PenuryA Tract Book EssayByAnthony J. Fejfar, J.D., Esq., Coif © Copyright 2007 by Anthony J. Fejfar I have a sociological hypothesis. I argue that penuring is a universal,natural law, sociological phenomenon. Penury, in its’ strict meaning,according to Black’s Law Dictionary, means “poverty.” However, penuryas has a double meaning in the word penior, or point, or dagger. As auniversal phenomenon, I argue that when a male reaches the age of approximately 40 years old, and is married with children, reality reactsagainst this person my penuring him. Penury may also apply to a woman, but I think the process is somewhat different. With respect to the male, penury can mean either withdrawl to a life of relative seclusion and poverty,that is, simple living, or in the extreme to the torture or execution or assassination of the male by society, traditionally through having the throatslit or being stabbed, or crucified. In modern times, the assassin’s bulletseems to be the typical method of penuring a male. Alternatively, a live of enforced poverty by reason of the male being “framed” and put in prison or

a psychiatric ward is also a possibility. Lastly, poisoning of the victim of penury is another technique.Now, penury, as a process, is made more intense when the male is aspiritual person, a “good” person, or a person who believes in justice or social justice. The natural cause of penury is twofold. First, stemmingfrom ancient culture, when a male reaches the age of 40 it is unconsciously,and perhaps consciously thought that he is using supernatural means to stayalive. It is speculated that the male is an immortal. A male in good healthin his late 40’s is a target for penury. Arguably, his health should be failing, but it is not. The inauthentic way of avoiding penury is to join a satanic cultand worship conventional evil. The authentic way of avoiding penury ismore complex and will be discussed below.The second natural cause of penury is the phenomenon of ressentiment. Ressentiment, according to Bernard Lonergan, is the personal and societal reaction of hatred and jealously against a person whoargues for and lives a life of, higher values. So, I argue that history hasshown that men who live lives arguing for justice and social justice are penured. Examples include, Jesus Christ (state execution by crucifixion),Thomas More (executed by beheading), William Wallace (state execution by being hung, drawn, and quartered), Abraham Lincoln (assassinated),

Ghandi (assassinated), Jack Kennedy (assassinated), Bobby Kennedy(assassinated), Martin Luther King, Jr., (assassinated). In my own life, Iargue that I have been penured, although I will not go into the details here.Now, let us talk about the ways of avoiding penury. First of all, if one’s skin is literally pierced by a needle or a knife, then this counts as atechnical penuring. I suspect that the medieval practice of self flagellationwith a barbed whip was a form of self penuring to avoid something worse. Namely, crucifixion or being burned alive for heresy. A second technique isretirement to a monastery or the equivalent thereof. I argue this is auniversal phenomenon. In India, if a spiritual male is married, this is calledthe way of the householder. Upon reaching age 40 the houselholder isexpected to leave his home and live the rest of his life in an ashram or monastery. Curiously, I, personally, was forced to leave my home of mywife and two children, and now live in a one bedroom apartment in adifferent city. Perhaps the reason that there are so many divorces in the 40year old age bracket is because of the penuring phenomenon.If the spiritual male seeking justice and social justice does not retire toa life of seperateness, simple living, and partial seclusion, then it is likelythat he will be penured. As stated before, penury can include: being framedand put in prison on false charges; being framed and executed by the state;