The MSM and politicians choosing to ignore the real issues of ordinary Americans while talking absolute nonsense with nothing of substance, given the choice I’m comfortable with my own realities rather than those of the powerful, rich and famous. And having made the choice of my own reality as opposed to that of other lunatics, rather than simply finding an empty cell in the asylum and becoming a recluse I choose to promote my own brand of lunacy.

For example, in discussion with some friends as to why Bush, Obama, and the Clintons are still alive when so many want them dead it occurred to me there may be “special souls” that defy the odds. In fact, the odds are so overwhelming they fall into the category of the supernatural. Michael Corleone was wrong; not everyone can be killed. The proof of this is the fact that throughout history there have been those that despite the odds against their surviving have beat enormous odds in continuing to live, and many that have needed killing despite the numerous attempts made against them, people like Stalin and Hitler, continued to beat the odds.

Is Bin Laden still alive because of the ineptitude of Clinton and Bush or “supernatural intervention” on his behalf? If it were only a matter of money or the desire to kill them, many a tyrant would have met their demise before inflicting so much damage. So I conclude forces unseen are at work in such cases, not all of them in the category of “They are only alive because it’s against the law to kill them.”

Of course, there are good people throughout history that have defied the odds against their living, people like George Washington. Special souls therefore, if there be such, may be good or evil, which would lead to the assumption there are unseen forces at work both good and evil in conflict, the belief of many different cultures since the beginning of human history and continuing to be credited by many; and not just the ignorant and superstitious, but some of the brightest and best educated.

The other day a line from a book I hadn’t read in nearly thirty years came to mind that I wanted to use in an article I was working on. I still had the book in my library, one of over 400 pp. in length, and despite my having an extraordinary memory the thought of leafing through it to find that one line was daunting. Nevertheless, I pulled out the book and much to my dismay there was the very line I needed on the first page I opened to! Many such things have happened throughout my life, not all of them so pedestrian by any means but on the contrary left me wondering how I was still alive! But whether of little seeming consequence or importance or bizarre and extreme they still catch me by surprise. I know they have happened with other people, and when they happen they can leave you wondering whether other forces are at work science cannot explain. In some cases, the things that happen are very much out of “The Twilight Zone.”

In “The Mummy” there is much to Evie’s observation “If I can see it and touch it then it’s real.” Of course, the delight of the film is the many supernatural things going on that change Evie’s point of view and many of us enjoy. But when something of the paranormal happens in a person’s life there is no denying the experience; though some of the “saints” may have in fact been quite mad. But it is my own experience with things inexplicable that prevent me at times from replying to someone with a seemingly fanciful story: “Are you nuts?” To my mind because of some of my own personal experiences there is a chance they may not be despite Evie’s imminently practical observation.

Mythologies such as those of the Greeks quite understandably attribute human characteristics to the gods and goddesses, much as do other mythologies. By this method of interpretation extraordinary people and events otherwise inexplicable fall into the realm of human understanding and acceptance; and it is a given the deities may favor some humans over others, thereby becoming special souls. But both good and evil deities of various descriptions are allowed a place in order to account for both saints and sinners sometimes beating the odds. And were it not for the mythologies, such things would leave us wondering how to make any sense of this. My conclusion is there may be guardian angels in some special soul cases, but the Devil and his servants have their own special souls they care for as well.

To bring it down to where the rubber meets the road, the two coaches of football teams pray God will give them victory. But one team has to lose. The win will usually go to the better team and plays the better game much in the manner of Napoleon’s point God is on the side of the army with the most cannon. The problem is that this is not always the case, and so Lincoln was correct in not claiming God was on the side of the North, and both Emerson and Thoreau were reluctant to accept what men called “good” without thorough examination.

As I watch and listen to Bush making nice with the Saudi’s and talk nonsense about peace in the Middle East I think of the film “Lord of War.” By now most people realize the most corrupt leaders fare better than any noble, should any noble ever gain a position of leadership, but I keep coming back to the mythologies that credit some being special souls. At least this makes sense of so many hundreds of millions born to no other purpose but to suffer and die, just as Nature decrees among plants and animals only a few among the many survive and when the many exceed their limit they die. Blessed, touched, cursed, however much you try to be scientific, empirical, and practical I don’t believe an honest mind can arbitrarily dismiss the case for “special souls” by whatever means natural or supernatural be they good or evil.