"Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal... In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately.

Next, in another cage I confined an Irish Catholic from Tipperary, and as soon as he seemed tame I added a Scotch Presbyterian from Aberdeen. Next a Turk from Constantinople; a Greek Christian from Crete; an Armenian; a Methodist from the wilds of Arkansas; a Buddhist from China; a Brahman from Benares. Finally, a Salvation Army Colonel from Wapping. Then I stayed away for two whole days. When I came back to note results, the cage of Higher Animals was all right, but in the other there was but a chaos of gory odds and ends of turbans and fezzes and plaids and bones and flesh--not a specimen left alive. These Reasoning Animals had disagreed on a theological detail and carried the matter to a Higher Court."
~ Mark Twain: Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings ~

"Like a small grey coffee pot
sits the squirrel."
~ Humbert Wolfe ~ 
 

Marty having a snack at the Japanese Tea House, San Francisco Ca.

"The wildness of squirrels
is an awesome wildness."
~ Douglas Fairbairn ~

Welcome to the
Magical World of Marty

       More About Marty 

Marty is the middle pup in a litter of five, three boys and two girls, born in mid March... the lot of them being Pisces by astrological sign and, by year, the Chinese sign of the Dragon. Before he was fully grown Marty had acquired an astounding amount of knowledge and attained a spiritual, cosmic wisdom, having traveled to the Orient as well as around The Continent following much of the same route as Gurdjieff and other seekers of enlightenment.

This Illuminated Rodent has had a number of Mystical experiences that accelerated his evolution and he is now often called upon for insights by numerous highly visible luminaries, including President Obama, Dali Lama and the current Pope. Being of a humble nature (well... some of the time) he eschews the limelight of fame and fortune, preferring to go about his days gathering nuts and enjoying the company of his large circle of friends and relatives.

Marty has now created this location in cyberspace where he can leave his nuggets of wisdom and insightful... uh, er... insights. He has expectation of creating an amazing network of new friends and followers as the population of Planet Earth is ushered into a more illuminated era of peace, love and understanding... the final arrival of the “Age of Aquarius”. He encourages everyone to participate by offering their experiences of spiritual awakening and visions of where the future might take us as we move forward in space and time. Feel free to sign the guestbook and if you wish to directly communicate with him or any of his friends, email him at... marty_squirrel@charter.net

    Marty’s Second December Message