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Fig. Astonishing, what is unfolding! A delicious aroma! And – no fear!

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For Stalking is, in its essence, a two-sided (!!!) dialogue with the World of the student, who is often not the traveler but the one guided along the road of Knowledge by the World itself. It is simply that the World speaks to us in the language of circumstances and situations. Otherwise, the doctors diagnose schizophrenia.

When a person speaks to God – that is prayer.

When God speaks to a person – that is schizophrenia.42

(A well-known medical jest.)

To the novice Stalker, it may seem he is but a marionette, with nothing depending on him—a mere, foolish plaything in the hands of Fate. In a certain sense, this is truly so.

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Fig. Threads stretch from the dolls. The net weaves upward and downward. Yet those dolls never suspect: The puppeteer is a marionette! (Artist Natalia Fyodorova).43

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But a marionette, who has awakened to its own subservience and felt the threads by which it dangles, unexpectedly gains a certain freedom and choice.

While the rest—unique and inimitable souls, never acknowledging themselves as marionettes—shall never taste this freedom or choice.

For in their self-assurance, they never perceive the threads that guide their unique and unrepeatable puppet of flesh and bone.44

And one who does not see the bars of his own cage will never escape it on his own.

Incidentally, in the runes, this Arcana in many ways corresponds to the rune Raido.

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Fig. A schematic rendering of the rune Raido.

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Which, in essence, describes the consequence of The Twenty-Second Arcana—the journey along the Path of Knowledge—and is thus entwined with this arcana.

The key to understanding and mastering the energy of the Raido rune lies in the truth that, by the Law of Correspondence in Hermetism, the rune's design reflects a particular posture (Kama) and a psychological state of mind.45

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Fig. Grey life, grey life—I am discontent! Discontent am I! Bring me solace!

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The Raido rune is, in a way, a symbolic portrait of one standing with arms turned sideways, elbows pointing outward.

This mirrors dissatisfaction and restlessness with the present order of things. This, in turn, stirs a longing to depart from the current place and circumstance. It compels us to take a Step—not always forward, but at least 'away from here.'

This is shown in the image by the right, slightly withdrawn 'leg' of the rune. It appears to be 'lifted,' as if prepared for a Step ahead.

It is precisely the dissatisfaction with one's own state and the inner challenge to society (arms bent at the elbows and resting on the hips—a classic stance of defiance, readiness to push rivals aside, to carve a path through the crowd toward one’s aim) that drives us to rise from the soft comfort of the sofa and take a Step along the path of Knowledge.

By the way, a surprising number of Instagram photographs—featuring ladies posing with claims to a blissful future—are, strange as it may seem, taken in this or similar postures.

This inner impulse and attunement of disquiet, this dissatisfaction with oneself and one’s lot, and the attempt to turn away from it and set forth upon the Path, are both encrypted, and in truth, recorded in this rune.

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Fig. Did you call for the expert? A gesture of disapproval for a false summons!

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How distant this attunement is from the psychological disposition of 'armchair experts'! For they have already ascended to the pinnacle of evolution: Homo Stibadium Peritus—the Armchair Expert.

And their further development, as with all perfection, truly leads nowhere.

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Section Homework № 5.

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Fig. One, two, three, four, five—I’m going to choose Bond.

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You have taken offense in vain.

At the cheerfulness of my mischievous nature.

But those who play the fool are not fools at all!

And only fools pretend to be wise!

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1. Could Socrates have been an 'armchair expert'? Why? Justify your answer.

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2. Find in the list of mortal sins from the Bible the possible sin(s) of an 'armchair expert.' Under what conditions do such traits appear in a 'couch expert'? In what behavior do they not emerge? Outline the scheme of development, evolution, and degradation of a couch expert based on your conclusions.

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3. What is fanaticism? How does a fanatic differ from an ordinary person? Identify the key and distinctive traits of character and consciousness. Give examples.

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4. How might the well-known phrase attributed to Jesus, '…judge not, that ye be not judged,' be related? For with the measure you measure, it will be measured to you… but with fanaticism? Please explain.46

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5. What is a goal-oriented person? What traits of consciousness and character do they have in common with a fanatic? Please provide examples.

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6. What is a confident person? On what can a person's confidence be based? Identify the key and distinctive traits of character and consciousness. Give examples.

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7. What is a self-confident person? What is the foundation of their self-confidence? List the key and distinctive features of their character and consciousness.

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8. Create a comparative table or diagram of the fanatic, the goal-oriented person, the confident person, and the self-confident person.

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9.) Under what circumstances or changes in character can a person move from one of the character types mentioned above to another?

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10. Why do women choose confident men and alpha males? What lies behind this choice? Please explain.

What might have happened had they acted differently?

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11. If a woman has misjudged a man's character and, instead of a confident man, chosen one of the aforementioned types, what consequences might this have for the relationship? Please explain.

Create a table, a diagram of the unfolding events.

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12. Returning to James Bond’s patterns of behaviour with women—what is the reason for his success among women?

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Fig. Bond, simply Bond.

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Chapter 6 What is this. Or magic in shades of grey, white, and black-brown-crimson, all speckled.

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Fig. Every Hunter Wants to Know Where the Pheasant Sits47

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When a society has no colour differentiation of trousers, it has no purpose! And when there is no purpose, there is no future!48

('Kin-dza-dza')

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And now, ever closer draw the secret and arcane arts of Stalking. How, you see, to seize the future with a stern and merciless—yet ever just—hand.49

But for now, let this serve as a small prelude. Fear not—a handful of lectures more, and the truest Stalking shall at last begin. For what is a symphony without its overture, you see. No chance to slip off to the buffet, nor to be fashionably late by half an hour, nor for a wife to linger an hour before the mirror.

Thus, before one sets out to stalk far and wide, it is essential to discern what kind of magic Stalking truly is.

And here, a fascinating truth is revealed: in modern European culture, there remains no clear classification of magic itself. At least, not in any official sense.

The situation is much the same as with psychology. Psychology, as you see, exists. But souls, you see, do not! Paradox!50

So, let us begin, quietly, to unravel the tangle—or more precisely, the curious lack of tangle—that persists in much of today’s popular magical literature on the subject.

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Fig. With wisdom, with mantra, and encased in stone. For the truly gifted.

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First of all, it must be said: magic is the work of that very worm, or superlarva, dwelling in the spine of every human being. This worm is called Kundalini51. And all the wonders of magic are, in truth, performed by it (or at times by 'them,' if the mage is especially adept).

Kundalini in each mage (psychic, sorcerer, witch, and so on) typically possesses its own favored and habitual exit point in the body—a chakra. And a principal hue corresponding to that chakra.

Indeed, to be precise, the human body is but a biorobot—a peculiar garment, a suit, a very spacesuit, intended for Kundalini itself. And just as a garment is lifeless without its wearer, so too is the body dead without Kundalini.

And all the phenomena of PSS, psychiatry, and magic are, in one way or another, determined by the behavior of a person's Kundalini.52

For instance, the dream, extrasensory perception, Magic, and the various forms of madness are, as a rule, either a partial or complete, controlled or uncontrolled, departure of Kundalini from the body.

For example, hypnosis is the Interaction of the hypnotist's Kundalini with the subject's Kundalini.53

So too, coma is but the non-return of Kundalini to a person's body. In such cases, the body itself, from the perspective of official medicine, may appear essentially healthy, yet the person may perish in coma, never returning to consciousness.

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Fig. Kundalini weaves through the dance. There, the mage-queen once spun!

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This makes plain who holds dominion—the body, or Kundalini.

Death is the breaking of the bond between the human body and its Kundalini, and its flight to further evolutionary affairs.

And so, when the connection with Kundalini is severed, the body’s heartbeat and breath are stilled.

Conversely, when breath comes to an end and the heart falls silent, a person's Kundalini is set free and departs from the body.54

Within lies the hidden secret of myriad Eastern practices and astral projection techniques—the so-called meditations and other marvels of yoga.

This secret remains unfathomable to the Western seeker, for he approaches yoga with insufficient strength and lacks understanding of what must truly be sought in practice.

In certain cases—sometimes after the moment of clinical death is recorded and Kundalini detaches from the body—it returns once more. Then, as a rule, the consciousness is disidentified from the body, and many other wondrous phenomena reveal themselves. Here lies the secret behind many initiations and rites of sacred societies and Orders.555657

For instance, in the film 'Game of Thrones,' the ritual of water initiation is depicted for the King of the Iron Islands—remarkably true and detailed for a storybook world.58

The future king, Euron Greyjoy, was drowned and held beneath the waters until, indeed, he died. Only then was he returned to life. Having received the initiation of water and journeyed through clinical death, his consciousness was severed from his body, and he was no longer merely human. Yet he became initiated into the mysteries of Water, and it was by this very path that he could truly claim the fullness and dignity of a King.

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Fig. Liar, wretch—you shall not escape! Wait but a moment longer—life shall yet remain yours!

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Yet the process of returning the liberated Kundalini to the body is fraught with subtlety and peril. Let us begin, at least, by saying that the fully released Kundalini has no desire whatsoever to return to its earthly vessel.59

It is as though one would convince a child, who had long wailed in outrage at being swaddled and at last broke free from its wrappings, to willingly return to those dreadful bonds once more. Only a sense of duty, unfulfilled promises and deeds, at times a few other things, or specially trained individuals, can compel one to undertake this.

In general, for there to be even a modest chance of success in this subtle feat, the presence of a professional catcher and returner of Kundalini to the body is essential.

He fulfills the role of a kind of midwife for one newly reborn. Usually, this role is performed by the Master of Life, or the Master of Death. Without him, the likelihood of success in this delicate endeavor approaches zero. Even if Kundalini consents to return to the body of her own accord, she is unlikely to succeed without external professional guidance.60

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Fig. The souls hang suspended—yet they cannot be consumed. One may don them and listen.

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Yet we have wandered somewhat from our path.

Thus, the principal colors of Kundalini as she departs the mage’s body—along with the hues of magic and the chakras engaged in this process—are as follows:

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Fig. "And remember, sir, the title of Knight is not merely a privilege, but also a duty. He who does not fulfill his duty to his liege ceases to be a Knight. And he shan’t glimpse the renewal of his license, no more than the back of his own ears. Next… Next… Next… 0k.61

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Red – through the first chakra, Muladhara – Magic of health and strength – for example, the feat of lifting 500 kg. For instance:

1. Berserkers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Берсерк

2. Knights – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Рыцарь

3. Amok – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Амок

4. Voi – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вои

and other slayers of the young.

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Fig. ‘…All sorts wander here, wander and wander… always wandering and wandering… and then – artifacts vanish! I won’t let you in! Be gone from here!’

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Orange—through the 2c chakra, Svadhisthana—manifests as the magic of sensuality and perception, the magic of sex and feeling, as well as velocity (or, more precisely, the slowing of adversaries through the recoil of a magical blow), and invulnerability ('Iron Shirt' (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Боевые_искусства), 'dragon skin').

For instance, to hear the grass growing, to run swifter than the wind, and to fulfill even the most enduring of sensual desires.

For example:

1)witches– https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ведьма

2) The Sorcerers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Колдун

3) Kunoichi – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Куноити

4) Tantrics – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Тантра

And so forth.

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Fig. – Lord, I beseech you, grant me a Life spent sleeping in a prestigious and respected position! – That can be arranged. Except, all the night-watchman posts have already been taken. Would you walk the path of a Buddhist monk?62

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Yellow (not to be confused with golden!) – through the third chakra, Manipura – Magic of thought, of will, and dominion. For example, hypnosis, telepathy, the dominion over the living and, notably, the inanimate—indeed, over nature itself.

For example:

1. Chan Buddhism – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Чань-буддизм

2. Yoga – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Йога

3. Illusionists – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иллюзионизм

4. Hypnotists – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гипноз

5. Stalkers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Осознанные_сновидения

And so forth.

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Fig. For it is written in the Scriptures: 'Seek, and you shall find!'63

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Green—through the 4th chakra, Anahata—holiness, Love, the magic of unity, sorcery, and transformation.

For example:

1) Sufis – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism

2) Healers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healer_(healer)

3) Saints, saints, yet again saints, saints once more – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint

4) Psychics – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic

5) Stalkers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing

And so forth.

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Fig. He who knows all that the future holds shall become Great at once. For to foresee all things—only the Chosen may.

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Blue—through the fifth chakra, Vishuddha— is the magic of Chaos and Order, the magic of chance: divination, prophecy, and mastery over fate and the future.

For example:

1) fortune-tellers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Гадания

2) seers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Предсказание

3) prophets – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пророк

4) stalkers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нostradamus

And so forth.

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Fig. Work your magic, old woman; work your magic, old man; work your magic, little bear. So that this sword may be claimed only by the one who is worthy of the words, 'my lord!'64

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Blue – through the sixth chakra, Ajna – magic unadulterated, in its purest form.

For example:

1) wizards —https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Джинн

2) Alchemists —https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

3) Demiurges – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demiurge

4) Conjurers – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_(cleric)

5) Stalkers – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider

and so forth.

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Fig. ‘… Center… center… center… receiiiiive… receiiiiive… receiiiiiive… yoga is calling… planet Land… aaaaa’АААААААА!!!!… 'Leeeeet me ooouuuut of heeere aaaa'уууууууууdаааааааа!!!!!!! 'I'm innnnocent, yaaaaaa!!!!!!'65

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White – through the seventh chakra, Sahasrara – is the magic of communion with the cosmos and the greater Universe.

For example:

1) yoga – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Йога

2) saints – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara

3) the mad – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_state_of_consciousness

4) avatars – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar

5) Stalkers – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration

6) mad bards – the System of Indigo Network Control. They employ a sound-based model of perception to engage with the Network, operating through two distinct entrance schemes (short-term and long-term), and mastering two essential conceptual patterns – harmonious and discordant melodic structures.

The primary role of the Mad Bards is the control and stabilization of interactions between the worlds within their domain.

The world from the series of books by Elter Rus. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iar_Elterrus

7) Buddhas – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha

8) Atmans – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman

9) Infants, babies – very young children in the earliest, milky, period of life, before the so-called fontanelle on their skull closes with bone, have a rather strong connection with the Absolute by virtue of fact – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontanelle_(anatomy)

and so forth.

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Fig. Centuries melt away behind his back. He stands – and guards.66

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Furthermore, Magic is often of mixed kinds.

For example, rainbow Magic occurs when the work proceeds with several Kundalini simultaneously or on multiple levels – as in the Rainbow Magic of mages, Christians, sorcerers, and so forth.

There is also such Magic as necromancy, which typically possesses a silvery mist or a poisonous green hue.

Magic that ventures into infernal realms is, as a rule, black or murky gray.

Magic that opens the way to paradisiacal realms is, as a rule, golden in hue.

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Fig. "Muuuuuurrzik, murrzik, come now, murzik." Come out—there is someone here for you to bite. Bite him, Murzik, bite!

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Yet pure colors are a rarity, and as a rule, the hue of any given ritual or enchantment is blended—gray-brown-crimson mottled with specks.

For example, summoning the departed, or kindling hatred between spouses.

Yet from all this, one may clearly conclude: Stalking is a branch of the Magic of Order and Chaos.

Magic founded upon the work, as a rule, of such a chakra as Vishuddha.

Magic of this kind governs probability and grants one the ability to sense causal connections.

For example, to sense that this slot machine is poised to pay out, while that one is not. Or that this person shall become great, and that one a corpse, after a certain time has passed.

Moreover, if one so desires, and with a sufficiently high level of mastery in Stalking, events themselves may be guided. The level of influence depends on the talent and personal abilities of the Stalker at any given moment, as well as the 'massiveness' of the Objects.

It is one thing to control a child’s aluminum roulette, and quite another to move Mount Fuji, as in the engraving of an unknown hero.

To practice Stalking, it is desirable to have as pure and developed a Vishuddha or Ajna chakra as possible; yet there are deeds that 'pollute' and 'close' these chakras. Acts such as lying, perjury, blasphemy, unfulfilled promises, a spouse’s adultery, and certain others will close these chakras—and, as a consequence, diminish one’s abilities for Stalking.

A clear mark of Stalking is the gift to ‘caw’ and an unwavering truthfulness. As well as the skill to pray with effect. At its furthest extreme lies the Stalking of intention—so that whatever one desires comes to them without prayer, as if by its own accord.67

There also exist particular techniques for awakening and cultivating the faculties of Stalking. Even for those beginning from the ground up.

These practices are intimately entwined with Tarot cards and their application. These practices shall be revealed in due time. For one must first understand what the stalker holds in his hands before brandishing it heedlessly.

Otherwise, in polite company, one may quickly find oneself ‘without hands’—in both the most figurative and, indeed, the most mundane and literal sense.

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Section Homework № 6.

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Fig. 'Is everything truly alright? Truly, truly?' So, does that mean you will not bite me today? Are you certain?'

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1. Proceed through all the links referenced in this chapter on the first pass. Please acquaint yourself with the material provided.

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2. Watch the following films:

a) ‘Flatliners’ (1990) – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Коматозники_(фильм,_1990)

b) ‘Flatliners’ (2017) – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Коматозники_(фильм,_2017)

c) ‘The Water Diviner’ (2014) – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Искатель_воды

d) ‘Game of Thrones’: Season 6, Episode 5 ‘The Door’; Season 3, Episode 9 ‘The Rains of Castamere’

e) ‘The Alchemist. Faust’s Elixir’, Russian TV series (2018)

e) 'Demolition Man' – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Разрушитель_(фильм)

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3. What is medical specialization?

Why did it arise?

In what areas do doctors specializing as ENT, ophthalmologist, pharmacologist, surgeon, bonesetter, or therapist focus their practice?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of these specializations?

What is Dr. House's specialty in the series 'Dr. House'?

Why are doctors of every specialty compelled to seek his expertise, despite having powerful modern diagnostic equipment?

After all, they can order any tests and analyses themselves.