The Little Book of Demons by Ramsey Dukes

Author:Ramsey Dukes [Dukes, Ramsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aeon Books
Published: 2005-12-31T03:00:00+00:00

CONCLUSION

Yob thrills debutante, professor worships circus girl, little girl entrances daddy, school swot meets biker girl, hippy chick seduces marine or business tycoon—no matter what the original demonic link between the two, it can be too hot to handle in a long term relationship as long as both parties really identify with their roles. If, however they can separate out the demonic parts and see themselves as two rounded humans who are now both galloping on a shared demon charger, then there can be real excitement as well as some measure of security.

An event like The Sex Maniac’s Ball9 would seem utterly depraved to an outsider who only heard stories or saw pictures of what went on, but the striking quality of the actual event is the sheer sense of good humoured fun shared by people dressing up in (or casting off) such hair-curlingly grotesque outfits. The extremes end up dancing rather than fighting.

Shared humanity is the best antidote to the intense galvanism demons can generate between two people. If they can reach the point where they give up pushing each other into those extreme roles and instead see themselves as two fellow humans acting out a demonic script that is as old as humanity, then it becomes easier to live life like high drama and find joy in the experience.

I can go to the movies and see brutal concentration camp guards beating innocent women and children to death and feel fury which turns to joy as the inmates are released and the guards punished in the final scene. The fury and the joy are what I paid to experience, and I enjoyed it no less for knowing that the people who played the guards in the film were paid no more than the people who played the victims—and both sides would eagerly go through it all again, because acting is their livelihood.

So too, when my heart is torn to shreds by passionate interaction with someone who seems so tragically different, if I can only distil the archetypal essence of the situation from the residue of common humanity we both share, then that essence becomes an elixir of joy. Unrequited love between a duchess and a stable boy, between a professor and a slut, between a schoolgirl and a priest—or any imagined simulations of these archetypes—such is the stuff of grand opera. Audiences pay a fortune for a taste of such passion. If such a demon honours your life with a visit, don’t fight with your partner over the prize but unite in your common humanity and share the elixir.

Play the role, just don’t totally lose yourself in it. The resulting experience is called “Life” and it is the very prize that demons who seek to incarnate are ever trying to wrest from us.

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