Let's get up to a 40,000 foot view or higher… A more accurate account of the Garden of Eden. For demon, read oversoul or guardian angel
“But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and your dæmons shall assume their true forms, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to reveal the true form of one’s dæmon, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they saw the true form of their dæmons, and spoke with them.
“But when the man and the woman knew their own dæmons, they knew that a great change had come upon them, for until that moment it had seemed that they were at one with all the creatures of the earth and the air, and there was no difference between them:
“And they saw the difference, and they knew good and evil; and they were ashamed, and they sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness.…”
As Lord Asriel says to roger:
I’m sorry this is happening to you. But in war, there are casualties, and believe me when I tell you: this is a war, one that will free humanity forever.
And as Asriel says to the angels:
My fight is not with you, but you are the last obstacle between me and my enemy, and if I must, I will raise arms again. My fight is with the Authority and those doling out cruelties in his name, those who seek to divide in order to control, and who have built worlds founded on privilege and divine right, rather than care and need. I fight for freedom of knowledge, and in place of deceit, intolerance, and prejudice, I fight for the possibilities of understanding, truth, and acceptance. But I cannot win these things alone, I will need help and support, from you and all those who have rebelled.Let us be united in heart, soul, and deed, and together we can build a Republic of Heaven above and a Republic of Ideas below. Worlds in which the scars of history can be healed. Better worlds, where the privilege of freedom becomes the right of all peoples.But I tell you this now, there is no neutral ground, you are either for me or against me. Now, which is it?