One of the tests of the power and value of a theory is the number of phenomena which it can explain. This section offers a selection of specific explanations but it by no means exhausts the Alphomist range. • Why life is so unfair! • Why there are laws of nature • Why the notion of ‘trinity’ is so pervasive • Why people sometimes seem to remember ‘former lives’ • Why people sometimes seem to be able to communicate over distance using    their minds • Why religion took such a hold • Why we have fleeting feelings of bliss and dread • Why art and music pervade all cultures • Why we love to solve puzzles • How people can be drawn into mass suicide cults