How Do You Know if Someone Sold Their Soul to the Devil
Columnist Mikel Kelly reminisces nearly ane of his favorite articles from the Weekly World News.
Hardly a calendar week goes by that I don't lament the fact that we no longer have the Weekly Globe News to enrich our lives — and hither'south a perfect example. Final week I ran across an article online headlined "How to sell your soul to the Devil."
Oh, sure, you might think that because the article was on weeklyworldnews.com, the article might be of questionable veracity, but not me.
I as well was not dissuaded by the fact that the story was posted May 5, 2009, fifty-fifty though the Weekly World News stopped publishing in 2007. I am, if goose egg else, open-minded.
The writer of this article was someone named Marge Floori — which, every bit we all know, could not be published if it were not true — so Ms. Floori is now one of my favorite writers.
"Yous tin can have power, wealth, an attractive mate and nearly anything else you ever dreamed of - by selling your soul to Satan!" Floori begins the article by saying. "But how?
"Yous must know what you're doing when y'all make the bargain or Satan will cheat you blind. That's the word from Dr. Rex Touth, expert on satanic rituals and writer of 'How to Negotiate Unholy Contracts.'"
Like the offset-rate announcer that I now empathize her to be, Floori makes expert use of her expert source.
"Dr. Touth cites cases dating all the way back to the 16th century in which humans have agreed to spend eternity in Hell when they die in exchange for earthly pleasures while they're alive."
So she quotes the skillful doctor himself: "Human history and earth literature are teeming with stories like that of Germany'south Dr. Faustus, who sold his soul," she relays. "Our own American statesman Daniel Webster in one case debated Satan in a landmark soul-selling case in which he renegotiated the contract and had it overturned. Thousands have gained riches and fulfilled their fantasies."
And I'thousand thinking, "OK, I'm listening."
To which Floori serves upward exactly what I'm looking for — tips for how to accept advantage of Satan. And those tips (according to Dr. Touth, remember) are as follows:
• SET THE Bargain Upward PROPERLY. At that place'south a right and wrong way to make contact with the Devil. The right mode is to be alone in your room, close your eyes and say, "Satan, I summon you. I have a quality soul to sell if the price is correct." It may take dozens, even hundreds of tries, just at all costs, avoid sounding desperate or needy. He'll show up eventually.
• DEAL FROM A POSITION OF POWER. By far the biggest mistake people make is to underestimate how badly Satan wants their soul. It's like precious aureate to him and he'll pay anything to get it. When he appears, become him to make the start offer, then up it.
• GET THE ABSOLUTE BEST. Call back, yous're going to burn in Hell forever. So no matter how badly off you are now, demand the best. For instance, even if you experience unlovable and drastic with loneliness, don't just say, "I desire the most gorgeous adult female on Earth and I want her to exist madly in love with me." Instead, add together, "In fact, throw in 100 other women equally well so I tin can pick and cull according to my mood."
• Retrieve TO Need THE LIFE-EXTENSION CLAUSE. Satan won't tell you if you don't ask, but you tin can get a guarantee of 300 years of youthful life before you lot become to eternal damnation. Why enjoy a mere 75 or 80 years of reckless living when you lot can get 300?
See, this is how you know Dr. Touth is the real bargain. Past offering this special insight, he shows that he not simply has the goods but also the guts to share with the rest of united states.
Floori goes on to report that "religious groups worldwide are trying to ban Dr. Touth's volume," quoting "a spokesman for the Due north American Council of Churches and Synogogues" (which may or may non be an actual system): "This kind of trash is spiritual dynamite," she attributes to the spokesman. "Nosotros can't, in good censor, let people read how to destroy their almighty souls."
And then, like one of your better news writers, she spins it all back to the beginning by offering a squeamish summarizing ending to the story.
"But Dr. Touth says we should all be aware of the facts so nosotros tin make an informed decision. 'Information technology's your soul,' he says. 'Practice what you lot want with it.'"
And ker-pw! The story is over.
Now get out there and sell your souls (or non; your choice) — but if you practise, do it correct, OK?
Onetime managing editor of several customs newspapers, including the Woodburn Independent, Lake Oswego Review and the Times papers in Washington County, Mikel Kelly is chief of the central design desk for Community Newspapers and the Portland Tribune, and he contributes a regular column.
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