Revenge is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. paraphrase of Nelson Mandela So much to learn and to think about in the Afterlife Life, so to speak. In Love Energy Central Juan is engaged in learning about past lives and parallel lives, while continuing to observe activities in the Materium, including the Priest poisoning himself with self-created lies, and preparing for vengeance. The Priest moves up a notch from dangerous to very dangerous. Delusions rule. El Sargento has not only failed to nail a murderer, he has brought the Guardia Civil into disrepute. In fact, the situation is so serious there is only one thing for it…AND he is to be replaced as Commanding Officer in Pueblo by… by… the unthinkable… by a WOMAN! Sargenta Carmen Ramírez Paragón is that WOMAN! She steps into the limelight as CO and is soon affronting Church and State. Maybe they didn't really want to know who beheaded Juan the Unbaptist after all? Jesús falls in Love. But if raging tears and pounding the table shouting, 'No, no, no!' is anything to go by, it is unrequited. We hear more of Chelo's story and what is behind the mistaken decapitation. Ooops, sorry, is this your head? Pepe of the Guardia also falls in Love with somewhat more success than Jesús. And he lucks into what he thinks will be wondrous wealth, but… All this and discussion topics as well!