Devil

Cross-tradition belief with no direct evidence. Possession, oppression and 'demonic attack' phenomena map cleanly onto sleep paralysis, dissociation, psychosis, and post-traumatic states.

Possession states are real and widely reported. Standard psychiatry maps them onto dissociative, psychotic, and culturally-shaped trance phenomena; modern exorcism deaths are well-documented.

The claim that a literal, personal adversary — Satan, Iblis, Mara, Ahriman — is an active intelligent force behind evil and temptation, considered here at the generic level rather than within any specific tradition.

Physics-adjacent worldviews — block universe, many-worlds, simulation, free will.

World religions and traditions, scored as systems.

Practice claims — prayer, reiki, chakras, astrology, tarot, manifestation.

Reiki, chakras, auras, crystals, prayer healing.

Reference for claims about postmortem destinations within Christian frameworks; it clarifies the conceptual options before any evidential claim is assessed.

Useful background for claims involving God, religious figures, or traditions because it clarifies what counts as a religious claim before evidence is weighed.

Default reference for the demons claim; pair with the existing wiki-devil entry for the personalised cosmic adversary.

Companion to the exorcism entry; gives the broader anthropological / psychiatric framing of the underlying experience.

Direct evidence for the harm-risk side of the magic / witchcraft claim; cited routinely in the historical-harm bullet.

Default reference for the exorcism claim; covers the practice variants and the well-documented harm cases.