Always to want more

This is the last blog for a while on the subject of the occult, demonology, spiritualism and theism. I started writing these blogs to help people understand why I wrote my book, "The Demon Cult". My fascination with religion persists; why individuals believe in an omnipresence and how they believe it can affect their lives, what happens after death and so on.

I do not believe that there is a god in that sense but respect peoples' beliefs. We all need some credo to live our lives; I suppose, if for no other reason, than to give point to human life. I just think that we are the current beings, in the four billion history of the Earth, who have found a way of using all of the World's resources, flora and fauna, minerals and topography to our best advantage.

There WILL come a day when human life will vanish in its current form: just like the dinosaurs are considered by some experts to have taken to the air as birds. What will follow, who knows. That is the point. Nobody knows anything in the final analysis. Despite worthy tomes, bibles, and many other religious and scientific books there is not one substantiated case of someone returning to the Earth: not one! Yes, there are recorded visions and narratives going back hundreds of years but many writings on the subject were politically motivated, or written long after the events. The bible is only a compilation of religious books written at the time; the New Testament is written to support the stories of Jesus. I am not a Jesus denier, nor would I cast scorn on any religion but it is a step into the supernatural. The Oxford Dictionary defines supernatural as: attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature; or 2, exceptionally or extraordinarily great. I think that the first definition stands well; the second needs confirmation as to why and how. Empirical evidence is by witness, rational evidence is by factual proof. The beliefs described throughout my blogs are empirical: stories of great happenings by witnesses but no proof. Over centuries there has been no shortage of religious interpreters who are happy to tell their congregations what the narratives mean.

So one person's idea of why we are here and what we are to do is as good as another. My book visits the old religions in, I hope, an entertaining way. Its follow up - "The Demon Cult 2 Baker's Island" - will continue the journey through spiritualism and demonology and is also a metaphor for greed and the human desire always to want more.

I hope that you have enjoyed my blogs thus far and would love to debate, or hear the views, of any readers: I know you are out there!