
The great man and the megalomaniac share one thing in common, and this would be a deep, abiding sense of destiny. Shoko Asahara, born blind in his left eye and partially sighted in the right, into a large, poor family of tatami mat makers aspired early on to be a leader. He ran for class president in elementary, junior high and senior high school. Though he was continuously rejected by his classmates, he never doubted his sense of destiny. Though he was not loved, he sought to bend others to his will through threats and fear. Nor [...]