Professor Von Franz attempts to convince the skeptical Harding that the supernatural threat they face is not a mere ghost, but a physical manifestation of death itself. Von Franz argues that modern science has blinded humanity to ancient evils, while Harding struggles to reconcile his rational worldview with the terrifying reality of the vampire.
VON FRANZ: I do not believe. I know. I have seen things in this world that would have made Isaac Newton crawl back into his mother’s womb. We have not become so much enlightened as we have been blinded by the gaseous light of science. I have wrestled with the Devil as Jacob wrestled the angel in Pen
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