A Cox - Recognise that every part of your dream is an expression of some aspect of yourself such as sexuality, creativity, ideas, fear, and so on. In the world of dreams our most intimate fears and longings are given an exterior life of their own in the form of the people, objects and places of our dream.
So your child is the vulnerable parts of you, that is why you feel things are getting difficult and so call him in, close yourself up and close the blinds. Literally you are closing yourself to outside influence and also to you inner being.
The argument with the devil is the conflict you have with the urge to live and love – devil is lived spelt backwards. Literally it means that by being anxious you have stopped your growing self from really living and so you face these turned back life urges in you into an internal argument. Living means facing and feeling everything, the dark as well as the light. You cannot have light without darkness, or darkness without light. If everything was light you would not be able to see. We gain form and colour because of shades of dark and light.
So instead of arguing with the devil, give him some real love and he will transform.
Tony