Understanding evil

Came across two interesting words of Greek origin today and they really helped me to understand the notion of evil and how it functions.

When we speak of evil, two words come to play at this point and we must understand them: “Symbolic” and “Diabolic”. “Symbolic” means to throw together and “diabolic” means to throw apart. Evil is always dualistic, always separates, examples would be body from soul, heart from mind, human from divine, masculine from feminine. Whenever we see separation, evil comes into the world.

Symbolism however, always reconnects what has been thrown apart. This probly explains why healthy religion (“re-ligio” = blind back together) throughout history, gives us symbols and images of reconciliation that heal and put together what has been taken apart. God is always the great reconciler and healer of opposites.

God hold together our person while Satan always tries to divide. Here evil can be seen as the destruction of purpose. What God has put together let no man put asunder.