Jadis (The white witch) temptations

 I think studying the nature of how Jadis tempted Edmund reveals an aspect of the human condition

Jadis uses edmunds desire to go on an adventure, to be strong, to be better than his siblings, etc to tempt him. She promises him acceptance when he feels rejected, offers him the position of a hero when he feels overshadowed, etc.

It seems to be a fundamental aspect of the human condition to pursue good needs in bad places. Many people that come from broken homes pursue good needs, such as acceptance and connection, in bad places such as gangs, prostitution, etc. Its impossible to be tempted by something purely bad. Nobody could tempt me to cut off my own hand, because I have zero desire for that. Someone could tempt me with something that been corrupted. This is expressed in biblical passages such as in Genesis with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The bible says that eve ate the fruit because it looked desirable for gaining wisdom. It looked valuable, but it secretly deadly. Jesus is also tempted in similar ways in the wilderness by satan, who offers him something appealing, such as power over the whole world. Of course Jesus rejects this, because he already has a kind power that Satan can never have

I like to think of satan's temptations by using an analogy to a garden. Imagine God has this beautiful garden full of flowers. Satan loves to steal flowers and using them to lure people to his kingdom. However after the flower is plucked it slowly begins to wither. Satan himself cannot create anything, but rather only corrupt what has been created. He takes good things out of their original context, and distorts their meaning and purpose. The biggest temptations such as lust, greed, power, etc, all have fundamentally good needs behind them, just expressed on the wrong ways .