The Daimon

The Romans believed that there was a spirit or even personal deity that followed a person from the moment of birth until the moment of death. 

The Romans called these beings "geniuses" which is where the modern engish term "genius" comes from, although with a different application. The Greeks called them "Daimons."

They were protective spirits or divine beings. Every person supposedly had one from birth to death. They were in a sense the personication of the divine nature that dwells in every human being.

In Christianity, the concept of "guardian angels" borrowed from the Romans, who often depicted their geniuses as having wings and protective tools, not so different from the depictions of angels.

These beings were assigned to a person by the Creator, and dwelled with them for the entirety of their lives. Called "tutelary deities/spirits" which means protectors of a person, place, or thing, the jobs of geniuses, daimons, and guardian angels were to protect, guide, strengthen, comfort, or embolden those they protect in order to fulfill some sort of purpose or responsibility that God wanted that particular person to fulfill.

The guardian spirit was bound to their person forever, and serves as companion to them even when they are isolated and even into eternity. Everyone has one.

I take much comfort in this idea, knowing I have a guardian and protector. Facing a world as unpredictable as this one and as unforgiving and condemning so many people in this world are, having the security of knowing God has a protector assigned to me grants me a lot of peace and security.

Something that I need every once in a while.

The protection I have from my own angel is something I try not to take for granted. He is my sword and my shield, and with him I can face any darkness.