Many times later I used the evidence and facts I drew from them to persuade others of the validity of such beliefs. My interest in reincarnation soared, fueled by my interest in evolution, to where it led me to believe that I had once been a Triceratops dinosaur. I hadn't yet heard the eastern concept of reincarnating from or into an animal, it just seemed to me a logical step since dinosaurs came before men based on evolutionary teaching. If flesh evolved, then psyche must too, I reasoned. Now don't laugh too hard.
Big things start in little ways.
Therefore, I caution you not to ignore your child's minor infatuations. My interests were perpetuated by related TV programs and a number of popular books in my school library. Thus they laid the foundation for my destruction. At about the age of 7 I began having manifestations of what I first called reality warping, then referred to as waking nightmares when people didn't understand what I meant. They were intensely frightening.