REGINA: But were you ever worried…?
ALEX: …that the occult would release demons who would begin to cause havoc and mayhem throughout my entire life and the lives of the people I cared about?
No, because the frame of reference for someone who's into the occult is that demons don't really exist. Insofar as malevolent spirits or entities may be acknowledged, well, you're in the occult aren't you?
You can handle them. Just talk to them, you can get them to leave you alone, or contain them, or redirect them as necessary. In fact, as a force for good in the world, it's your job to deal with these things, so don't worry about that.
REGINA: How about your professional life?
ALEX: Yes, I was concerned about the fear of discovery, or ridicule, there. I told very few people what I was doing. If certain people were to ask me, I might to this day deny my involvement, even in the face of hard evidence to the contrary.
Willing to deal with "malevolent spirits" but not other human beings... seems rather counter-intuitive no? But that's the fuel on which the occult runs. At first it’s subtle inversions of reality, but eventually they get far more overt.
REGINA | 79