The Screwtape Letters
How does Screwtape describe Coleridge's prayers to Wormwood?
Screwtape letters
Screwtape letters
From the text:
One of their poets, Coleridge, has recorded that he did not pray "with moving lips and bended knees" but merely "composed his spirit to love" and indulged "a sense of supplication". That is exactly the sort of prayer we want; and since it bears a superficial resemblance to the prayer of silence as practised by those who are very far advanced in the Enemy's service, clever and lazy patients can be taken in by it for quite a long time.
The Screwtape Letters