{Evil (5): The Devil and A~}[18th September 1989]

[Redbook6:266-267][19890918:1015c]{Evil (5): The Devil and A~}[18th September 1989]

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*It is unwise to assume too easily that the Devil is evil, and the source of all evil. Evil is found in ourselves: wilful separation of ourselves from God. The Devil’s function, I suspect, is to bring out the evil in us: hence his degree at the bottom of the outer circle, anti-Christ, where A~, Angel of Separation and Death, is to be found (They are the same and yet not the same, much as Christ and +C†I~ are the same and yet not the same). Hence also he is not only named the Adversary, but also the Accuser.

We like to suppress the evil in ourselves, to pretend, like the hypocrites we are, that it does not exist; the Devil’s job, in fact the job of all devils, is to uncover it. Unless it can be uncovered, and our selfish centres fragmented and overturned in the following degrees,** there is not much chance of repentance, death of the selfish centre, transformation in Christ, and re-birth through Love.***

*{←[[Redbook6:140-141][19890630:2308c]{Evil (4)}[30th June 1989],] 141[→]}

**[ie the degrees following]

***{cf{→} [[Redbook6:273-275][19890926:2051]{Evil (6): The Devil, and A~}[26th September 1989],] 273-4}

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