Dæmans

The author of The golden Compass must have a lot of phantasie. He discribes in his book external spirits in the form of animals called dæmons. It sounds very funny that everybody has such a companion. When I'm thinking about having something like that which surrounds my the whole day; it' s really a strange thought. I' ve tried to find out, what shape my spirit has (www.goldencompassmovie.com). That' s the result:


A tiger is definetly not what I expected. If you think of
a spirit I' m thinking about something very little. Maybe
something that sits on your shoulder, but I wouln' t like
to carry a tiger around.

The book also describes some other animals as a spirit like
dogs or a snow leopard which are also very interesting
to think about.






This is a phantasie book, but has this something to do with reality? Has everbody a soul either inside or outside of the body? Is there something you agree or disagree with like the discription of the discussion with the animals?
In my opinion that has something to do with personality. If you agree or disagree with someone or a make a decision
in a difficult situation you think about your behaviour. Nevertheless, you also have feelings which comes from your
"abdomen"; something that you can' t define clearly. I would say this comes from experiences and what you have
been told from your parents, how have you been educated, what' s accepted by society etc. These things are very relevant for our decisions and reactions. Many of these decisions affect not only you, but also you are responsable for others, so it' s important to use the mind as well. This both senses together, the feelings and the mind have to work together. Sometimes you must be able to make a compromise, so you have to argue not only with others, but also with the controvercial sight of feeling and thinking. That way of quarrel is discribed in the book as the argue with an animal to make that metaphorical.