In The Daemon Anthony Peake expands upon the proposition that all consciously aware beings consist of not one but two separate consciousnesses – everyday consciousness and that of The Daemon, a higher being that seems to possess knowledge of future events, inhabiting a different world of cognition and perception. Peake explains his understanding that the Daemon’s memories are carried over from previous lives, whereas the everyday self, the Eidolon has no pre-life memory. Occasionally old memories break through as deja vu, and under certain circumstances the Daemon can provide guidance, warning the Eidolon of potential danger. Welcome to the exploration of a secret that is part of all the great esoteric traditions – that the human being is a binary, not a unitary, intelligence.

336pp, 130mm x 197mm, softback, 2010