Ten ways into the argument
The book's introduction, the clinical dialogues, the teleclasses and the radio transcripts — collected so the thesis can be met at whatever depth you have time for.
Introduction
The mistake at the root of both disciplines: demons treated as human beings who merely happen to be out of sorts.
Read · 3 minThe Demon is a Schizophrenic Spiritual Being
Psychosis can be identified as a kind of possession — which is why the individual is so illogical and so deficient in affection.
Read · 2 minAngels, Demons and Mental Health
We are never good — or bad — alone. What that means for diagnosis, for treatment, and for an ordinary day.
Read · 3 minA Study on the Devil
Are demons real, or only symbols of human attitudes? Keppe’s answer is neither — and the reason is clinical.
Read · 7 minDemons have a Direct Influence in the Human Mind
We are not operating alone — and not only psychotics are influenced by malicious spirits.
Read · 2 minWe Are Under the Influence of Good and Bad Spirits
The spiritual life has two directions. Perceiving which one is operating is the difference between clarity and catastrophe.
Read · 3 minWe Fell From Paradise to Hell on Earth
We did not leave paradise. We stopped accepting that we were in it.
Read · 2 minMan is a Demon to his Fellow Man
Hobbes said man is a wolf to his fellow man. Keppe’s consulting room suggests something considerably worse.
Read · 3 minThe Banalization of Evil
Good. Evil. What’s the difference? There are universal laws we break when we do something nasty — and it pays to know it.
Read · 5 minThe Greatest Theories of the Twentieth Century were Directly Inspired by Lucifer
The unconscious does not exist in itself — it is the absence of consciousness. That single point changes everything downstream.
Read · 2 minAll texts are Keppe's own, taken from the published editions and transcripts. Titles, spelling and punctuation follow the original.
Start with the dialogue.
“The Demon is a Schizophrenic Spiritual Being” is nine minutes of reading and contains the whole thesis in miniature: a psychiatrist describes a patient who tore a bolted bed from the floor, and Keppe asks who did the lifting.