Before modernism, the horizontal “crime(sin(symptom))” might be expressed – er, maybe ‘repressed’ – as “this is reprehensible(sin of sensuality(the temptations of lust).

The vertical “think^divine(virtue(conscience^free))” might be – perhaps – “divine judgment(self-denial(avoid the vice of lust))”.

The two of the poles of “divine judgment” and “this is reprehensible” must have put a damper on the sins of sensuality.  Believers worked hard to avoid both “tempting thoughts” (which might correspond to “symptom”) and “the vice itself” (which would correspond to a free will decision to commit the deed).

Menninger was on target by nominating St. Anthony to be the poster child of this premodern mandala.

There is a certain beauty to the Temptations of St. Anthony.  “Divine judgment” told St. Anthony ‘something’ that he did not want to hear, and yet, he could not reject that voice?

This beauty precisely opposes the beauty of the serpent in An Archaeology of the Fall, a serpent that captures the nature of think^group: The serpent tells you what you want to hear.