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CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

Wilson'W. wyatt, Lt. Governor

ADM INIS TRATION
The Honorable Bert To Combs; Governor
W} Go Oakley, Welfare Commissioner
Marshall Swain, Deputy Welfare Commissioner
Dre Harold Blacks Director of Corrections

PRISO N AIM INISTRAT IO N

Luther Thomas, warden Lloyd To Armstrongg Deputy Warden

Kathlyn Ordmay; Business Manager 'Wo To Baxterg Guard Captain

Reverend Paul Jaggersa Chaplain

Henry E. Cowans Educational Supervisor

BOARD OF PARDONS & PAROLES

Dr. Fred Moffatts Emecutive Director

waiter Fergusons Chairman

E Simeon Willis, Member Ernest ThompsonQZMember

CASTLE STAFF

Lawrence Snow, Editor ' leonarleulep Associate Editor

3 Stanley Brawner, Lithographer Billy Howells Sports Editor

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”mosaic
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Lloyd Armstrong
Deputy'Warden

I was asked recently to give a few statistics concerning the institution»
Hew many prisoners do we have incarcerated here? What age groups do tthey
represent? What are their sentences? At this date (August 27) we have inn
careerated.11625 of whom 868 are white and 29h colored. We have 318 men
serving life sentences, 29‘ serving life without privilege of paroles 88
serving eryeer sentences, and 727 serving less than 21 yearso

The youngest inmate here is 17 and the oldest is 85° Both of these are
rare cases. Our largest age group is from 23 to 27 inelusivelyo

Of 1162 inmates incarcerated, approximately 67 per cent are employedo we
have approximately 85 men under the age of 26 and who have not finished the
eighth grade, in our school. Of the 775 inmates employeds 151 are perm
mitted to work outside the institution on our farms and on construction and
various other outside detailso

we have approximately 20 employed in our inside cabinet shop. Another 100
are employed in our garment factory and knitting millo Some 90 inmates
work in our culinary department and the remainder of the employed inmates
work in the engineering departments in upkeep of the grounds» in clerical
and hoopital'work, and as housekeeping orderlieso 0f the unemployed ina
mates, approximately 60 are assigned to our leather hobby shopo There are
also a.few who are unable to do labor because of physical defects or bad
health. Peak.population of the institution fell on October 279 1939, when
we had 1569 inmateso Our high serial number as of this date is 2hooh.

Of 1162 inmates there are men from all walks of life am from school
teachers to farmers. You can mention abnost any trade and we will have men
who have at one time or other been associated with its All of our farm
work, engineering maintenance, and a big majority of the clerical work is
done by inmates with employees supervising. Occasionally there is a par-
ticular job to be done in the institution or on the farms for which we do
not have a qualified inmate. However, we have always managed to get the
job done with the men we have. ,

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RESIDENT PSYCHIATRIST AT BOYS SCHOOL
SUBSTITUTES SOUP FOR TRANQUILIZING PILLS

According to the YELLOW JACKET9 inmate
publication of the Florida School for
Boys at Marianna” natural proteins and
biochemicals produced by the body are
just as effective as tranquilizing pills
without the harmful side effects.

FSB resident psychiae
trist, began by feeding his youthful
charges a soup made from the marrow of
bones. After drinking the "Sousa Soup,"
as the preparation is informally called”
inmates were given brainewave tests. In
each caSe9 radical and sudden changes in
brainewave impulses were noted.

Dr. Luis Souzas

This was no surprise to Dr. Souza, for
he has demonstrated the same technique
at the Prager Mental Hospital Research
Center in Vienna as well as in private
practice. Other doctors who have tried
the "Souza Soup“ report the same results.

The feeding of "light proteinic,u the
essential element in the bonewmarrow
soups produces beneficial changes in
cases of mental retardations neurosis:9
hypertension» and some types of mental
disorders. In two cases involving a
mentallyeretarded lQDyeareold and a
lheyeareold who showed symptoms of parse
noid schizophreniag brainewave impulses
measured 60 seconds after the boys drank
h ounces of the soup approached normal
levels for 3% minutes. A second serving
of soup prolonged the reaction somewhat
longer.

According to Dr. Sousa. when treatment
is carried out over a period of times it
is lasting. New ”doses“ are not re»
quired.

SWITCHABOUT

Arab women are.known for wearing veils
in.public as a sign of modesty. Among
the Tuaregs of northern Africa, however,9
it's the men who.veil their faces.

PRELIMINARY DRILLING
FOR NEW BUILDING FINISHED

An outside drilling firm entered the
prison last month to begin preliminary

,work for the new twomstory gymnasium and

school building. Purpose of the drills
ing was to make a study of soil condie
tions on the construction site.

By the time this issue is out, excavae
tions for the foundation should have
begun. A section of terrace will have
to be dug back and excavations for the
footings made before the pouring of the
foundation can get under way.

The new building will include a
gymnasiumeauditorium on the second floor
and a complete academic school on the
first. School classes are presently bee
ing held in the little onemroom gymnasim
um under the leather shop.

The new building is urgently needed as
an auditoriump too. At present there is
no building in the prison that will seat
all of the inmate body at once, with the
possible exception of the messhall.
This means that mass assemblies are out
of the question. Movies» tooa must be
shown four separate times in order to
give all inmates a chance to view them.
Movies are now shown in the chapel.

“RHYTHM KINGS“ DEVELOPING INTO FINE BAND

Beginning as a looselyeknitg disorgane
ized group of highly individualistic
musicians some time in the past, the
swing band that has come to be known as
the MRhythm Kings“ has lately developed
into a welleorganizeds smootheplaying
band a

The Rhythm Kingss an allainmate band,
includes a sprinkling of professional
musicians. Bandleader Chuck Soulesg
Gerry'Bogdens Jack Belcher, and some
others have all played in jazz or hille
hilly groups outside. Some of the
others playeds but not professionally,

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before coming to prisono A few learned
to play their instruments after coming
here.

Constant practice has done wonders for
the band. Working out in the basement
room next door to the CASTLE office, the
band members devote several hours each
day to rehearsals. When all the members
aren’t presents the individual players
sometimes split up into impromptu com-
bos. One such combo plays on the steps
just outside our windowe Gerry Bogden
on clarinet» Jack Belcher on tenor ban»
jo, and Dick Pratt on guitar. (this
means, of courses that the magazine
office is surrounded with music; but
we've learned to like it)

which
provided a

The "Closed World" radio programs
originates in the prison.
powerful stimulus for the musicians.
The program was begun here some months
ago by' Representative Shelby McCallumD
owner of WCBLQ in cooperation with prim
son officialsg and is heard every second

Sunday at 1350. The swing band is foam
tured on the program. The band also
plays during the noon chow line and» on

afternoonso for the front office persona
11610

band include
trumpets chuck

Regular members of the
Sylves ter Thomas on
Soules and Joe Mans on trombone” Gerry
"Siftu" Bogden and Clarence "Cupid“
White on alto sear;9 Clark Jones and Otis
Montgomery on tenor sass Jack Belcher on
guitar9 Leroy Hollowell on drums. and
Red Ruggles on bass. Dick Pratt and Joe
DeJarnette are the relief guitar and
drum respectively. Tracy Barker also
fills in as guitarists vocalist$ and
whistler.

The Rhythm Kings got another boost re=
cently in the form of uniforms donated
by’Murray State College. The military‘3
style uniforms are worn during variety
shows, broadcasts, and other special
occasions. ,

Light travels 186,000 miles a second.

SGT. HERNDON TRANSFERRED T0 DAY SHIFT

Sargeant William Herndon, who has been
assigned to the night shift for more
than a year, returned to the daylight

trick last month.

Mr. Herndon, h7, has worked at the pri»
son since March, 1960. For approximates
ly a year before he went to the night
shift, he was the supervising officer in
h—Shop. A quiet, soft-spoken man, he
has the rare ability to win both the
friendship and the reSpect of prisoners,
and he has earned considerable populari-
ty among the inmate body.

Married and the father of 7 children (h
of then still at home), Mr. Eerndon is:
also active in community affairs. For 8
years he has served as Sunday School
Superintendent for his church, the
Pleasant Grove Baptist near Cobbs Kane
tucky. Just last month he was made a
deacon. Recently he and his wife Spon-
sored two children from the Glendale
Children’s Home as summer guests in
their own home.

The Sergeant is a veteran of 'World war
II (The Phillipines)g and he has one big
regrets The fact that he dingt finish
his education. The depression reached
its peak before he could go to collegeg
and laterg with a family to rear, he had
no time to return to school. He has no
regrets about working here, however.

"It's a challenges in a way," he said to
us. "Although not everyone sees it this

ways you have a chance to help someone
who wants help. And that's always res
warding."

Drinking champagne from a lady's slipper

may be romantics but eating the whole

shoe is another matter. World Book Ens

cyclopedia relates that the Chinese were

forced to use boiled leather shoes as

food during a famine in the 1500's. A

large part of the Chinese population perm
ished of hunger during the famine.

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CANADA BEGINS RADICAL NEW PROGRAM

In a drastic step designed to open a
brand new field in rehabilitation of its
prisoners, the Canadian government has
announced that a small and select group
of prisoners are attending night classes
at a university and studying advanced
methods of printing techniques. Allen
J. McLeod, Commissioner of Penitentiu
arias, declined to name the university
but said the convicts are permitted to
mingle freely with the other students
and wear civilian clothing. -

Mr. McLeod told the John Howard Seeiety

(rehabilitation of convicts in Canada3,
that the penitentiaries are gradually.

expanding inmate activities in the cute
side community. He said this is dew
signed to keep up the dignity of the
convicts and to prepare them for evens
tual release. Penitentiaries new permit
some inmates,-due for release, to walk
around the nearby communities to acclime
atize themselves to the outside world.
They return to prison at night.

In a period of several months during the
daring experiment, there have been no
incidents reported to cloud the . future
expansion plans. Many of the towns=
people were skeptical‘9 some outright
against the proposals but have changed
their attitude in view of the excellent
conduct of the inmates and their evident
desire to make a success of the programs
One local police officers when asked his
views on the idea stated: "People all
mmr the world are alike in one reapect:
show them that an idea can benefit some-

one who has been unfortunate, and they A

will go out of their way to help. It
has been that way with people of the
community. They have been given every
indication of the sincerity of the in=
mates and have responded with amaziig
results."

As for the men attending college, they
are treated with the same degree of cone
sideration shown a paying student. (PP)

CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

Another innovation ' in
created by Billy Howell and_ Herb Brun
baker. Most of the billfolds they pro== a

‘BIELE COVERS BOWLING BAGS, PISTOL HDLP

STBRS AMONG NEW PRODUCTS IN LEATHERSHOP

Want an individualized,
Bible cover of topmgrain leather? Want
a beautifullyetooled bowling (bag that
should last a lifetime?‘ Or how about a
matched set of holsters to wear to your
gun or riding club? Theylre all avail»
able (to Kentucky residents only) from
the leather craftsmen of Eddyville.

For yearsg the prison" s leatherworkers .

have been known throughout the state for
their finelywworked billfoldss wallets”
pursesg and belts. But none of these
industrious and creative workmen are

content to rest on their laurels. New.

products and variations on old products
are constantly being designed -in the
little concrete leathershop abOVe the

prison school. , Eddie Arnolds who says .

concering leather goods» "If you can
describe its I can make itg“ turns out
the Bible covers. No two designs are
alikes and clients can have their names
engraved on the covers if they like.
Herb Brubakerg who introduced the gold
stamping machine to the leathershcp’
(namesg . addresses,
fraternal emblemss. and_ other printed
matter in pure gold), turns out the
bowling bags, beautifullybcarved bags

of heavy saddle leathers with reinforced .
Igrips and bottoms and hardurubber ball,
mounts. And Johnny Herman Specializes.

in the belt=andwholster sets for lawman

and hobbyists., Leroy Hamms “Fat Boy".

Willard Al Hendersong Russell Lynn9
George Baker, and Gordon Head, some_of
the other craftsmen in the shops _also
turn out. the popular new "duck bill"
pursess as well as, Mexican bags and
wallets of all types.

duce now have pockets and closed folders
in the "Prince Gardner" style in pin
morroccan or cornelean goat.

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The art of personalizing leather pro-
ducts has reached a high stage of
development in the prison, too. Ray
Irvin, working with a vibrating tool,
does most of the engraving of names and
emblems on leather. He can even engrave
the entire Lord's Prayer on billfold
backs for clients who want it. The
gold-stamping machine, already men-
tioned, greatly improves the appearance
of ﬁne goods. And Billy Howell has be-
come expertlin hand-painting and dying
intricate scenes on billfolds and purses.

Leather products are sold by direct mail
within the state, and through the insti-
tutional leatherstand across from the
prison.

WHAT ONE PERSON'CAN'DO —- by Ray Clymore

Do enough people in our society ever
stop to think of all the genuine talent
going to waste in the penal institutions
of our country? Have you as an indivi-
dual ever wondered what one person might

do to help this situation? In the fol-
lowing paragraphs I will show you a
factual example of the simple and ef-

fective means used by one free person to
help one imprisoned persona

Recently I came to know a young man of
exceptional talent in the state peni-
tentiary at Eddyville. After talking

with him, I discovered that a great deal
of his talent was due to his own efforts
and struggles to master the difficult
field of portrait painting. Although he
had received some formal training in the

art, he was not able to finish the
course. But recently some of his work
has been submitted to Miss Helen

Peterson, Art Director of the Louisville
Art Institute and Gallery. Miss
Peterson has shown extreme interest in
his work and his future. She says that
his talent is superior to that of many
students who have been studying as long
as four years.

The interest and understanding of Miss
Peterson.may'prove to be very helpful in

in this young
an oppor-
him be-

bringing about a change
man's life. It may provide
tunity that was never open to

fore. It is my belief that this
individual will grasP his opportunity
and his place in our society. Through
the interest of Miss Peterson, and

through letters and recommendations from
her, this young man, I believe, will
soon be in Louisville and attending one
of her advanced art classes.

There are many such cases as this to be
found throughout our country - cases
where the young men, if shown some in-
terest and offered some opportunity,
would reach far out to grasp any help
offered to them. As in the above case,
there are many who only need someone
to take the slightest interest.

I am sure that if you were to ask many
ministers, they would tell you that
their most important task; and their
most rewarding, is the time when a mem»
ber of their congregation comes forward
to express his faithn They have heard
and believed, and this is a joyful time
for the minister. In the same way,
peeple like Miss Peterson have their re»
ward when someone like this young artist

reaponds to their help and succeeds 'in
developing the talent he haso

THIS WAS REFORMATION?

British prisons of the 19th century in

one way were worse then medieval pri-
sons, for under the principal of admini-
stering hard labor, they forced convicts
to endure a unique fonn of self-tortures
Invented in lBhé. as a "Labor Machine,"
it consisted of an iron box on 'legs
waist high, with a double-handed crank
coming from one end. The crank turned
nothing but a revolution counter, and it
did not turn easily. Daily work allot»
ments were set, and anyone who did not
turn his "task" got no foods

Ironically, the system, before it was
abolished in the 1890's, taught thou~
sands of prisoners to hate work. —- TRUE

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With agonizing slowness, the era of the
Big House is; passing

linost gone in the United States are:

such Big House trademarks as the look»
step march, the silent systemg the Old
Gray' Mare, and the sweat bone 3The
massive stone walls that surrounded the

Big House are being replaced by the twin}

fences of the "reform" penitentiaryo
The grim and bleak Big Housev facade is
slowly vanishing to make 1room for the1
cleaner limes and more practical interiw
ors-of modern prison architecture. The

old vicemand—violence breeding dormia«

tories and multiple cells are giving way
to compact and comfortable individual
”rooms,” with solid doors and steel
panes in the windows; instead of bares
Rather pointlessly, the ugly and sordid
electric chair is; giving way to the ugly
and sordid gas: chambere

Even Alcatrazs the "biggest" of the Big
Houses and a dreary fortress that was at
once a symbol of failure and success to
thousands: of the countryﬂs- professionals:
in crime, is doomed. It will not be re»
placed, not as such.

With the passing of the Big Houses the
languagem and mores- of prisoners-are
changingg too° The Big House is not the
Big House any more, but an ”institution”
or sometimes a "joint.“ "Stir" is as
passe as the bicycle built for two.9 eXw
oept in such halfwfacetious expressions
as "stir~crazyo" The shiv is still a
Shiv9 but it is called a knife more
often than not, and guards are only
sometimes "bulls" or "hacks“ or
Screws,“ but usually simply "The Man"
or "guards," or evens again halfw
facetiously, "Correctional Officerso"
Even Carneys or Kizzarney, the secret
Pigulatin of the carnival adapted years
ago to convict uses is dying outs

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CASTLE ON THE CUMBERLAND

Prisoners are beginning to attend groupm
therapy sessionsg to form "reform"
groups of their owns and to take an
active part in the government or“ hm-
prison through inmate councils r :1 fs’l'
inmate governmentso The “words” ”th-
more progressive modern 1_1risc.2.>s '
closer to the campuses of liiai‘allﬁz‘ff'éz‘ 73's..-
they are to the yards of the Big ‘rlr'useo

It is an era of transistionv and will rem-1'

main so for years to come‘9 because in” w
vations‘ are slow to take hold in
tradition=bound atmosphere of pan. \.....:‘.JO
And the sideline convicts the . I“(claim
timer 9" stands apart from the newibreedo
Tight-nlipped.‘D wary"9 with a stern code of
honor and ethics carried over from
tougher timesg, he views in confusion the
new generation. of co vista and wonders
to himself what prisons are coming too

But it isnlt so much the pr*1:1
who are changing the prisons 9' 7";‘71131‘1‘: "the
prisons that‘are changing the prisons—arse
The oldetiner wasn‘3t born that we on»
conditions made him that were ‘ ‘
hard and tough,9 it was bees "1‘
he lived in was hard and to?.:z.;=v"..ho ,
was cunning and strands it ‘cvas t1f“:-'I:.,r~”1
he had to be to survive in a. world that
was devoid of kindness and mercyo Ii" he
hated officialdoms it was because:
officialdom showed him nothing but hateo

He was honorable in his dealings wits;
his fellow convictsg and merciless in
punishing the inrormer and the turnooamo
He extends-.111: cg. helping hand to the Wright
peoples” and let the "wrong people" see
nothingo He minded his own affairsa anti.
expected the next man to do the sense

But When he left the Big Houses he had.

no reason or incentive to do an; thing
but return to the pistol or the saﬂw
crackeer sledgeo ‘

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SPORTS
REPORT

Billy Howell, Sports Editor

Baseball season is once again coming to an end. The summer of the "Take Me.0ut to
the Ball Game“ Sport is over, and the national sport fades with the coming of

autwnn.

This has been a good year for baseball here at the institution. We have :watched
a number of close games that produced thrill after thrill by close plays and good
team spirit. I will venture to say, however, that something of a record was set in
our league this year in the number of games played under protest. For a while that
was the magic word. There is a game on record that was protested on an unpire93
decisionl You would have a hard time finding another league anyWhere in which ball
is played with the team spirit and obsession to win that we find here.

There's talk: of football in the wind. Leroy "Hawkeye" Terry, who came back to stay
with us for a season or two, informed us that he is resigning as a southpaw pitcher
to do a little quarterbacking. Seems he will give Sam "Gator-Mouth" McCutchen a
little competition for the glory spot this year.

As of this writing the swimming pool is still open, but we know its day are nume
bered for this season. We still have ping-pong, pool, and TV to occupy our time
during the coming indoor seasons

We have been neglecting our duty with the Sports report the past couple of months,
but our good friend Larry Snow has been lending a helping hand. Thanks, Larry.
The thing is, we're having the parole fever again this year. Our ulcer has been
acting up terribly, and we just ain’t Welll See you next month .0. if Pm still
here -- Billy Howell _._.__..

THE IMPIRE'S CORNER —- by Bill Burton

On August 8 the second half of the six-steam intramural league came to a close and
the final standings of the teams follows

FIRST HALF STANDINGS SECOND HALF STANDINGS
TEAM WON LOST TEAM WON LOST
Bra dfor d 1 O )4 Mait la nd 6 1
Lynn 7 6 Davis )4 2
Evans 7 6 Lynn 3 3
Davis L, 5 Lamar 2 3
Hayde n 5 8 Bradford 1 3
Hayden 1 3

On August 12 the playoff began between Bradford, the first-"half winner, and
Maitland, the second-half victor, with the understanding that the winner of three
out of five games would be the champion. On August 114 it was all over and
Maitland's team had downed Bradford's in three straight games to become the 1962

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Sp orts Rep ort

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Intramural League champions. However, we still have a lot of baseball coming up -2
three sets of all-star games -- and I will give the results to you in the next
issue, along with the outstanding plays and players of the year. Right now, here
are the rosters and batting averages of all the teamso

LYNN'S TEAM AB H AVG MAITLAND'S TEAM AB H AVG
Burton 20 9 150 Lips Lewis 20 lo 500
Troutman 29 12 hlh Maitland lO 5 500
McCutchen 25 lO hOO Johnson 19 9 h7h
Steele 10 h hOO Broyles l8 8 hhh
Burks 5 2 hoo Foster 7 5 1429
P. White ll h 36h Masks 10 h h00
Maddox 2h 5 209 Evans 1h 5 357
Moss 3 O 000 Sheppard 1h 5 357
Manning 6 O 000 Byaum 16 h 250
Grafton ll 2 182
LAMAR'S TEAM AB H AVG BRADFORD'S TEAM AB H AVG
Baldwin 1h 8 571 Manx. 3 2 667
Crockett l7 8 h71 Hampton 12 6 500
Hollowell 22 9 h09 Buchanan 26 12 L62
Mooney 5 2 hOO Tipton 20 9 h50
Hickman 18 6 333 Morris 9 h hhh
Iamar 9 3 333 Scruggs l9 7 368
Newton 19 5 263 C. Robinson 12 h 333
Mitchell 16 Ll 250 Hall 27 7 259
Price 8 2 250 Ford 1h 2 1h;
Sared l5 3 200 Huffman ll 1 091
Hicks 16 3 188 Green 2. I 500
Beal 6 l 167 Brent 21 3 160
Willis 1h 7 500

FED OF THE TRAIL! WHY WORRY?

A dying old Indian chief had two sons, There are only two things to worry
Flying Eagle and Falling Rock. He was about: Either you are well, or you are
unable to decide which should be the sick. If you are well there is nothing
chief when he died so he told each to go to worry about. If you are sick there
out and bring back all the treasure he are two things to worry about. Either
could gather in one moons At the end of you will get well, or you will die. If
the Period Flying Eagle returned with you get well there is nothing to worry
his treasures, but Falling Rock never abouto If you die there are only two
Showed up. That's why, to this day; as things to worry about: Either you go to
You drive along the highways, you'll see Heaven or to Hell. If you go to Heaven
Signs: "watch out for FallingIRockl" there is nothing to worry about. But if
you go to Hell, you will be so darn busy

Contributed by Mrs. Marie Snow shaking hands with friends, you won9t be

able to worry! —— "Baldy" Johnson

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REINGARNATIONg THE BELIEF THAT
REFUSES TO DIE we lawrence Snow

“Man that is born of woman is of few
days» and full of trouble. He cometh
forth like a flower9 and is out downs
He fleeth also as a shadows arxl continue
eth not .90 But man dieth and wasteth
aways yeaa man giveth up ﬂue ghost, and
where is he? 00. If a man dies shall he
live again? we JOB

The léwyeareold boy put down the
material he had been reading and eat for
a while in the complete oblivion of cone
centration that only geniuses and 16e
yearaold boys can enjoy. Finally he
took up pencil and papers scribbled a
hasty note. Moving to the closet, he
fumbled among the clothes” found the .22
caliber rifle leaning in' the cornero
Hesitating only a moments he placed the
muzzle of the loaded rifle against his
own head and pulled ﬁhe triggero In the
words of his suicide noteg he had ”gone
to find out if Bridey Murphey was right."

No doubt everyone remembers the-Bridey
Morphey sensation of a few years egoc-
Placed under hypnosis by a friend9 a
@olorado housewife was "taken back in
time” to recall longwforgotten scenes
from her childhood. Suddenlys according
to the hypnotistVs accounts she began to
talk with a thick Gaelic accent. She
recalled a tiny village in Ireland”
mentioned unimportant but convincing de=
tails and incidents that only a native
of the village would he likely to know.9
and referred to herself as Bridey
Morphyg a girl who had lived in the vil=
lage years before shes the housewifes
was born. In other words, she seemed to
be describing scenes of a past incarnan
tion‘9 a “life before.“

Subsequent investigation, of course,
raised interesting questions concerning
the interpretation of the Bridey'Murphy
incident; but for the young suicideg the
questions came too late. And in the
meantime» a great deal of interest had

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been generated in the agewold belief in
reincarnation.

Just what does the word “reincarnation”
mean, and exactly how old is the belief?
Is it a belief that is “born in" men”!
If not, where did it come from? How has
it managed to take such a strong hold on
the minds of men, surviving centuries
of philosophical and scientific inquiry
to remain a nagging question in the back
of 20th~century minds?

Fundamentally; reincarnation is simply
another form of the belief in the homers
tality of the human (and in some cases
animal) soul. The difference is that
reincarnation -- sometimes referred to
as metempsychosis or the transmigration
of souls in implies the traveling of the
soul at death from one physical body to
another w- incarnation meaning roughly
"in the flesh." Nb one can tell with
any degree of exactness just how old
such a belief isa but it probably dates
back to the very origin of thinking
human creatures. Archaeologists digging
in the graves of prehistoric races come

monly find, not only remains of human
bodies, but also the dead manVs imple=
ments and weapons as well as stores of

food and drink am certainly evidence of
a belief in a form of physical life
after death. The early Egyptians and
Greeks gave evidence in their writings
and ruins of a concern with reincarnaw
tiong although the very early Egyptians
seem to have believe