Ego-Dystonic or Ego-Alien: Alternate Personality or Evil Spirit?

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Friesen
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Multiple Personality Disorder ◽  
Spiritual Warfare ◽  
Evil Spirit ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Ritual Abuse ◽  
Multiple Personality ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Evil Spirits

This article describes differential diagnosis of personality states and evil spirits. The Apostle Paul and Satanic High Priest, Anton LaVey, each instructed followers to engage the Holy Spirit or the Powers of Darkness, respectively, in spiritual warfare. We are all involved in the struggle, particularly when we aid satanic ritual abuse (SRA) survivors. Confusion surrounds SRA; the interrelatedness of satanic ritual abuse, multiple personality disorder, and spiritual warfare adds to the confusion. Both the psychological and spiritual realms are considered important for healing and should be carried out together. Evil spirits are presented as oppressive supernatural states, not as personality states. Treatment may require unifying personalities and casting out evil spirits. A diagnostic category is proposed: Oppressive Supernatural States Disorder, with identifying guidelines. The confusion about SRA may diminish if this category leads to improved diagnosis and treatment.

scholarly journals SAKRAMEN BAPTIS SEBAGAI SAKRMEN KESELAMATAN DAN PERSEKUTUAN PARA MURID KRISTUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Ola Rongan Wilhelmus
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Good News ◽  
Evil Spirit ◽  
Disciples Of Christ ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Spirit Baptism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
God's Grace

Baptism is a sacrament instituted and used by God Himself through Christ to purify, sanctify and to save human being out of  the power of evil spirit. Baptism celebration maintaining in a proper and faithful manner will be brought about the fullness grace and favor of God to the Catholic faithful. The experiences of the Catholic faithful regarding God’s grace and favor should not be only responded by full faith but also be properly responded by full action to bring it to the entire nations and human races. The Catholic Church as a communion of Christ disciples has been sent and guided by the Holy Spirit to spread out such grace and favor of God to all nations. Pastoral assembly of Surabaya Diocese conducted in 2019 strongly articulated that Baptism is a mean exactly used by God Himself to channel His grace and salvation to the entire human beings. Hence, the Disciples of Christ have to fully respond it by full faith and opened hart.  Christ Himself has sent His disciples to collectively spread out the grace, favor and salvation of God to all over the world.  This good news has to be brought firstly to the inner circle of the Catholic families, neighbours, communities, parishes, and diocese then to the society in general.

The Cosmology of Conversion

2018 ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Helena Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Spirit Possession ◽  
Mental Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Human Autonomy ◽  
Evil Spirits

This chapter discusses Pentecostal cosmology, which holds that power is located not in people, but in spirits. In this cosmos, freedom is not human autonomy but liberation from evil spirits, enabling individuals to submit their will to the Holy Spirit. Converts weave a new web of relations with spirits that disrupt their over-determined relations with people and with drugs. Holy Spirit possession, for instance, channels supernatural forces through discarded addicts, disrupting not only the intrapersonal, but also the social, order. Pentecostal converts disrupt routines through sleep deprivation, fasting, prayer, and drone-like incantation. They induce a state in which mental activity becomes less structured, and the normal rules of hierarchy, class, and causality cease to apply.

scholarly journals The preliminary urban missionary outreach of the apostle Paul as referred to in Acts 13�14

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthuphei A. Mutavhatsindi
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Mission Work ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Book Of Acts ◽  
Good Mode ◽  
The Church ◽  
Primary Agent

The objective of this article is to deal precisely and systematically with the preliminary urban missionary outreach of the apostle Paul as referred to the book of Acts, chapters 13�14. This article covers an ample spectrum of Paul�s mission work together with his companions. The book of Acts gives us a full exposition of the Holy Spirit as the primary agent of mission. The Holy Spirit led the church in Antioch of Syria in the dedication of Paul and Barnabas for their mission work which was specifically to the Gentiles as the Jews who were given the first preference rejected the Gospel (Ac 13:46). Christ in Acts 9:15 indicated his intention of choosing Paul as his chosen vessel to bear his name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel, and this commission of Paul to the Gentiles was also referred to in Acts 22:21. The result of the apostles� propagation of the Word of God was that many Gentile people from different cities repented and became Christians. Although the apostles encountered many challenges and opposition, their initial campaign ended in a good mode, as they experienced the wonderful works of God to the Gentiles as God had opened a door of faith (salvation) among the Gentiles.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article deals with missiological issues as it refers to Paul, who together with his crew encountered many challenges in their mission work like an opposition, expulsion, exaltation, stoning and so on. Even though they faced those challenges, they did not evacuate their responsibility of propagating the Word of God in different metropolitan areas. Thus where the element of �perseverance of the saints� of the Reformed Dogmatics comes in.

scholarly journals Is Paulus ’n ervaringsteoloog?

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Lotter
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way ◽  
Power Of God

The history of the apostle Paul as related in 2 Corinthians and the way in which he experienced the work of God (by the Holy Spirit) in his life is the focal point of this article. The phrase έν πνευματι ἁγιῳ in 2 Corinthians 6:6 is pivotal in an understanding of how Paul experienced not only the difficulties, but also the fact that God by his Holy Spirit, guided him through all these difficulties. These experiences were not limited to Paul alone, but he often involved other believers and illustrated by his example how the power of God could be experienced by them as well. This was done by example and not by Paul presenting himself as an archetype.

scholarly journals DSM-III: Problems in Diagnosing Partial Forms of Multiple Personality Disorder: Discussion Paper

1985 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
pp. 933-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin A Ross
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Multiple Personality Disorder ◽  
Dissociative Disorder ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
The Third ◽  
Multiple Personality

Of all the defence mechanisms, only one — Dissociation — is treated as a separate diagnostic category in the third edition of the ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ (DSM-III) (American Psychiatric Association 1980). Delusional marital jealousy, for instance, could be classified as one of the projective disorders, but this is not done. A group of disorders based on dissociation should be easily defined and organized, in comparison with the relatively bewildering array of psychotic disturbances. Yet DSM-III does not provide a conceptually coherent set of dissociative diagnoses. This problem in DSM-III is best illustrated by partial forms of multiple personality disorder (MPD) which at present receive the unsatisfactory diagnosis of atypical dissociative disorder. First, the organization of other sections of DSM-III will be discussed.

scholarly journals Sposoby przeciwstawiania się złemu duchowi w ujęciu św. Jana Chryzostoma

Vox Patrum ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 151-178
Author(s):  
Adam Zmuda
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Evil Spirit ◽  
Holy Communion ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
The Earth ◽  
John Chrysostom ◽  
Saint John ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Devil

In the opinion of Saint John Chrysostom man can resist the demon through the adoption of the sacrament of Baptism and the Eucharist and through the prac­tice of penance: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. In the Sacrament of Baptism, all works of the devil are removed, man becomes an heir of heaven, marrying the son of God takes place, the Holy Spirit begins to dwell in man. In the Eucharist, Christ together with the person who welcomed him in Holy Communion, fights with the devil, just like in the times when he walked on the earth, throws out the evil spirit, kindles the heart of the believer and gives grace to fight. After the fall, that is after the cooperation with the devil, man immediately has to take to the works of penance, to return to unity with betrayed God. Not doing works of penance equals condemning himself. One should fight by prayer – during which one asks God for strength to fight, by fasting – which extinguishes the evil passions and „moves so much evil away from us” and by almsgiving – which removes the lust, opens the gates of heaven, takes away sins.

scholarly journals Czy dusza walczy z ciałem? Wybrane aspekty antropologii św. Jana Chryzostoma

Vox Patrum ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Piotr Szczur
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Evil Spirit ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Human Situation ◽  
John Chrysostom ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Body And Soul ◽  
The Will

This article takes the theme of the fight of the soul with the body and presents selected items of anthropology of St. John Chrysostom. John Chrysostom examines the human situation after original sin in the eschatological aspect and indicates that the body is not the cause of evil, because sin is the consequence of free choice man. Then presents the relationship between the body and the soul, and stresses that the body is subordinate to the soul, to whom falls the responsibility for the deeds of the body. The soul is immortal by the will of God and his dignity tran­scends the body. The Preacher explains that the worldly biological life doesn’t mean real life. John Chrysostom in teaching on man understands the word „spirit” not as a living soul, that is to say, the spiritual element of the man, but as the „Holy Spirit”, of course, without the recognition of the role of anything of the soul. Con­sequently, the struggle between body and spirit means the fight between earthy concern resulting from the inappropriate desires of the soul caused by an evil spirit, and the Holy Spirit, who is the giver of life. This is not the ontological fight between body and soul, but the moral struggle of life and death. In this respect, John Chrysostom says, that the hostility of the soul to the body is simply hostility of evil to the virtues, which in fact means the fight between the living (which aims to virtue) and the dead (in the broad people’s iniquity) soul.

scholarly journals PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG IN RELATION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-85
Author(s):  
Valentyna Kuryliak
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
1 Corinthians ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
John Harvey Kellogg ◽  
The Temple

Examining the ideas of the Living Temple, it was found that it contains a description of the principles of health according to which it is necessary to take care of the human body. According to Kellogg, the stated principles of health care are in harmony with the laws of nature and the Bible. The title of the book reflects the core and essence of Kellogg's philosophy, which calls the human body a "living temple." Kellogg based this concept on the words of the Apostle Paul: "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:19). Kellogg was convinced that a man living in a civilized environment had departed far from the divine ideal that was originally proposed for the comfortable life of man.

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