Assertion: devil | /r/HasProperty | useful metaphor
Facets:
value: in the contemporary western occultist tradition
type: LOCATION
value: for certain inner psychological processes
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In the contemporary Western occultist tradition (perhaps epitomized by the work of Aleister Crowley), a demon (such as Choronzon, which is Crowley's interpretation of the so-called 'Demon of the Abyss') is a useful metaphor for certain inner psychological processes (inner demons), though some may also regard it as an objectively real phenomenon.