Deviant behavior and magical help

di Andrii Balaban (Autore)

Andrii Balaban, 2026

Contents Chapter 1. Deviant behavior: norms, boundaries, difference, and harm The opening chapter establishes what is meant by deviant behavior and why the concept must be used carefully. Social norms vary across cultures, historical periods, communities, families, and situations, which means that simple nonconformity cannot automatically be equated with psychological disorder or destructive behavior. The chapter distinguishes harmless difference from patterns that repeatedly cause serious harm to the individual or others, interfere with relationships, education, work, social functioning, or personal development, and progressively reduce freedom of choice. Particular attention is given to the danger of labels. Calling someone "deviant" can become an explanation that explains nothing. The task of psychological and magical work is therefore to move beyond the label and examine the actual behavior, its context, its consequences, its function, and the person behind it. Chapter 2. The psychological anatomy of destructive behavior This chapter examines the inner structure of recurring problematic behavior. A destructive pattern is rarely composed of the visible action alone. It may include a trigger, an interpretation, an emotional reaction, bodily arousal, an impulse, an action, an immediate reward, later consequences, shame or justification, and eventually another trigger. The reader learns to see behavior as a sequence rather than an isolated event. Magical symbols such as the chain, circle, knot, mirror, gate, and key are introduced as ways of representing these psychological processes. The purpose is not to give supernatural explanations to behavior, but to make invisible patterns easier to observe. Particular attention is paid to the short-term function of destructive behavior: what it provides immediately and why that immediate reward can preserve a pattern despite severe long-term consequences. Chapter 3. Before the ritual: psychological assessment and the search for the real pattern Chapter 4. Emotion, impulse, aggression, and the problem of self-regulation Chapter 5. Family patterns, childhood experience, attachment, and learned behavior Chapter 6. The social environment: groups, status, rebellion, belonging, and identity Chapter 7. Masks, shadow, shame, and the divided self Chapter 8. Psychotherapy and magic: two languages of transformation Chapter 9. Breaking the cycle: rituals of separation, boundaries, and behavioral change Chapter 10. Helping another person without manipulation or control Chapter 11. Relapse into old patterns, responsibility, repair, and beginning again Chapter 12. The complete practice of magical and psychological support for behavioral transformation

• Autore: Andrii Balaban
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Andrii Balaban
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237453935