Humanity has always been haunted by the shadow of its own potential for malevolence. We have given this shadow a thousand names—Satan, Mara, Ahriman, the Devil—but what, in truth, are these forces we call demonic? Are they sentient entities plotting in some infernal realm, psychological projections of our own inner darkness, or something else entirely? … Continue reading The Many Faces of the Adversary: Learning from the Masters of the Unseen