These anecdotes affected me deeply, particularly the one about the Satan worshipper.

My life experience has convinced me that there is spiritual evil. When I was young, I was terrified of it; but, nowadays, I have more of a warrior spirit. I have an image that I use in meditation that has taken on a life of its own, and I think it's my soul. She is fearless, absolutely devoted to the Light and ready to charge those who would do harm. Needless to say, I'm not there yet, but I do try to draw on her strength.

While I still very much believe in the divinity of Christ, and the teachings I built my early life upon will undoubtedly always be with me in one way or another, I have left Christian tradition behind and have embraced an image of God that is outside that tradition. The path associated with Her is not a warrior path; so, finding a way to express this deeply-rooted inclination is problematic.

This morning, in meditation/prayer, I found an image that worked. My soul-image has a worship practice involving internalization of the Light: receiving the Light within and letting it fill her and burst out of her in all directions. It can even have the power of a nuclear explosion. Well, what I prayed for was that all those who love God, in whatever form they know Him, become like this image: explosions of Light.

I immediately began experiencing strong resistance -- very weird, and unlike anything I had experienced before. Additionally, an image came to mind, of standing in a valley while huge boulders rolled quickly down the slopes, converging on me. Let us say, some evil bastard didn't care for what I was doing.

There is more than one reason that the story about the Satan worshipper affected me deeply; but I realized a new one this morning. Many years ago, I realized there was something transcendent about the female breast. It wasn't sexual -- at least, I don't think it was -- it was more in the category of awe. And it just struck me, out of the blue, that a woman's breasts represent Truth. Don't ask me to explain that; I can't. And not long ago, I had additional insights -- which I wrote down, but couldn't find (grr). I think there is something sacred, holy about the female breast; and I suspect that is the reason this woman was led to do what she did.

I have always found it difficult to know how best to make war on evil. Sometimes, I think the best way is to simply become Light; and, as you can see from what I wrote, above, this may, in fact, be the best approach. It focuses on God rather than evil. OTOH, if I were to be confronted with evil in action, as you were in your law practice, I would feel compelled to act. I find this a difficult dilemma.

This may sound funny, but I think there's a good chance it works. I've considered my weapon of choice against evil may be a light saber. Think about it!