The context is that CS Lewis was a devout christian and evangelist, and is referring to spiritual desire. I read "The Great Divorce", and interpreted it as met

The context is that CS Lewis was a devout christian and evangelist, and is referring to spiritual desire. I read "The Great Divorce", and interpreted it as metaphorical, in the "kingdom of heaven on earth" way. How honest work, faith, and openness are uplifting, vs getting trapped in psychological prisons. But this quote refers to a literal afterlife. I don't know what to make of that.