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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ,Three Books of Occult Philosophy (Book III, Ch. 18–31). Detailed historical analysis of spiritual ranks, cognitive architecture (Phantasia, Ratio, Mens), and non-magical defense.
Evagrius Ponticus ,On Thoughts (Peri Logismon). 4th-century monastic study mapping how intrusive thoughts (logismoi) exploit human biology and attention.
John Cassian ,The Conferences (Conferences 1, 7, & 9). Monastic analysis of emotional surges, bodily humors, and the mechanics of human consent.
St. Thomas Aquinas ,Summa Theologiae (ST I, Q. 109–114). Systematic theological proof that external forces cannot violate human free will and operate strictly through suggestion and memory.
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