the Devil's Doors

 

Just as an afterthought for the Cuckfield Horde,

you do wonder, don't you, why a spirit or a demon might be fooled by

such tricks as these...surely a demon thinks, doesn't it?

At least if they didn't how could they know how to attack you in ways

which cause fearful reactions? And be noted for their deceitfulness?

It's a bit like saying animals don't think, or have feelings, 

because they aren't people.

Well, being Buddhist, i believe that there is a wheel of life on which 

the soul travels, and from life to life you could 

yourself become an animal, or a demon....dependant on how you behaved

in your previous life.

I was reading about another superstitious tradition,

That of the Devil's doors.

The tradition has it that the North door of a church

Is where the devil enters, or leaves, and

A lot of North doors are - consequently? - blocked up.

The idea is that the pagan elements came in through those doors to

Worship, in the pre-Christian days, when the site was pagan.

A lot of churches of course overstood and took over

Previously pagan sites.

I came across a mention of a case, where during a baby's baptism 

the blocked-up door was opened, to allow the Devil to leave...

Did they believe that the baby might grow up to be possessed by a demon?

Bosham church once had a blocked up door, which was not to be opened 

under any circumstances... 

You see how important doorways are in the superstitious mind.