[Elitiachirl]

To the Servants of Christ in this forum:

I read hundreds of Sci-Fi books in my youth and love watching good SFX. I also watch movies like "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings" and "Narnia." I then warn parents before they take their kids to see them.

"The Golden Compass" opens with words to the effect: "There are many worlds. In some worlds the soul lives inside a person, like in your world. In other worlds, the soul walks beside the person, like in mine. This soul is called a demon and it takes the form of an animal spirit; a familiar." Note: Animal spirits called familiars are traditionally witches' constant companions and helpers.

Later in the movie you can learn that children's demons change form into a variety of animals frequently but adult's demons have become stable and have chosen the form they will always have thereafter. The children can and do play with their demons when there is no one else to play with. This reminds me of "imaginary friends' that some children invent for company. I imagine that after seeing the movie some children will call their imaginary friends demons. The demons might even become the real friends-by-substitution of children by this means.

The evil people in the movie were always trying to take the demons away from the children, but the good people tried to keep them together. That's of course opposite to the truth.

At the pole (north or south I remember not) there were some evil warriors called Samoyeds, a Russian name for a breed of dog. It means, 'eat themselves' because these dogs will eat the remains of their own kind for survival.

The Samoyeds in human form in the movie were speaking Russian and were evil because they tried to separate the demons from the children. They were dressed completely in black, like Orhodox monks and nuns.

When a child was separated from his/her demon, he/she became weak and ill. If the demon were to be killed, I was led to understand that the child would also die.

The movie ended with a great preparation for war. The ending seems to be the beginning of a sequel.

I warned parents against Harry Potter because it shows witchcraft and sorcery to be fun and desirable activities for children. All forms of witchcraft and sorcery rely on demonic assistance to carry out their magic, even so called "white" witchcraft.

In Christ, Victor