Darkness Visible by Nicholas Tucker

Author:Nicholas Tucker [Nicholas Tucker]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785782282
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Published: 2017-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

Mary survives this episode; Pullman makes it clear that this is supremely well worth it, given that now she possesses the capacity to find delight in comparatively simple pleasures. But those children cut away from their dæmons before reaching adolescence will never get to experience such strong feelings in any areas of their lives. Mrs Coulter tries to explain the positive side of this whole, cruel practice of intercision to an unconvinced Lyra: ‘All that happens is a little cut, and then everything’s peaceful. For ever! You see, your dæmon’s a wonderful friend and companion when you’re young, but at the age we call puberty […] dæmons bring all sorts of troublesome thoughts and feelings, and that’s what lets Dust in.’

Losing a dæmon, therefore, is akin to losing an individual’s adult soul. Without it, there can be no contact with that vital Dust that is also synonymous with energy, consciousness and freedom of thought. Like the victims of the Spectres, those without dæmons become ‘indifferent [and] dead in life’. But with their own dæmons and therefore remaining open to attracting Dust as adults, individuals are able to become fully formed human beings, conscious of their own potential and able to make informed decisions about the rest of their lives.

So who or what is in ultimate control of everything? What force, for example, both powers and informs the alethiometer? Who exactly picked out Lyra for her great task of saving the world, and who originally prophesied that it would be a girl who would be the chosen saviour? Pullman offers no clear answers here, nor does he wish to. He disapproves of systems of thought such as organised religion that attempt to explain and account for everything within the world and the spirit. His own belief system is basically intuitive rather than worked out to the last letter.

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