If everything in the book is true, then the existing of evil spirits could be true.
However, the author had the implication that if one does not follow church's doctrine, then one can be possessed.
God could exist, but the God in church's interpretation is not the only god. Everyone's superego could be one.
Case 2, the possession of the two priests does not sound like real possession to me.
My thought:
- Satan is the dark and bloody side of nature/instinct. (Jia pointed out that nature has two sides, dark/bloody and positive side.)
- God: positive side of conscious and will.
I think Satan is part of human. One sees the Satan, recognizes its existence, does not try to suppress it (which would make it stronger), but at all time, the God side of self is the master.
(Jia told me that Sigmund Freud proposed a model of id, ego and super-ego. From his brief explanation, it looks like the Satan in my notation is "id", and God is "super-ego".)
Everything comes out of VOID. The existence of positive side (God) depends on the existence of negative side (Satan). Denying or suppressing any side is at danger. If Satan becomes dominant, then one is possessed (as what the book says). However, I wonder what will happen if Satan is completely eliminated? For a single person, one could become insane, or become a Saint. But if it happens to the entire race of people, then it probably means that the race will disappear soon.
However, previously I said that "the God side of self" is the master. But the previous paragraph, it should be risky to let any side to dominate. I can't explain this conflict.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
ISBN-10: 006065337X
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