C. S. Lewis has published the novel That Hideous Strength, being called a fairy-tale for grown-ups in 1945. The novel relates the story of the fictitious town of Edgestow and its unimportant college. On the one end of the town an institution is established being abbreviated as N.I.C.E. (National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments). Its stated aim is to improve the condition of the world, but it is dependent on evil spirits. On the other side of the town is the hill of St. Anne’s with a community under its director Dr. Ransom and guided by the friendly spirits of planet Perelandra (Venus). A young married couple is nearly torn apart between these poles, belonging to the different sides. In the end the friendly powers gain victory by using the magician Merlin as their tool. Lewis is dealing with the older type of transhumanism, whose dangers are associated with the N.I.C.E. After WW II the transhumanism has gained a new potential by the development of Artificial Intelligence. Dataism seems to be the new religion, whereas Lewis is convinced of a cosmic order, which by no means shall be broken, otherwise mankind as such will be dissolved. (Article is in German language)