Chapter 3—Dangers in Psychology
Satan a Student of the Mind—For thousands of years Satan has
been experimenting upon the properties of the human mind, and he has
learned to know it well. By his subtle workings in these last days he is
linking the human mind with his own, imbuing it with his thoughts;
and he is doing this work in so deceptive a manner that those who
accept his guidance know not that they are being led by him at his will.
The great deceiver hopes so to confuse the minds of men and women
that none but his voice will be heard.—
Letter 244, 1907
Satan Master of Subtle Arts—Satan is continually seeking to
influence human minds by his subtle arts. His is a mastermind, given
of God, but prostituted with all its noble capabilities to oppose and to
make of no effect the counsels of the Most High.—
The Signs of the
Times, September 18, 1893
. (HC 210.)
He Comes in Disguise—Satan’s plans and devices are soliciting
us on every hand. We should ever remember that he comes to us in
disguise, covering his motives and the character of his temptations.
He comes in garments of light, clad apparently in pure angel robes,
that we may not discern that it is he. We need to use great caution, to
closely investigate his devices, lest we be deceived.—
Manuscript 34,
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1897.
(HC 88.)
Misuse of Sciences Pertaining to the Mind—In these days when
skepticism and infidelity so often appear in a scientific garb, we need
to be guarded on every hand. Through this means our great adversary
is deceiving thousands and leading them captive according to his will.
The advantage he takes of the sciences, sciences which pertain to the
human mind, is tremendous. Here, serpent-like, he imperceptibly
creeps in to corrupt the work of God.
This entering in of Satan through the sciences is well devised.
Through the channel of phrenology, psychology, and mesmerism,
[
Note: In this statement as published in the
The Signs of the Times,
November 6, 1884
, Mrs. White drew heavily from, and somewhat
clarified a statement published originally in, the
The Review and
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