Decoding the Gurus

John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau: Decoding the Demons

Aug 21, 2022
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Demons as Parasitic Patterns

  • Demons are described as parasitic, intelligent patterns that can possess individuals, such as the "demon of anger."
  • Demonology involves recognizing and naming these transpersonal patterns affecting behavior.
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Demons Have Agency, Not Consciousness

  • Demons have agency and intelligence but are not necessarily conscious entities.
  • This suggests demons might be embodied patterns or structures influencing behavior without conscious actors.
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Demons as Distributed Cognition

  • Demon concepts can be reframed within distributed cognition and collective intelligence models.
  • This moves evil and agency beyond individual moral choice to collective patterns.
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