Om daimons

I denne dæmoniske nissetid er det værd at huske at dæmoner eller rettere daimons oprindeligt (før kristendommen) var en slags indre sjæleførere:

“Daemons are good or benevolent supernatural beings between mortals and gods, such as inferior divinities and ghosts of dead heroes.”

“Hesiod relates how the men of the Golden Age were transmuted into daimones by the will of Zeus, to serve as ineffable guardians of mortals, whom they might serve by their benevolence.”

Psykologisk set er

“The daimonic [] capable of both positive and negative outcomes and is a naturally occurring human impulse or urge within everyone to affirm, assert, perpetuate and increase the self. It is capable of both positive and negative outcomes and must be integrated into consciousness … .”

I nyere tid har Philip Pullman på smukkeste vis brugt Daimonbegrebet i sin fremragende trilogi His dark Materials.

I kristendommen blev de så dæmoniseret og gjort onde – selvom de som udgangspunkt hverken var gode eller onde. Men noget andet end det egoet er – og dermed skræmmende – herudover er de netop en uudtømmelig kilde til energi og kreativitet:

“The daimonic has always been, and continues to be, a great source of creativity, inspiration, and fascination in all forms of art.”

Kilde til citater: Wikipedia.