"Of course he is.  He can't manage property because he doesn't believe in its mystique - any more than I believe in his ghosts.  Ben, all that Mike owns at the present time is a toothbrush I gave him - and he doesn't know he owns that.  If you took it away from him, he wouldn't object, he wouldn't even mention it to me - he would simply assume conclusively that the 'Old Ones' had authorized the change."