This week: The Ackles ass equation, bad puns from demons, roasting the writers’ awful takes on gematria, real and metaphorical mirror demons, and Jules has become lawboy.
(Supernatural Season 1, Episodes 4, 5, and 6)
References:
- Judaism and Numbers
- Tefilat Haderech, The Traveler's Prayer
- Mirrors in the Bible and in Jewish Tradition
- Demon at the Doorstep: Lilith as a Reflection of Anxieties and Desires in Ancient, Rabbinic, and Medieval Jewish Sexuality [PDF]
- Lilith and Incantation Bowls
- Shape shifting
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