The Inversion of Reality

The definition of the word inversion is 'a reversal of position, order, form, or relationship'. Good and Evil are in a constant battle of reversal. When the Devil reverses good of creation we call it inversion. When Jesus reversed evil and restores and elevates the goodness of the world we call it redemption. Redemption is powerful and efficacious whereas inversion is mostly symbolic and empty show. The devil cannot create or redeem. He can only twist, corrupt or change creation. Creation is binary. It is an ordered complimentarity of opposites. The devil, through inversion, can distort these opposites to create disorder for his advantage.

In the beginning God created a binary world through the act of separation. He separated light and darkness, the air and the sea, day and night, sea and land, small animals and large animals, sea animals and land animals, a man and a woman, male and female. God declared the whole binary world was created good.

Humans engage in binary thinking all the time. Part of how we understand the nature of a thing is to learn its opposite. We use antonyms to help us pin down the meaning of a term or concept. Discovering what a thing is ‘not’ often tells us what a thing ‘is’.

Binary reality gives life an interesting texture; it presents us with options and facilitates free will. We prefer light because we are afraid of the dark. We like our coffee hot because it tastes bad when it's cold. However, with free will comes the possibility of sin and the power of inversion. Think of Genesis chapter 3 (the Fall of Adam and Eve).

Inversion happens when the truth becomes a lie, God at the center is replaced with self at the center and humility is swallowed up by pride. The created thing becomes de-created, distorted and fallen. Order lapses into chaos and the harmonious union of Eden is flipped upside down by discord and division. The binary world becomes weaponized against itself as the antonyms turn on each other in a fierce war of contant redemption and inversion.  

In Catholic theology, specifically demonology, inversion is used as a tactic in spiritual warfare and as a call sign of the Devil. He uses inversion to achieve two ends: to confuse us and to mock God. 

Inversion for the Sake of Confusion

Inversion also refers to the tactic of demons to present good as evil and evil as good thus altering the human perception of reality. In moral life inversion sometimes confuses us. We get turned around and start to go in the wrong direction. Right may actually seem wrong when evil masquerades as good.

In the midst of this diabolical disorientation, we are susceptible to euphemisms that play on our emotions and imagination through the inversion of good and evil. Such as ‘reproductive health services’, ‘gender affirmation care’, ‘assisted suicide’ or ‘death with dignity’.  It's remarkable how the devil has been able to make evil appear to be good especially in the area of abortion, euthanasia and gender theory.

In an excellent article on Catholic Answers, Leila Miller explains that demonic inversion associated with gender theory is meant to confuse people. "The lies of gender theory have no momentum unless we elevate imagination and emotion over what is tangible, scientific, and real. Kuzma is explicit in her admission that feelings determine reality: her physical body “did not ring true to me” (emphasis mine). It should go without saying that no one is permitted a private “truth” about objective things. Truth is what corresponds to reality. The physical world that God created, that can be known by the senses, is reality. In an inverted reality, created things are suspect, and imagination holds the truth." 

Inversion for the Sake of Mockery

Jesus died on the cross at 3pm. Jesus called it, "My hour." In the Satanic inversion, Satan mockingly claims 3am as his hour. We find some of the most intense Satanic attacks on the possessed occur at that time. Since it is the furthest hour from the love poured out on us from the cross at 3am he is at his greatest strength.

The Devil desperately wants to hit reverse in time and turn the crucifixion event around. He thought he won but found out three days later that he lost. His attempt at inversion through deicide blew up in his face. He was forced to drink his own poison when his evil plot to kill God through the greatest reversal of all: the resurrection. In the film, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, a crucifix is nailed to the wall at the top and bottom. During an exorcism session it was jolted off the top and swung upside down. The upside down cross is the devils way of striking back at the power of redemption and love. He uses the upside down cross to show that he is still working against God.  Note: The upside down cross can either be a Satanic image of inversion or a symbol of Saint Peter’s crucifixion which was a type of holy inversion that he chose out of respect and honor for Jesus rather than mockery. 

At a Catholic high school the statue of Jesus was pushed over by vandals and it fell down face first. Many thought since it was the end of the school year that it was a senior prank gone too far. It was not just blasphemy but actually demonic inversion. This evil act took place on the night of Ascension Thursday. On the day the Church celebrated the 'going up' of Jesus into heaven the school's statue of Jesus was violently slammed into the ground. 

Sometimes demonic inversion achieves both ends, mockery of God and confusion of the ignorant. Consider this example, “The Catholic Church has long taught that each of us has a guardian angel to guide us throughout our lives on our way to God's Kingdom.  In a demonic inversion of the sacred, some occultists posit that you have a personal spirit or a spirit guide.  This is a typical deception of the occult- it uses similar phrases as the Church but they mean very different things. Occultists attempt to connect with this guide. But without the sure protections of the Faith, such guides may turn out to be demons.”  

This sign of the devils influence through inversion is common if you pay attention to things around you.