To Be Immortal, Do Good or Evil

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Gray ◽  
Stephen Anderson ◽  
Cameron M. Doyle ◽  
Neil Hester ◽  
Peter Schmitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Location ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
Good And Evil

Many people believe in immortality, but who is perceived to live on and how exactly do they live on? Seven studies reveal that good- and evil-doers are perceived to possess more immortality—albeit different kinds. Good-doers have “transcendent” immortality, with their souls persisting beyond space and time; evil-doers have “trapped” immortality, with their souls persisting on Earth, bound to a physical location. Studies 1 to 4 reveal bidirectional links between perceptions of morality and type of immortality. Studies 5 to 7 reveal how these links explain paranormal perceptions. People generally tie paranormal events to evil spirits (Study 5), but this depends upon location: Evil spirits are perceived to haunt houses and dense forests, whereas good spirits are perceived in expansive locations such as mountaintops (Study 6). However, even good spirits may be seen as trapped on Earth given extenuating circumstances (Study 7). Materials include a scale for measuring trapped and transcendent immorality.

What Hath Loyola to do with Azusa Street?

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-114
Author(s):  
Creighton D. Coleman
Keyword(s):  
World Religions ◽  
Methodological Consideration ◽  
Ecumenical Dialogue ◽  
Divine Activity ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
Azusa Street ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
Made In

This paper argues that Ignatian principles for the discernment of spirits appear throughout Amos Yong’s theology of world religions. In an effort to locate a greater Pentecostal relationship to tradition and contribute to ecumenical dialogue, the author points to three examples. First, for both Ignatius and Yong, good and evil spirits exist and interact with human persons. Second, both see divine activity in all people. This argument stems from theological considerations and stands distinct from the metaphysical considerations made in the first point. Finally, both rely on the affective as a genuine source of knowledge in discerning spirits. The argument regarding this latter point will center on a methodological consideration.

The Problem of Good and Evil

1993 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Ronald Sandison
Keyword(s):  
Special Section ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Joint Institute ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
Group Matrix ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Devil

In my contribution to the Group Analysis Special Section: `Aspects of Religion in Group Analysis' (Sandison, 1993) I hinted that any consideration of a spiritual dimension to the group involves us in a discussion on whether we are dealing with good or evil spirits. But if we say that God is in the group, why is not the Devil there also? Can good and evil coexist in the same group matrix? Is the recognition of evil `nothing but' the ability to distinguish between good and bad? If not, then what is evil? Is it no more than the absence of good? These and other questions were worked on at a joint Institute of Group Analysis and Group-Analytic Society (London) Workshop entitled `The Problem of Good and Evil'. We considered the likelihood that good and evil coexist in all of us, as well as in the whole of the natural world, not only on earth, but in the cosmos and in God himself What we actually do with good and evil is to split them apart, thereby shelving the problem but at the same time creating irreconcilable opposites. This article examines this splitting and how we can work with it psychoanalytically.

scholarly journals The case of demonic possession

1912 ◽  
Vol XIX (3) ◽  
pp. 521-531
Author(s):  
K. V. Shalabutov
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
The Body ◽  
Demonic Possession ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
The World ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Good And Evil

As far as the human mind is developed, the area of ​​the miraculous and supernatural is wider and immense for it; therefore, all the incomprehensible and striking phenomena of him belong to him to the action of a higher, mysterious power. This is the origin of the world outlook of primitive peoples, in whom, over the course of time, invisible abstract forces were recognized as deities governing the fate of people, at which there usually arose the influence of deities on good and evil, clean and unclean. Deities have their servants angels and gods. Evil spirits and their incarnations in the image of bots, according to the primitive peoples and uncultured popular masses, have great influence on human life; unhappiness, death and illness depend on them. Sumtsov) says that diseases have long been among different peoples in the form of demonic beings. The spirits of darkness are doctors of health and life; they penetrate into the body of a person and serve as a source of illnesses, they darken the mind and torment the body. Already in the brick books of the ancient Chaldeans, there are conspiracies against diseases, like demonic beings. Among the Iranians, magic spells and cleansing from illnesses were widespread, like unclean demonic creatures. Among the Greeks and Romans, illnesses also had a demonic meaning, In the ancient Scandinavians, internal illnesses were attributed to the action of evil spirits and treated them with conspiracies and sympathetic means. In England in the X and XI centuries and later internal illnesses were considered directly caused by evil spirits, elves, demons, spells of sorcerers or the pernicious influence of the evil eye. The Slavs, in particular the Russians, share the demonic origin of illnesses with all other peoples.

scholarly journals Beliefs in Nature

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-108
Author(s):  
D Ashok
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Community Based ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
The People ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
Good And Evil

Tamil people living in the countryside. They are living their lives by putting their thoughts on natural products. Folklore rewards the good and evil of the stars in the sky. The Sun or Moon appears after the disappearance of the people and is considered a new beginning. People believe that appealing to the deity can convey rain through rituals. The folk believe that appeals to the deity can be communicated by laws such as showers of rain. People believe that the gods and the evil spirits stay in the plants so that some plants are worshiped and some are taken away from their lives. People believe that animals are related to their body organs and that they are beneficial. Thus the confidence in the thoughts of the people is developed. Such beliefs are the cause of people who think that the benefits are good. They have established themselves in the community. That emerges as a community-based culture.

Discernment of Good and Evil in Dostoevsky’s Novels: The Madman and the Saint

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Christoph Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agent ◽  
Good Person ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Moral Universe ◽  
Good And Evil

This article discusses madness and saintliness in Dostoevsky’s novels and investigates how the madman and the saint discern between good and evil. I first explore the metaphysical, spiritual, and moral universe of Dostoevsky’s characters by drawing on William Desmond’s philosophy of the between. Second, I argue that the madman’s misconstrual of reality can be grasped as an idolatrous, divisive, and parodic imitation of the good (Raskolnikov, Stavrogin, Kirillov). Third, I reflect on disembodied discernment. In some cases, due to the weakness of the moral agent, the good cannot be properly embodied in space and time, even if a person exhibits ethically sound discernment (Prince Myshkin). Fourth, I look at examples of holy discernment and examine how, through love, the genuinely good person is able to transform idolatry into a universal and cosmic sacramentalism (Elder Zosima, Alyosha).

Languages in Space and Time

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Patriarca ◽  
Els Heinsalu ◽  
Jean Leó Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Space And Time

The Soul of Nietzsche'sBeyond Good and Evil

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maudemarie Clark ◽  
David Dudrick
Keyword(s):  
Good And Evil
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