Serpent-counselors today, as then, beguile the woman with her emotional capacity to receive an appeal targeted to her emotions and propensity to act upon their evil suggestions. Males by nature place more reliance upon reason and logic in making decisions. Eve who was deceived by the serpent in the Garden. There is a case for the current epidemic of self delusion in our society being the judgment of God our Creator. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Some therapists encourage their clients to confuse fantasy with reality and imagination with memory.
I use this term because of the devastation in families and marriages which such beliefs and methods cause. It is a biblical term. The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. The greatest evils are often perpetrated by those whose intentions are good but who do not know the truth.