Among the variety of confectionery treats containing hashish that were sent abroad were ‘Turkish Delight,’ square pieces of hashish containing sugar and gelatin which were a particular favorite of the students at Cambridge University in England.(p. “As in India, local officials in Egypt were alarmed at the large numbers of inhabitants who used hashish directly or in confections, many of which were exported to Europe. In the book Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand Years by Ernest Abel (New York and London, Plenum Press, 1980), Abel notes the following
#TURKISH DELIGHT NARNIA ALLEGORY FULL#
(sorry I will have to retrieve the full quote later after I beg borrow or steal a copy of the book)Īlso the allusion to Turkish delight as a drug was not entirely something Lewis drew out of his own imagination. It was very clearly stated that the magic of the Turkish delight was in the fact that a person who ate it could not stop and continually wanted more and would do anything to keep getting it, if this is not an allusion to drug dependency than I don’t know what is. In the book whenever the narrative turned to Edmund the topic of the Turkish delight came into play, much like a craving. In my defense I have written the following and I stand by it. To this I have had several complaints that Edmund was seduced by treachery not Drugs.
In other Blogs I have mentioned that a sub theme of C S Lewis’s The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe is on Drug Addiction.
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