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Guthrie, Barbara Ann Bowman, The Spiritual Quest and
Health and C. S. Lewis. Doctor of Philosophy (Higher
Education), December, 1988, 123 pp., bibliography, 142
titles.
In this study, C. S. Lewis's books, essays, stories,
and poems, in addition to biographies and essays written
about Lewis, were read in an attempt to understand the
relationship between Lewis's spiritual quest and his total
health. The spiritual quest is defined as the search for
the ultimate truth and meaning of life. For Lewis, who was
a Christian, the quest for the Spirit is a journey toward
God-Jesus-the Holy Spirit.
Health is defined as total experience; the interrela-
tionship of the body, mind, and spirit with all there is,
has been, and will be. Health is considered a changing
perception, not a fixed state. The dimensions of Lewis's
health—physical, psychological, social, and spiritual—
are studied. Lewis's physical states, literary works,
literary themes, friendships, ethics, marriage, and views
on religion are considered as each relates to his determina-
tion to know and to love God.
For Lewis, anything without God is nothing. God is the
creator of all living things and all matter. He is the
inventor of all loves and is Love. In Lewis's opinion,
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