by Rogier Fentener van Vlissingen, America Outloud:

To me, the key concept in this conversation, with or without Prof. Mattias Desmet’s book, is the parable of the swines in Gadara. It is the story of Jesus’ “exorcism” of the ego, (Mk 5:1-20 and Lk 8:26-39, Mt 8:28-34), the ego thinks multiplicity, and that large numbers establish the truth and the demon protests: “My name is legion, for we are many.” But Jesus thinks otherwise; here is the KJV: