Clue me in on the evil men. Who exactly are they?
How would anyone be free? Free from what?

I believe time travel is the answer quite frankly.
It's the only way to go back and change mistakes.
Possibly save people just like Taylor.
Some prominent physicists believe that it does exist.

time-travel.
faster-than-the-speed-of-light communications.

You know what's really ironic? The theories Taylor was perhaps working towards proving in our world are probably so insignificant and irrelevant when compared to the spirit world. How fast can a spirit manifest itself from one place to another? Taylor was known to say, "See you on the other side". I wonder if he is literally living his dream (that is, if he truly is in the spirit world and not living another life somewhere with a different identity).

I think I have a photo of Olson and his Shaman. Except the shaman is wearing sunglasses, so you really can't see his face.