The Unseen War, 2x02

In this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, hosts Jason Rennie and John C. Wright welcome special guest Alexander Macris to discuss the topic of the Unseen War. They explore whether the modern age's challenges have a spiritual component or if they are just another social confusion or convulsion. Lewis's work "The Screwtape Letters" and C.S. Lewis's idea of occult warfare, including nine tactics such as scientific suggestion, replacement, counterfeit, inversion, ricochet, scapegoating, delusion, deliberate misidentification, and replacing infiltration, are discussed as potential explanations for the current state of society. The hosts also discuss historical examples of societal decline, like Rome's fall, and how it may apply to modern times. They encourage listeners to read C.S. Lewis's works for further insight.