New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Mar 6, 2026 Psychology and Psychotherapy This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1996. It will remain public for only one week. Stephen A. Diamond, PhD, is an American clinical and forensic psychologist, a former pupil and protégé of Dr. Rollo May, and notable author of Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil and Creativity. His work focuses on the psychological topics of anger, violence, evil, mental illness, and the daimonic. In this second part of the conversation, Stephen Diamond explores the daimonic as a fundamental life force that is neither good nor evil, but morally shaped by how we consciously engage it. Drawing on psychology, theology, creativity, and psychotherapy, he examines anger, rage, shadow, and possession as expressions of this archetypal energy in everyday life. The discussion emphasizes responsibility, conscious integration, and the possibility of channeling destructive impulses into creative and spiritual growth. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:44 Demonic versus daimonic 00:05:48 Projection and scapegoating 00:07:09 The shadow within 00:09:42 Beyond good and evil 00:11:35 Anger as life force 00:14:30 The myth of transcendence 00:16:07 Psychotherapy and rage 00:20:20 Choice and responsibility 00:26:19 Conclusion