![]() ![]() ![]() Yet 'Good and Evil' are theological not psychological constructs, and with Freud, later psychoanalysts, and especially Fromm, the dark forces believed to have taken over the mad and evil-doers were definitively secularized. ![]() The splitting and externalization of our nature into 'good and bad,' and the anthropomorphic depiction of these two polarized forces have been with us for millennia, providing inspiration for magical rites, representational forms, and the cornucopia of dramas, narratives, and artworks, to which their characters have given divine expression And while all religions advocate for good, the particular narratives of "good and evil" underlying the traditions of western culture come to us directly from the bible. Of all the great dualities of human experience 'good and evil' have been the most instrumental in shaping the beliefs, rituals, and laws, of Homo Sapiens. ![]()
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