actually only one. what happened to Aziraphale when Shadwell stepped into the circle? i dont understand what happened to him. any help would be great!!

Shadwell didn't step into the circle. Aziraphale was trying to stop him (Shadwell) from stepping into the circle and Aziraphale accidentally stepped into it and discorporated.

I think discorporated is the proper word, although I could be wrong. I mean that his spirit left his body.

Shadwell had been holding a book, bell and fire - his lighter - and pointing his finger at Aziraphale and assumed that he had banished a "demon" when Aziraphale disappeared.

That was my take on it.

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makes sense but i still dont understand what the circle was. and why would this discorporate Aziraphale? sorry im being a total fool!

oh! well, it wasn't a circle, exactly, it was a pentacle, I think. or at least a "magic circle" like the ones that are generally associated with satanists.

man that really makes a person think... an angel communicating with "God" through the means of a pentagram?!?! WOWZER

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Originally posted by jshwaggle:
man that really makes a person think... an angel communicating with "God" through the means of a pentagram?!?! WOWZER

But isn't a pentagram upside down a positive symbol or something? Like part of some protective spells? I guess the point would be that everything is a matter of interpretation and most things we think of as evil are just plain silly. Or that we think that something is evil because we don't understand it.

The thing is that a pentagram isn't an "evil" symbol. Not originally, anyway. It all depends on how you look at it.
It symbolises Venus in some instances, and is a protective symbol against demons and witches in medieval christianity.
With S A L V S inscribed at the points, it symbolises health (Salus).

Though if you turn it upside down (two points up), then it's a different matter. Satanists inscribe the head of Baphomet (a goat's head) in it to symbolise a demon.

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