that he’d come across in his Western Christian culture. Third, he was feeling dread. Finally, and most importantly, he was hearing his internal monologue. His inner voice was tying all the disparate elements of his experience together and turning them into a useful story that would make sense of it all. It was saying, ‘That horrible voice you’re hearing is Satan. It means you’re going to hell. But don’t be scared, John, you know what to do. You need to pray to God for forgiveness.’ John believes what happened to him, that night, was a visitation from the Devil. But for me, it seems more likely
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