S2 Ep84. Origins of Evil. Part 1

The Quest: Vision in an age of Crisis. Economic & Financial Crisis. Jungian Psychotherapy

This is the first in a miniseries on the origins of evil. Creative and destructive forces exist as universal principles and underpin life on earth as well as the consciousness of humanity. The essence of evil in the psyche is the destruction of the good. This is the "satanic", which is malevolently opposed to the life-giving and creative. A distinction is made to the "luciferian" which is a movement to consciousness and therefore while liberating is also the root of our alienation. Much of what we think of as bad, negative, egoistic in humans originates in our animal ancestry and has evolved. However when primate instincts, appetites and sexuality pass through the prism of human consciousness they are easily magnified and distorted.