The unfortunate reality is wherever there is good, evil is always one step behind plotting its downfall — because evil only knows how to take from the good.

Evil grabs what we hold dearest to our hearts and has no regard for people with the purest of hearts.

Evil seeks out the vulnerable and infects their souls, making them think a massacre is a righteous activity and human life is trivial.

There’s no word to better describe someone who plots, targets and extinguishes the lives of hundreds of individuals whose only intention was to gather from all over the world to celebrate something evil doesn’t value: life.

Organizers billed the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, the music festival Hamas besieged, killing 260 people, injuring many more and kidnapping who knows how many, as a celebration of “friends, love, and infinite freedom.”

It tragically became the opposite.

Those there were people of peace whose bodies were violated in the most heinous ways imaginable and even brazenly paraded around in the back of pickup trucks like they were hunted animal carcasses, as in the case of German national Shani Louk, whose nearly naked body was even spat on in the streets of Gaza.

The attendees were people whose primary philosophy is rooted in openness and acceptance — yet in a split second evil forced them to take cover and hide to survive the unprovoked assault.

Festivalgoer Lee Sasi is still with us today because she hid under the bodies of the fallen for seven hours as Hamas terrorists continued their killing spree.

I know these are people of peace because I understand the audience that attends this type of music festival: I’ve been a follower of this niche genre of music for decades.

Some of the artists who were part of the musical lineup are the biggest names in the psychedelic trance scene, whose lineage can be found in the hippie movement of the 1960s and ’70s.

Psychedelic trance, commonly referred to as psytrance, used to be called Goa trance, referencing its roots in the small Indian state.

During the ’60s and ’70s, some of the hippies from the Western world were seeking a haven to practice their spirituality while being close to nature; Goa became their new stomping ground.

With the advancement of electronic musical equipment, their unique love of psychedelic rock music evolved into a passion for this experimental electronic sound.

Goa is the birthplace of psychedelic trance, and the hippie culture along with its openness to spirituality became intertwined with the music.

People from all over the world came to Goa to experience their “full moon” parties on the beaches, with festivities from sunset to sunrise.

Israeli tourists especially gravitated to this new sound, which inspired the creation of the best psychedelic-trance producers for decades to come.

If you were to look at the imagery from the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, you’d see traditional hippie-decoration styling, inspired by Hinduism, and Buddhist symbolism that pay homage to the spiritual and musical birthplace in Goa, India.

The people who typically attend these events are new-age hippie types, who appreciate humanity from all walks of life.

They are among the most peaceful people you’d ever encounter — and that’s partly why they were a perfect target for Hamas terrorists.

I cannot help but see the symbolism attached to Hamas’ attack on these unarmed, peaceful people.

Sunrise represents positivity and new beginnings, for example, which is exactly why those killers decided to attack at sunrise and take these experiences away from them: Evil always takes from what’s good.

Their plot to take the lives of ambassadors of love and harmony aimed to make people question if practicing peace is plausible and practical.

Evil cannot build so it must destroy any resemblance of humanity, unity and generosity, and it will use anything it can to force you to question your sensibilities and morality.

I say we don’t give evil what it wants, and we practice the purpose of the Supernova Sukkot Gathering in our daily lives: celebrate our friends, love one another, and strive for freedom.

That’s how we prevent these deaths from being in vain and restrict the infection of evil from entering our veins.

Adam B. Coleman is the author of “Black Victim to Black Victor” and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.