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There is a time when we see no man and yet the sound of the working of the devils is heard by us, and it is like the singing of a song in a loud voice; and there are times when the words of the Scriptures are heard by us, just as if a living-man were repeating them, and they are exactly like the words we should hear if a man were reading the Book.
Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of St. Anthony, (trans. E.A.W. Budge)
TIME: 4th c. A.D.
PLACE: Alexandria
CIRCUMSTANCE: The archbishop Athanasius of Alexandria in his biography of St. Anthony describes the apparitions and visions, the perils of the soul, which befall those that pray and fast in solitude. He warns them how cleverly the Devil disguises himself in order to bring saintly men to their downfall. (from Jung, Psychological Types, Princeton U. Press, 1971, p. 54)
...there appeared unto me a devil of an exceedingly haughty and insolent appearance, and he stood up before me with the tumultuous noise of many people, and he dared to say unto me: "I, even I, am the power of God," and "I, even I, am the Lord of the worlds." And he said unto me: "What dost thou wish me to give thee? Ask, and thou shalt receive." Then I blew a puff of wind at him, and I rebuked him in the name of Christ...
Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of St. Anthony, (trans. E.A.W. Budge)
TIME: 4th c. A.D.
PLACE: Alexandria
CIRCUMSTANCE: The archbishop Athanasius of Alexandria in his biography of St. Anthony describes the apparitions and visions, the perils of the soul, which befall those that pray and fast in solitude. He warns them how cleverly the Devil disguises himself in order to bring saintly men to their downfall. (from Jung, Psychological Types, Princeton U. Press, 1971, p. 54)
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