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zombie   Email   PrintPrint  “The purpose of man’s life…is to
become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know,
for reasons he is not to question.” – Ayn Rand  Of all the
cryptic, creepy and cruel creatures that emerge each Halloween,
few captivate our imaginations like the living dead. Sure, they
look dreadful, smell bad, and have the conversational skills of
a well-adjusted slug, but despite their bad manners and constant
lust for our brains, zombies have clawed their way into our
hearts. It just wouldn’t be Halloween without them.  Like any
good monster, the legend of the zombie is based in truth.
According to Voodoo traditions, powerful spiritual men called
Bokors have the power to kill a man and then raise him from the
dead, turning him into a zombi, a mindless slave to the Bokor
who created him. As outsiders began to look into the myths, they
discovered that these si