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So the battle involves not just tackling the spirits but dealing with accusations. I am, of course, is the name God revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14 and is used throughout Hebrew Scriptures. Similar to the beginning of the book of Job, the devil accuses Lucy of being faithless to God-here represented not as a Lion as in the Narnia Chronicles but as a fox called Iam. So, yes, there are spiritual battles here. There is also a kind of magic mirror and ancient looking weapons suggestion Ephesians 6:11-17, the armor of God. With it, Lucy can see angels and daemons (author’s spelling). The Spectrescope is a symbol or allegory for spiritual discernment. We have a hint of what is coming because prologue of The Ghost of Darwin Stewart is a fictionalized telling of chapter 14 of Isaiah or Book 6 of Paradise Lost, the story of the devil being kicked out of heaven. Among the artifacts is a device that looks like a magnifying glass called a Spectrescope (the word is capitalized, as if it is a name). Two middle school aged friends, Lucy and Schuyler, go to a nearby flea market where they meet a gray-haired man who has a box of unusual ancient artifacts he gives to them.