A Fascinating Work from a Great Author

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	• People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil M. Scott Peck Touchstone, 1998 - 276 pages average customer review:based on 145 reviews view larger image
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Insightful

I read this book for two reasons: greater understanding of people who have narcissism personality disorder, which I have had to deal with, and to get an understanding of a psychologist's view of 'evil.' I found the book very profound in its insights, and although I didn't get more information about narcissism directly (there are other sources that specifically deal with it) it certainly validated my view of it as 'evil' in its consequences.

I appreciated the definition of evil as much broader than just 'sin', (which is part of my own theological construct.) He has a good working definition of evil which explains much of what is happening in the world today.

I did not find the strategies for dealing with narcissism that I was seeking, and the chapter on exorcism didn't really help my understanding. I finished the book still wondering how to "heal the evil", which is the promise on the front of the book.

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I rrecommend this book over and over

Scott Peck's best, if not most famous, work.

If you find yourself baffled by the behavior of people around you, or dealing with the after math of some traumatic experience, this book may show you just what is going on. Once you read it you cannot ever go back and be ignorant of what Peck lays out.

I also recommend (for a more Jungian take) Sanfords "Jung and the Problem of Evil." .Jung and the Problem of Evil: The Strange Trial of Mr. Hyde Sanford references Peck and vice versa. but if you need to understand evil and how it operates in the world... this book is without a single competitor

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A Fascinating Work from a Great Author

Author of the classical "The Road Less Travelled", Scott Peck is a most interesting writer. In his afore mentioned book, he focused on Love; in this one, he focuses on evil. Human "evil" is most often considered with no serious background or consideration, but Peck proposes in this work a very serious use of the term. In short, he proposes "evil" as a very strict psychopathological feature, alongside with the likes of schizophrenia and depression.

The book divides itself in 7 chapters. It covers a wide span of occasions where evil is at work; from Peck's own patients to the atrocities of the Vietnam War and cases of possessions and their exorcisms. While this may sound dramatic, it isn't so at all.

Anyone with an interest in the human mind and how it functions will find a lot in this amazing work. Moreover, if you had the opportunity to have suffered the company of an evil one, you may find some real solace in here, if only because something without a name is always more frightening than something named. This is what Peck does here; he gives something a name so that we can fight it more efficiently. Defining evil as a case of dysfunctional mental health is part of the goal in "The People of the Lie", and Peck does it well. It gives much thought about the issue, and it's a riveting read. I loved his previous book, and I love this one equally. I highly recommend it.

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People of the Lie

The book is one of those more than worth reading. WHY? B/c it will indeed be a strong link used to transform you to the person you know and want to be - for yourself and the world around you. It is a must read if you are a person that wishes not to live a lie!

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