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SUMMARY:The Genesis and Nature of Evil  
DESCRIPTION:The issue of evil has disturbed humankind from the beginning. I
 n coming to understand the Genesis and Nature of Evil\, we may also come t
 o insights on who we are and where we find ourselves\, as well as the natu
 re of reality itself.\nEvil at its most basic level is an obsessive narrow
 ing of reality. By its nature\, evil denies the larger context of reality 
 and provides a very narrow focus from which consciousness develops. Thus\,
  evil creates its own world. Essentially then\, evil is not an issue of mo
 rality\, but one of consciousness.\nThe Gnostic myth of the pre-cosmic err
 or that generated an inappropriate and obsessive narrowing of reality that
  we call "creation" became the interest of many psychologists in this cent
 ury\, most notably Carl Jung\, who saw this process of narrowing reality o
 ccurring in the development of the human ego. According to Jung\, the ego 
 is born from a vast unconscious pool and then in turn denies its own birth
  from the larger context. The ego becomes a kind of demiurge who creates a
  false world of self and jealously guards it\, requiring massive amounts o
 f psychic energy to maintain itself. His depiction of the development of t
 he ego resembles the Gnostic myth of the creation of the world and the evi
 l of the creator God.\nAs a minister for over 25 years\, Rev. Amundsen has
  been a provocative speaker revisioning Christianity away from the orthodo
 x viewpoint. As founder of "Living Gnosis\, Inc." and Pastor Emeritus of F
 irst Gnostic Church in California\, he is one of the leaders of the Gnosti
 c movement in America.\nRev. Amundsen is the author of Illumination: A Gno
 stic Handbook and Insight from the Secret Teachings of Jesus: The Gospel o
 f Thomas\, both published by SunStar.\n\n\n\n
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