Pullman's crafty tale pulls the readers' minds into an occult
context where -- through their imagination -- they experience life
from his atheist/occult perspective. ( . . . )
.. new meanings to old terms: For example, the word DAEMON
(sounds like demon) refers to a loving, intimate and
normally inseparable companion to its human counterpart.
Unlike the demonic deceivers of Satan, these daemons live to help
their human hosts.
Though equated with human souls, they talk with their hosts
as separate entities.
Second, the word "CHURCH" points only to an evil hierarchical
dictatorship.
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