St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain on the "reckless imagination."

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The imagination can be a wonderful thing, but we can also use it to daydream about people and things that we really shouldn’t. St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain warns against a “reckless imagination” when he says,

The devil has a very close relationship and familiarity with the imagination, and of all the power of the soul he has this one as the most appropriate organ to deceive man and to activate his passions and evils. He indeed is very familiar with the nature of the imagination…St. Dionysios spoke about this devil. ‘What is the evil in the devils? Irrational anger; unreasonable desire; and reckless imagination.’

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