While there is no explicit reunion of Amfortas with his Double-Twin, Blatty does supply implicit hints that all is not lost. At first taken as a hallucination, it soon becomes evident to Amfortas that his Double is his spiritual Twin – in this case, his “good” Angel in opposition to his egoic personality which is deeply implicated in the Gemini’s crime spree. The other finally makes its own journey in order that both can once again be bound together in the unity they had before their “Great Split.”Īnother “Twins” parallel is between Dr. One (James Vennamun) seeks its destiny in the material world.And of course, the term, “the Gemini Killer,” as James Vennamun is known, itself connotes twins. The earthly twins’ life story duplicates the cosmic story of Sphere and Light-Point – both begin in love.
The parallels to the Gemini/Vennamun case are obvious. We also function as the Creation-Upward-Groping to its godly origins, an idea which forms the essence of Father Lankester Merrin’s mystical vision in the original novel. The Other tells its “Brother” about the burdens this will entail, yet we – the Divine Brother who desires Becoming – insist that we must seek our destiny in “Manifestation.” The Other agrees to this “Great Split,” saying that in the future both sphere and light-point will be once more united in love: “Hasten the day.” In becoming the manifest, created world, the primal divine light-point – we, human beings – have become the Angel seeking its divine origins who appears in Kinderman’s dreams. Then one of these radiant beings decides to live its own life, including pain and evil, as Creation. They are both spirit-Twins, united in primal love. Our origin was as two primoridal light-beings living with each other in loving unity. The Twins theme is duplicated in Blatty’s cosmological myth of “the Angel.” We human beings turn out to be the Angel. Finally the “Twins” are once more restored to their prior unity in love – as they had been in their mortal lives. When contact is made, the “weaker” but saintly brother convinces James to end the killing spree, freeing him from the demon’s grip and from Karras’ body. However, in an act of transcendent love, his dead brother searches for James and eventually finds him in Karras’ body. The damaged brother dies, James becomes “the Gemini Killer,” then himself dies… then, through demonic intervention, he enters Karras’ resuscitated corpse. The novel presents a spiritual relationship between mass murderer James Vennamun and his beloved, but mentally-emotionally damaged, brother. The novel’s “Twins” motif was dropped in the film, but was prominent and even crucial to the book’s narrative.
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