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The Devil (n.) is God's unconsciously produced shadow, born of his "arrogance" in claiming omnipotence and unalloyed goodness.
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The Devil (n.) is a male pure spirit, yet in popular form wears the shape of Pan — the lusty god of earth, fertility and natural beauty.
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Devil (n.) and God might be, behind the scenes, the closest of friends who took opposite sides to stage one great cosmic game.
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Devil (n.) is so useful that Voltaire should have said: if he did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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The Devil (n.) is the theologians' demon ex machina, said to have planted the Christ story in older religions to confuse the faithful.
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Devil (n.) is an angel, pure spirit, with no interest in sins of the flesh; his favorites are spiritual pride, self-deception, and masks behind masks.
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The Devil (n.) in man, at his most violent, is either the repressed Christ or the repressed Pan — the right and left hands of God.
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The Devil (n.) is God inverted — so turn the picture of hell upside down and it becomes an empty drama, a spiritual scarecrow.