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In the gap between Respectable and Romantic Realism was C.S. Lewis. The Narnia books are quite racy, despite the Christian themes. Lucy befriends a Faun in the first book. Look up what Fauns were in actual Greek mythology. Prince Caspian ends with a celebration inspired by The Bacchae. There's quite a bit of nudity in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A Horse and His Boy depicts life as a well under 18 year old harem girl. Children drink wine and kill their enemies in the Narnia books.

Lewis laid out his ethics of Ethical Hedonism more explicitly in his space trilogy, especially the second two books. Note his descriptions of eating by instinct in Perelandra. Natural foods can be stupendously delicious raw when needed and disgusting when over eaten. (I tried such a diet many years ago, and had some very interesting results: fast fat loss, rapid healing, bright dreams, Total Consciousness in 11 seconds... But the array of natural enough foods in most stores is no enough for such a diet to be sustainable.)

Then read That Hideous Strength. The villains resemble those in Atlas Shrugged greatly. But the heroes are very different. (And C.S. Lewis' sex scenes are far more pleasant.)

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>> حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الأَزْرَقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تُنْكَحُ عَلَى دِينِهَا وَمَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا فَعَلَيْكَ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Jabir narrated that: The Prophet said: "Indeed the woman is married for her religion, her wealth, and her beauty, so take the one with religion, and may your hands be dusty."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1086

https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:1086 <<

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