Tarot and Medici Solitaire

Draw a conclusion, and substantiate it.

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8. What distinguishing qualities might one possess when the Element of Fire is well cultivated within them?

Draw a conclusion, and substantiate it.

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9. What distinguishing qualities might one possess when the Element of Air is well cultivated within them?

Draw a conclusion, and substantiate it.

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10. What distinguishing qualities might a person embody if the Element of Metal is well cultivated within them?

Draw a conclusion, and substantiate it.

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Примечания

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Panopticon – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Паноптикум

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– Do you see the ground squirrel? – Nooo… – But it’s there! – A reference to the TV series ‘Dembelya.’

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‘The Three Whales’ – in ancient cosmogonic legends, in the ‘Jerusalem Discourse’ of Volot Volotovich, when David asks: ‘What does the Land stand upon?’ the reply is: ‘The Land stands upon eighty lesser whale-fish, and on three greater fish.’ (I. Porfiryev, A History of Russian Literature. Vol. 1. Kazan, 1897).

The phrase 'three whales' means: the three principal foundations of something. The very foundation of any undertaking.

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'My Photographs Are Burning' – a song by the band Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii

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Gray, damp trees,

Hushed, they remain silent about what matters most.

I believe without reservation

In their flowing movements.

I make my way ever deeper,

Passing corners and fences by,

I do not reflect in puddles,

I do not engage in conversation with anyone.

My photographs are burning,

Words fade away, as do inaccuracies.

This is the biography we share,

Our tranquil, untroubled past.

My journey presses onward,

Slowly I walk along the outskirts,

The dogs grin at my passing,

And I offer them a sign in return.

Gray, rain-soaked trees,

Grow silent, speaking naught of the essential.

They know what I bear

In a small bundle of paper.

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This chapter was written in the late 1990s or early 2000s, upon one of the internet forums, during a discussion on methods of lessening magical recoil.

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Mozart’s Requiem begins to sound, powerful and profound—the standard Latch spell of the School of Magic has been activated. The Latch spell is placed upon every student of the School of Magic. It alerts the student's curator to their passing, and the music resounds at the place of their demise, easing the search for that fateful spot. It also serves as a beacon of warning, for the site of a student’s death is often marked by a hazardous residue of magic and involtants.

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An Egregor is a collective consciousness, manifesting as a field organism on the subtle plane – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Эгрегор

It emerges through the transformation of quantity into quality, upon a new level. The so-called 'Hundredth Monkey' effect – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Эффект_сотой_обезьяны

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Magonia is one of the realms of Reality, where it is prestigious for the mages to possess a country retreat. A peculiar, magical Rublyovka.

10

Kremer's Bath – or the so-called deprivation bath. It takes its name from the surname of one of its makers and suppliers, for SM (School of Magic – author's note). The Kremer Bath on Wikipedia – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Камера_сенсорной_депривации

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TB – safety protocols. This refers to a journal of briefings, where mages, before engaging in group work, sign to affirm that all has been explained to them, they understand, and all ensuing responsibility now rests solely upon their own shoulders. And no one is entitled to claim compensation for their death or injury. Does that not call something to mind? Indeed, indeed.

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KamAZ is a truck manufacturer located on the Kama River.

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To 'save and reload' means to save your progress and restart a computer game after failing to pass a critical stage.

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Siddhis – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сиддхи

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The albatross is a family of large seabirds that employ a unique technique of flight above the ocean waves. The wandering albatross on Wikipedia – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Странствующий_альбатрос

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'It is paradoxical; it seems utterly impossible, yet it is so.' At one time, even NASA studied the flight technique of the albatross to apply it to drones, seeking to conserve their energy sources.

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The song: “We walk the hard road to the Emerald City.”

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We are heading to the Emerald City

Along a difficult road,

Along a difficult road,

A road not straight.

Three cherished wishes

Will be granted by wise Goodwin,

And Ellie will return

Home with Toto.

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The Tin Woodman:

Born of iron am I,

And could become of use,

Yet all I lack

Is warmth of heart.

Yet all I lack

Is warmth of heart.

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Chorus:

We are heading to the Emerald City

Along a difficult road,

Along a difficult road,

A road not straight.

Three cherished wishes

Will be granted by wise Goodwin,

And Ellie will return

Home with Toto.

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The Scarecrow:

With straw for thought

I cannot truly ponder.

My wish would be

To seek wisdom from Goodwin.

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Chorus:

We are heading to the Emerald City

Along a difficult road,

Along a difficult road,

A road not straight.

Three cherished wishes

Wise Goodwin will grant it.

And Ellie will return

Home with Toto.

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The Cowardly Lion:

My fate is absurd:

I appear fierce,

Yet I tremble with fear,

Like a hare beneath a bush.

Oh, how I wish

To possess great courage!

Today to Goodwin

I go to ask for that.

Today to Goodwin

I go to ask for that.

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Vladimir Vysotsky – 'Ballad of Childhood'

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I do not clearly remember the hour of conception—

Thus, my memory is one-sided,

Yet I was conceived at night, in sin,

And came into the world before my time.

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I was born neither in torment, nor in anger:

Nine months are not years!

My first sentence I served in the womb—

There was nothing good there.

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Thank you, O saints,

For spitting and breathing upon me,

For my parents suddenly

Resolved to conceive me

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In those hidden times,

Now—almost legendary,

When sentences were vast

And trudged on in endless stages.

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They were taken on the night of conception,

And many—even before,

Yet brethren still live,

My faithful company!

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Away, lively thoughts, away!

Words, gentle little lines, words!..

For the first time, I have known freedom

By the decree of thirty-eight.

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If only I knew who kept me so long in torment —

I would take my revenge on the scoundrel!

But I was born, I lived, and I survived:

A house on First Meshchanskaya—at the very end.

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There, behind the wall, past that little wall,

Behind a partition,

A neighbor and his dear neighbor-wife

Would indulge in a little vodka.

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Everyone lived equally, so modestly—

A corridor System:

For thirty-eight little rooms—

Only one lavatory.

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Here, not a tooth would meet another,

The quilted jacket brought no warmth,

Here I learned for certain,

How much a single kopeck costs…

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The neighbor never feared the siren,

And mother grew gradually accustomed,

And I, a sturdy three-year-old, paid no heed,

To that trembling in the air!

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Yet not all that comes from above is sent by God,

And people doused the 'firebombs';

And as a small aid to the front—

My sand and my leaky jug.

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And the sun struck in three beams,

Scattered in the attic,

With Evdokim Kirillich

And Gisyu Moiseevna.

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She asks him: 'How are your sons?' —

'Gone without a trace!'

Ah, Giska, we are one family—

You have suffered too!

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You too—have suffered,

Which means—we have become Russified:

Mine—lost without a trace,

Yours—unjustly imprisoned.'

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…I left behind swaddling clothes and pacifiers,

Lived—not forgotten, not forsaken,

But they teased me as 'premature,'

Though I was born in good time.

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It was I who sought to unmask the disguise:

They drive the prisoners on—why do we tremble?

Our fathers and brothers came back

To their homes—some theirs, some not…

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Aunt Zina wears a cardigan

Patterned with swirls and serpents—

With Popov Vovchik,

Whose father returned bearing trophies.

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A trophy Japan,

A trophy Germany…

Then came the land of Limonia,

A country made of Suitcases!

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At the station, I took from my father

Epaulettes, like baubles,

And from the evacuation

Civilians poured out in crowds.

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They looked around, found their bearings,

Shook off their hangovers – and then grew sober.

Those who waited wept,

Those who waited in vain – howled.

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Vitya’s father began digging the metro with Genka,

We asked, 'Why?' – he replied:

'Corridors end at a wall,'

'But tunnels lead into the light!'

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His father’s prophecy

Vitya and his comrade did not heed —

From our own corridor,

He entered a prison corridor.

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Well, he was always fond of arguing,

Backed to the wall, he'd simply refuse…

He walked down the narrow corridor—

And, it seems, met his end with a wall.

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Yet the fathers had minds of their own,

And as for us, in regard to ourselves—

We began to cast our gaze upon Life

Already on our own accord.

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All of us—from our age down to those barely a year old—

Would argue till our noses bled,

And in basements and half-basements

The children longed to rush at the tanks.

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They did not even get a single bullet,

In the trade school—one just lives and grieves:

Neither daring nor risking… Yet they risked it.

Forging knives from files.

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They will bury themselves in the lungs,

Blackened with nicotine.

To the very hilt—the lungs.

Tricolor composite blades…

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They managed exchanges and trades,

Sniffling jailbirds—

German prisoners on the building site,

Traded knives for bread.

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At first, they played ‘wrappers’,

Played ‘pristenok’ with the misers,

And so the romantics departed,

From the gateways as thieves…

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The speculator was number one—

Fearing neither neighbors nor God,

Life ended a millionaire

For Peresvetova’s Aunt Marusya.

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Behind Marusya’s wall, they honored the fasts,

And she would drink there in secret…

But she fell near the doorway—

Dying so ungracefully, so bitterly.

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And all was so ordinary:

Someone would glance in—become upset.

What especially stung

Was the wealth of the metro builder—

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He broke down the house and told us:

‘You haven’t wiped your noses,

And what did I fight for?!’—

And all manner of epithets.

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Profit is like a drug.

She couldn’t withstand it.

A wealthy lady.

Marusya Peresvetova…

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There was a time—and there were cellars,

When it was needed, prices would fall,

And channels flowed just where they ought to,

And in the end, fell in where they must.

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The children of former sergeants and majors

Rose to icy latitudes,

For out of those corridors

It was easier for them to go down than rise.

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1975

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A fatal error—a GAME OVER mistake. The end of the game. The sound of hammers on a coffin lid.

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A quotation from the song by M. Matusovsky’s ‘Moscow Nights’

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Nagual – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нагваль

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‘Fenya’ – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Феня

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DR – Distant Reconnaissance

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Three, Seven, Ace – a reference to ‘The Queen of Spades’ by A.S. Pushkin

Incidentally, one of the rare literary works in which Stalking is described is by way of the Medici Solitaire. Clearly, Pushkin received this information secondhand and did not entirely understand what he was writing about. Most likely, the source was one of the Decembrist brothers, who was a member of a Masonic lodge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_of_Spades_(story)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloperidol

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancy

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CASCO – insurance company and policies – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casco

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Hells – health points of a character, in the game (Eng.)

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According to GOST, 'pogost' (a cemetery, by a church—archaic) is a play on words, subtle humor of the Muses (author's note).

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A reference to the legend of Archimedes – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Рычаг

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пророк_(фильм,_2007)

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Mentalist, 2008—2015– https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Менталист_(телесериал)

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Chikatilo https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Чикатило,_Андрей_Романович

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Red Dragon https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Красный_дракон_(фильм)

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вампиры_средней_полосы

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(for the cat – author's note) (in one way or another, for everyone – note by the Muses)

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Absolute faith and fearlessness, free from anxiety, do not provoke a dog to bite. This observation does not extend to dogs kept on a chain. A chained dog follows different psychological patterns and motives, displaying aggression toward anyone who enters its domain, save for the master and the one who feeds it.

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…And if you had faith even the size of a mustard seed, you would move mountains… – A widely known phrase attributed to Jesus Christ.

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Fortune smiles upon fools—the so-called beginner’s effect, when one, partaking in a random venture for the first time, unexpectedly finds success. He simply does not know that success is not meant for him.

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‘The more I know, the more I realize that I know nothing,’ and ‘I know only that I know nothing, yet others do not even know that’—you may read more on this in Wikipedia – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Я_знаю,_что_ничего_не_знаю

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Latent – hidden. Oftentimes, unconscious. Latency in Wikipedia – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Латентность

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Schizophrenia is a mental (recall that 'psycho' in Greek means 'soul') illness characterized by a 'splitting' of personality. One of the main symptoms is the presence of inner lodgers, additional centers of consciousness, and 'interlocutors.' A characteristic symptom is the presence of a distinctly audible 'foreign' voice or voices in the head.

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The Song of the Marionettes (Makarevich)

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Faces are erased, colors faded and dull,

Are they people, or are they dolls?

One gaze mirrors another,

And each day echoes the last.

Wearied, I pause to rest,

And invite you to my carnival,

Where the dolls so closely resemble mankind.

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Harlequins and pirates, circus folk and acrobats,

And a villain whose presence stirs fear.

Wolf and Hare, tigers caged—

All of them but marionettes

In clever, timeworn hands.

Wolf and Hare, tigers caged—

All of them but marionettes

In clever, timeworn hands.

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Puppets tugged by their strings,

Painted smiles upon their faces,

And the clown plays upon the trumpet.

And in the midst of the spectacle,

There arises the impression,

That the puppets dance of their own accord.

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Ah, how keenly felt, this bitter moment,

That the master remains unseen,

As the thread vanishes upward, into the dark.

Yet the puppets are ever so faithful to him,

And we believe, in simple-hearted trust,

That the puppet itself might find speech.

Yet the puppets are ever so faithful to him,

And we believe, in simple-hearted trust,

That the puppet itself might find speech.

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But then the master extinguishes the candles.

The ball is ended, and the evening done,

The moon will glimmer amidst the clouds.

And the puppets will be taken from the long strings,

And, sprinkled with naphthalene,

They will lie, mere rags, folded in chests.

And the puppets will be taken from the long strings,

And, sprinkled with naphthalene,

They will lie, mere rags, folded in chests…

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Lyrics of Picnic – 'The Doll with a Human Face'

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As if the world is split in two,

Behind the blue glass of shop windows

The genderless mannequin quietly weeps—

The doll with a human face

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Pleads during lonely nights,

He asks the heavens for but one thing,

That fire, from the primordial spark,

Might flare up within his heart.

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So there may be sweetness,

So there may be pain,

So that there may be repentance thereafter.

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And now the genderless mannequin weeps—

A doll with a human, yes, a doll with a human, a doll with a human face…

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It shall become a tumbleweed,

It will wait for the fever of hope to subside,

To trade one glass captivity

For a thousand, yes, to trade for a thousand others…

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But for now, it is bound by silence,

Behind the blue glass of shop windows

The genderless mannequin quietly weeps—

A doll with a human face.

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The Law of Correspondence from the Emerald Tablets of Hermes—'As in the small, so in the Great.' And both in the Greater and the Lesser (for all is HE alone, and there is nothing beyond).

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‘…judge not, that you be not judged…’ – also in the Gospel of Matthew 7:1, 7:2.

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Every Hunter seeks to know… – a mnemonic phrase for recalling the colors of the white light spectrum – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каждый_охотник_желает_знать

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Color differentiation is a visual system for signifying membership in a particular caste. Color Differentiation of Trousers on Wikipedia – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Цветовая_дифференциация_штанов

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‘Ponyimash’—a reference to the speech filler used by President Boris Yeltsin.

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Psychology – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Психология from Greek: ‘the science of the soul’. A soul which, according to modern medicine, does not exist.

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Kundalini on Wikipedia – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кундалини

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PSS – borderline states of consciousness. A term used in both medicine and esotericism. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пограничное_состояние

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‘For example, hypnosis is…’ – all statements in this book, and in this chapter in particular, are merely the personal conclusions of the author. To lend greater credibility, he offers references to other sources concerning various questions. However, one must understand that any information of real value is seldom revealed in open sources. Just as no one strews banknotes along the street. For, as one multimillionaire once said: «Whoever possesses information, possesses the world.» (Nathan Rothschild – author's note)

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… «A person's Kundalini is freed and departs from their body»—the heartbeat ceases, and the Kundalini is released and leaves within two to three minutes (author's note).

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Clinical Death – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Клиническая_смерть

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Sometimes, after the moment of clinical death is recorded and Kundalini departs from the body, it returns—though, in truth, not always the very same one that left (author’s note). Thus, in the realm of resuscitation, there exists a gentle custom: when the patient returns to consciousness after revival, while he is still warm, they ask him his name and surname. As if to say: “Who’s there?”—“One of our own.”—“Come in.”

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Order – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Орден

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The ritual of water initiation is depicted – 'Game of Thrones', Season 6, Episode 5, 'The Door'. On YouTube, one can find it by searching for the phrase 'Euron Greyjoy’s Coronation as King of the Iron Islands'.

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'… the fully liberated Kundalini …' – we remind you that the complete liberation of Kundalini occurs at the moment of death.

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This role is usually fulfilled by the Master of Life or the Master of Death – a Druid (Shaman, Saint) or a Necromancer.

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«And whosoever neglects their duty to their liege» – some knew, but did not believe, and pursued after gold – see. The downfall of the Order of the Templars– The Order of the Templars, one of the shaping Orders in Europe – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Тамплиеры and its consequences in the history of Europe’s royal houses – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Великая_французская_революция (author’s note)

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«Lord, grant that I may sleep at work! – Not a problem. Will you take monastic vows?”—an esoteric jest from the author, for those not in the know. Respect and honor to monks of all traditions. If anyone thinks this work is effortless—try sitting for a few hours on a hard surface in the lotus position, reciting the Diamond Sutra time after time.

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For it is said in the Scriptures: ‘Seek, and you shall find!’—Gospel of Luke 11:9 [Reading 56.] ‘And I say to you: ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find;’ Knock, and it shall be opened unto you,” the Parable of the Midnight Request – https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Притча_о_человеке,_просящем_хлеба_в_полночь

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“… my lord” (Eng.) – a ritual form of address to a monsieur belonging to the highest echelon of English aristocracy. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord

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"Let me out of here!" – In several esoteric traditions, the Land is regarded as a galactic prison for the souls of grievous transgressors, where they dwell in Maya, Illusion, undergoing enforced lessons in Ethics and re-education. Samsara, by the Law of Karma, governs this process.