I think that we will not deviate from our
subject if we give here a more detailed account of this demonic
calamity which torments mankind. Delusion is the devil substantially and
existentially. Through wrongful and selfish thoughts and judgements he
has severed himself from the truth, God, from whom he had been receiving
his participation in the “well being” and the entire normal performance
of his personality. Thus he became The delusion, because he has not
been truly and correctly thinking and acting. Having then been subjected
to a total reversal, he first revolted against his own self and then he
passed on to his victims his own corruption.
According to our Fathers,
only good has a real existence.The non good is devoid of personality and
status.This is what has happened to the devil by necessity; He has lost
his personality. However, when he is trying to assume a status and a
personality, which he is naturally lacking, he forges it and this is
what delusion is.
Of course the devil exists as
an entity, because he has died in the face of the Lord as well as in
the sense of any goodness, but he exists as a body of “death” in
accordance with his corrupted entity. Nevertheless, he does not present
himself under this nothingness but steals the methods and schemes of
whatever is good, useful and beneficial- acting falsely and deceitfully-
and deludes those who believe in him. He incessantly tries to haul
human nature into the revolt of his own demise, either totally or
partly. This act is and is called DELUSION.
Satan’s first frontal
attack was seen during the first appearance of divine revelation. The
Creator’s providence towards His created beings extends beyond His
creating energy towards their preservation as a constant and prolonged
intervention. The Devil cannot corrupt God’s constructive intervention
towards the creation in accordance with the unspeakable and unfathomable
ways of His divine All Might. Thus he deceitfully interferes with the
prolonged preservation and stewardship of the creation, especially of
the rational beings.
