In the Gospel of Mark, chapter 5, a man possessed by many demons is asked his name. He replies:
“My name is Legion, for we are many.”
This wasn’t just a historical account.
It was a spiritual diagnosis of the human condition.
It still is.
Today, we don’t call them demons.
We call them:
- Anxiety
- Rage
- Addiction
- Trauma
- Overthinking
- Projection
- Shame
- Guilt
- Fear
- Doubt
They are legion.
And they live inside us.
Demonology = Ancient Psychology
Demonology wasn’t just fire and brimstone—it was encoded truth about the mind and soul.
Every ancient culture had names for the forces that hijacked consciousness.
Today, we wear suits, post quotes, and call it burnout or childhood wounds.
But the energy is the same:
Unseen patterns that control your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
In demonology, possession wasn’t about horror movie theatrics.
It was about losing authorship over your will.
And isn’t that what happens every time you:
- Say you’ll change, and don’t?
- Hurt the ones you love without meaning to?
- Repeat the same toxic cycle even after “healing”?
You’re not just “stuck.”
You’re fragmented.
What Is a Demon, Really?
A demon is a thoughtform fed by belief.
It gains energy through:
- Repetition
- Fear
- Agreement
- Silence
The more you obey it, the more real it becomes.
In psychological terms, it’s a complex.
An autonomous part of the psyche that operates independently of your conscious will.
In spiritual terms, it’s an entity born of unhealed energy, not outside of you, but of you.
They say “the devil made me do it.”
But the truth?
You fed the devil every day with denial and avoidance.
The Real Possession
Modern possession doesn’t have to look like heads spinning (don’t get me wrong I’ve also witnessed some pretty weird stuff over the years you don’t want to know about….).
Anyways, it looks like:
- Numbing with dopamine
- Hiding behind productivity
- People-pleasing
- Victim identity
- Fake healing that avoids truth
It’s being run by ghosts of your past while pretending you’ve moved on.
It’s smiling while dying inside.
It’s calling dysfunction “normal.”
That’s possession.
That’s legion.
Healing = Exorcism of the Mind
In the biblical story, Jesus doesn’t negotiate.
He commands:
“Come out of him.”
And they leave.
Why?
Because Truth doesn’t entertain demons.
It exposes them.
It doesn’t explain them. It ends them.
In your life, healing won’t come through endless self-soothing.
It will come the moment you look your legion in the face and say:
“You don’t get to run me anymore.”
That’s what real coaching is.
That’s what deep inner work is.
It’s psychospiritual warfare.
It’s not cute.
It’s sacred.
The Takeaway
You’re not broken.
You’re not cursed.
But you may be possessed
by your past, by beliefs that aren’t yours, by pain you never chose but still carry.
They are called legion.
But you are called to wholeness.
You don’t fight them with more noise.
You fight them with silence, stillness, truth, accountability, and the full return of your authority.
Your mind is sacred ground.
Reclaim it.
— Coach G
