Marilyn Promptly Invited Them All

Part of our success with people when they arrive here is due to the orientation program that we’ve organized. As each person steps off one of Chiron’s boats, he—or she—is greeted by a committee of three or four people, who are to become the person’s first friends in the afterlife.

We put particular care into choosing people for the welcoming committees. For example, when Marilyn Monroe joined us here, Jack Kennedy was part of her committee along with “Bertie,” later known as Edward VII of England, and Sigmund Freud. She was thrilled to see Jack again, Bertie was entranced, and Sigmund was engrossed.

Marilyn promptly invited them all to go with her to the elegant, Hollywood-style bungalow that we’d prepared for her. I never did hear the end of that story, but she is now one of our delights down here. Some even refer to her as the Aphrodite of the Underworld, but they don’t say that too often for fear of the real Aphrodite up above.