A gripping book by leading psychiatrist and self-help pioneer Dr M.Scott Peck who reveals his encounters with evil, during sessions with patients of his psychiatric therapy. "The patient suddenly resembled a writhing snake of great strength. . . More frightening than the writhing body, however, was the face. The eyes were hooded with lazy reptilian torpor. . ." This is the second bestselling book by Dr M. Scott Peck. In this gripping psychology book, the leading psychiatrist describes his encounters during psychiatric therapy with patients who are not merely ill but manifestly evil - People of the Lie. This brilliant, disturbing book forces us to confront the darker side of our natures and to recogise that without spiritual and religious dimension, modern psychiatry cannot claim to understand human nature or behaviour.
People who are evil attack others instead of facing their own failures. Peck demonstrates the havoc these people of the lie work in the lives of those around them. He presents, from vivid incidents encountered in his psychiatric practice, examples of evil in everyday life.
This book is by turns disturbing, fascinating, and altogether impossible to put down as it offers a strikingly original approach to the age-old problem of human evil.
Author(s): M Scott Peck
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 235
Tags: Metaphysics;Psychiatry;Psychical research;Parapsychology;Occult & Paranormal;Possession;Satan;Devil;Evil;Psychology of Evil;Exorcism;Deliverance
Contents
Copyright
About the Author
Also by M. Scott Peck
Title Page
Dedication
Handle with Care
1. The Man Who Made a Pact with the Devil
2. Toward a Psychology of Evil
Of models and mystery
A life-and-death issue
The case of Bobby and his parents
Evil and sin
Narcissism and will
3. The Encounter with Evil in Everyday Life
The case of Roger and his parents
The case of Hartley and Sarah
Mental illness and the naming of evil
The case of the voodoo dream
The case of the spider phobia
4. Charlene: A Teaching Case
In the beginning, confusion
One way or the other: infant or adult
A law unto herself
The dream of the marvellous machine
No-win
Evil and power
If I had it to do over again
5. Of Possession and Exorcism
Does the devil exist?
Caution: high voltage
Aspects of diagnosis and treatment
Research and teaching
The father of lies
6. MyLai: An Examination of Group Evil
The crimes
Preface to group evil
Up the ladder of collective responsibility
The individual under stress
Group dynamics: dependency and narcissism
The specialized group: Task Force Barker
The large speciality group: the military
The largest group: American society in 1968
Human killing
Prevention of group evil
7. The Danger and the Hope
The dangers of a psychology of evil
The danger of moral judgment
The danger of cloaking moral judgment in scientific authority
The danger of the misuse of science
The danger to the scientist and therapist
The dangers in perspective
A methodology of love
