In the end, then, what chance does man stand against such incredible forces of doom?
“In my opinion,” answers Ed, “man’s best protection is his inherently positive self. As we’ve said before, the demonic spirit is something that is going the other way. But on its way down it’s determined to take as many of us with it as it possibly can. Our task as people, on the other hand, is to live properly, and to ratify the positive. Cosmic law tells us, ‘good begets better, bad begets worse.’ By taking our positive nature, and putting it to work in a basically positive universe, we can build a good life—and taking it further, a good world. But you don’t just kneel down and pray for this to happen. You have to go out and do it every day because—through practice—you know and believe the principle is true.”
“Conversely,” Lorraine notes, “the demonic spirit recoils when confronted with the positive. It absolutely thrives on the negative, or what religion calls ‘sin.’ And what I mean by sin is not the violation of arbitrary rules, but the deliberate transgression of the good That is, sin is something that has a detrimental effect on life itself. Sin, ultimately, is spiritual immaturity, and those who are foolish enough to underestimate the value and purpose of life, actually draw the demonic to them. They do so because, like it or not, by performing negative actions that take away from life, they are actually assisting these spirits in their cosmic role. Asserting the positive generates a power of its own. Therefore, being positive is your best protection against that which is called ‘evil.’”
“You see,” Ed affirms, “what is not properly understood is that there is a mystical negative and a mystical positive. As above: so below. So much attention has been given to the negative that people have forgotten there are also powerful positive forces in the world—real forces that can be understood and used for practical benefit However, in this century, we’ve been on sabbatical from the ongoing problem of good and evil, so these positive forces have been relegated to the trash heap as so much superstitious bunk. But it doesn’t change the fact that by stressing the positive, you set in motion a chain of events that ratify life and being; while accenting the negative brings forth tragedy, chaos, and death.
“The whole trip of life,” Ed sums up, “is to work with, and emphasize the positive—that’s the real motherlode. People are looking for solutions in this world, and the answer isn’t with the occult. It’s to go with the positive flow of nature, because it is good and it insures life, rather than death.”
Few people ever learn, even in the course of a whole lifetime, the deeper nature of the world we live in. But the Warrens’ research and experience convincingly suggest there is a whole other realm of being out there: a realm of being called spirits—nonphysical entities that exist separate and independent from man.
Ed and Lorraine Warren’s findings do nothing to support the point of view that man is simply a physical creature that lives and dies and is no more. Rather, their research ineluctably points to the conclusion that man is a far more vital and dynamic creature than our restrictive perceptions and philosophies have hitherto led us to believe. For this reason, the Warrens contend that an open understanding of the spiritual dimension of life can, rather than being a threat or detriment, “enhance our understanding of the world, so that we may be free to live life to its fullest”
A light wind rustles through the leaves, breaking the spell of silence that summer afternoon on the Warrens’ front porch. Looking up, Lorraine sees that Ed’s attention is fixed intently in the garden.
“Is something the matter, Ed?” she asks.
“There’s a snake around here,” he declares, gazing into the flowers. “I know it. I feel it. I can tell the thing’s here.”
No snake, however, is visible. Not, at least, until a moment later. Then, sure enough—out from under the porch there crawls a long, black snake. It lingers just long enough to be seen, then slithers off into the ivy.
“Ed,” Lorraine assures me, “always knows when there’s a snake in the garden.”
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