The devil was superimposed on the Greek god of nature, Pan. Pan, with his cloven hooves and horns, represents our animal nature.
And what is natural is judged against.
Neurologist, Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) is considered the father of psychoanalysis. He studied with Europe's most renowned neurologist, Jean Martin Charcot, who specialized in the study of hypnosis.
Freud’s use of hypnosis was for the purpose of locating and releasing powerful emotional energy that had been rejected or trapped in the unconscious mind through repression. Repression is defined as ‘subconscious rejection of thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct.’
Carl Jung, a student of Sigmund Freud, expanded on Freud’s theory of unconsciously-repressed emotions. Jung’s theory was that repressing, suppressing, and disowning parts of ourselves energetically disconnects us from our authentic self.
The subconscious mind is where all our instinctive and primitive drives for self-preservation and procreation exist. Instinctual energies like the four F’s - fight, flee, feed, and fornicate. As well as passion and rage.
When we repress a part of ourselves it goes underground.
What we resist persists. Whenever we deny, reject, judge, or condemn any part of ourselves it is relegated to the “shadow” where it will wreak havoc by enslaving us with inhibitions or drives to excess.
Until reclaimed, these energies make the mind a living hell.
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