After the Bible, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is still one of the world's best sellers. The Holy War, his other allegorical work, portrayed the continuous conflict between man and the devil. The city of Mansoul is attacked by Diabolus using ruse, intrigue and force. The battle is long and bitte... (more)

The history of Israel, as we have it in the Bible, is meant for our learning and profit. Exposed to the light of God as no other nation has been, their every blemish is illumined and made conspicuous to the gaze of the world. Their sins and shortcomings, their triumphs and achievements are all accur... (more)

In THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, St John , a Spanish mystic and poet, describes the spiritual road to a union of love with God. On this road the soul must enter the Dark Night to be stripped of its imperfections, including the famous 'seven deadly sins', a process that often takes a number of years. S... (more)

The Holy War, first published in 1682, is an allegory of the capture of a human life (Mansoul) by Diabolus and its emancipation by Emmanuel. Thus in the siege of Mansoul the assault is carried out from Mount Gracious on one side and Mount Justice on the other, while Mount Hearken is constructed oppo... (more)

This narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on Earth, trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian.