17T20:24:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=15930"},"modified":"2022-12-30T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:57:16","slug":"c-s-lewis-on-masturbation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/c-s-lewis-on-masturbation\/","title":{"rendered":"C.S. Lewis on Masturbation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor me the real evil of masturbation would be that it takes an appetite which, in lawful use, leads the individual out of himself to complete (and correct) his own personality in that of another (and finally in children and even grandchildren) and turns it back; sends the man back into the prison of himself, there to keep a harem of imaginary brides.<\/p>\n

And this harem, once admitted, works against his ever getting out and really uniting with a real woman.<\/p>\n

For the harem is always accessible, always subservient, calls for no sacrifices or adjustments, and can be endowed with erotic and psychological attractions which no woman can rival.<\/p>\n

Among those shadowy brides he is always adored, always the perfect lover; no demand is made on his unselfishness, no mortification ever imposed on his vanity.<\/p>\n

In the end, they become merely the medium through which he increasingly adores himself\u2026After all, almost the main work of life is to come out of our selves, out of the little dark prison we are all born in. Masturbation is to be avoided as all things are to be avoided which retard this process. The danger is that of coming to love the prison.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Personal Letter From Lewis to Keith Masson (found in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Via http:\/\/www.catholic.com\/blog\/matt-fradd\/c-s-lewis-on-lust-women-and-masturbation\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor me the real evil of masturbation would be that it takes an appetite which, in lawful use, leads the individual out of himself to complete (and correct) his own personality in that of another (and finally in children and even grandchildren) and turns it back; sends the man back into the prison of himself, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,14,42,16,18],"tags":[300,296],"class_list":["post-15930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-philosophy","category-psychology","category-religion-spirituality","category-sex-relationships","tag-processed","tag-published"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prY0k-48W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37597,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/nine-factors-that-make-a-man-more-likely-to-rape-or-beat-a-woman-bhekisisa\/","url_meta":{"origin":15930,"position":0},"title":"Nine factors that make a man more likely to rape or beat a woman-Bhekisisa","author":"Limbic","date":"April 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A grim but important list if risk factors that determine rapists and violence against women.","rel":"","context":"In "rape security self-defence psychology misogny"","block_context":{"text":"rape security self-defence psychology misogny","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/category\/rape-security-self-defence-psychology-misogny\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16943,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/no-resemblance-to-his-former-self\/","url_meta":{"origin":15930,"position":1},"title":"No resemblance to his former self","author":"Limbic","date":"December 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"From...","rel":"","context":"In "Books & Literature"","block_context":{"text":"Books & Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/category\/humanities\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"no-resemblance-to-himself","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/no-resemblance-to-himself.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15755,"url":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-hollow-men\/","url_meta":{"origin":15930,"position":2},"title":"The Hollow Men","author":"Limbic","date":"November 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There is a heart-breaking but brilliant article in The Observer about The Craigslist Killers and their victims. 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