Joey Graceffa discusses Philip Pullman's The Subtle Knife and its daemon system, where every human has an animal soul that shapeshifts until age twelve then locks into permanent form. The Church in the books tries to sever the human-daemon bond. Pullman's series carries anti-Christian themes throughout.
In Pullman's world, humans have an animal manifestation of their soul.
Yeah, they all have these what they call demons. They're these animals that up until like 12 years old or something, your demon can shapeshift, but then it picks a final form once they mature. And if the demon dies, it kills them. The church is trying to split that connection. What do you think that means? It definitely has a lot of like church, anti-Christian.
I mean, isn't the premise that they're trying to kill God? Yeah, yeah, explain that. Wait, that's a lofty goal. Okay, so the big question: how did The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman change your life?
Oh, well, it changed my life because it
