Awake, the Shadow Is Gone: How Healing Begins with a Name
Mary Magdalene and the seven demons
According to the New Testament, Jesus cast out seven demons from Mary Magdalene. With seven being the number of completeness, Mary must have been deeply afflicted by demonic forces. In modern terms, “seven demons” would correspond to severe mental health struggles, or CPTSD.
CPTSD stands for Complex PTSD, or complex trauma. Unlike PTSD, which…
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