Power

[clodia_risa]

Ambiguous title, I know. I just had a talk with one of my closest friends (freakishly similar in character and relationships, may I add) about Daemons. Which, for those who are not certain, do not come from hell, but from ourselves, as aspects of the mind and heart and personality. I can't explain much better than that. Personifications of aspects of one's personality, perhaps. In any case, we had a talk about them, and about one's sanctuary, that is one's place of personal refuge shaped by oneself. And she mentioned how guessing what one is, or saying what one is (one meaning daemon or sanctuary) would shape it, make it that way. Words are power, I'm trying to say. Definition is shaping is power, and by our definitions we destroy. I saw a play with that as a speech. To define is to destroy. "Wilheim Reich in Hell" was the play. It is true. By naming something, you give it purpose, life. By knowing something's name you know it, and have some power over it.
Daemons is just a name for a part of a personality that defines you....Daemons are defining one's personality, naming it. Trying to control it, while at the same time, by dividing it, you give it leave to try to control you, fight you, fight the other daemons. I don't know if they are real in the sense that a table is real. They can be, if you believe in them. She believes in them. And I just might too.

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[octopedingenue]

You have read The Golden Compass and such, have you not?