The Love of the King Solomon - The Palanquin Coming Up From the Wilderness

The palanquin coming up from the wilderness is a place where the man and the woman can lie together in sumptuous surroundings. C s lewis writes, some will think it strange i should find an element of ritual or masquerade in that action which is often regarded as the most unmasked and serely genuine we ever do. Are we not our true selves when naked? In a sense, no. Any one can observe it at a man's bathing place, that nudity emphasizes common humanity and soft pedals what is individual. The lovers cease to be solely john and mary. The universal he and she are emphasized.