According to the life mission theory, the essence of man is his purpose of life, which comes into existence at conception. This first purpose is always positive and in support of life. This is not in accordance with the everyday experience that man also engages in evil enterprises born out of destructive intentions. This paper presents a theory about the evil side of man, called the "anti-self"...

The existence of evil in a world created by God raises very difficult questions to answer. Under the inspiration Thomistic philosophy, this article we face problem first all “from below”, trying understand meaning physical evils living nature, especially animals (pain, aggressive interactions). Secondly, thinking enormous amount moral human world, consider biblical faith original sin as illumin...

The Exorcist (1971; “E”) by William Peter Blatty, one of horror’s all time greatest bestsellers, starts off with three quotations and three names. The first quotation is from the Bible, from the famous possession narrative in the gospel of Luke (8:27-30). The second is an excerpt from a FBI recording of two Mafia killers laughing and discussing how they had hung their victim on a meat hook and ...

The use of the self-hisbah as an Islamic psychotherapy intervention in dealing with behavioral addiction is often debated among intellectuals. It self-monitoring method to controlling oneself from doing evil things and giving motivation do good things. concept one tazkiyyah al-nafs practices guided by al-Quran as-Sunnah. highlighted scholars effective helping individuals facing spiritual, menta...

It may legitimately be asked, “What is a psychiatrist doing delving into the longstanding philosophical question about the nature of evil?” As we know, finding meaning and redefining reality to incorporate the experience of trauma is a fundamental task for the survivor of overwhelming life experiences (Herman, 1992; McCann and Pearlman, 1990; Janoff-Bulman, 1992). So too, is it one of the funda...

RICHARD CAVENDISH, The powers of evil in western religion, magic and folk belief, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975, 8vo, pp. ix, 299, £5.95. Evil supernatural agencies are part of every culture in degrees varying with their sophistication. As is to be expected, primitive man is surrounded by them, but they are of course still believed in by races who boast advanced social and cultural devel...