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[Alexandr Korol]

assumed before the call, emerald is morning, and ruby is day; or blue sapphire, or a blue stone, or red — that is, I thought about day. For morning, I thought emerald. Then I understood that evening is a black stone — sapphire or onyx, or something dark like that — and amethyst, therefore, is night. But as the Mystic-Old-Man said, and I’ll check this of course, he said that emerald is a material stone, meaning it represents day, summer. Well, again, emerald... it’s all about colors, so if I explain further, it’s about colors. It could be a green sapphire — I used to have such a stone — or malachite, but naturally, the more precious, the better. So green emerald, the most expensive of the precious stones, turns out to be the material world, meaning summer, day. The spiritual world, meaning morning, spring, as it turned out — is a red stone. They come in different types, of course, with different shades, but that means ruby, garnet, and even zircon could be included, although it’s a bit more cheerful, but it also activates the heart and even brings real happiness, like you’ve fallen in love or something happened — that’s zircon. So I have a lot of zircon, a whole jar of it. So we figured that out — it represents spirituality. But what’s most interesting is that the underworld — that is, the Spirit of Justice — is blue. Incredible. I mean specifically as a stone, not that a person has to wear blue clothes. Although, I remember what Aunt Gibson told me back then about how next time I should be wearing a blue sweater. What if, this December, I’m somewhere in Vegas, and she comes up to me and says: “Well, finally you’re in a blue sweater.” I’ll say: “Hooray!” And she’ll say: “That’s it! You’re leaving the underworld, I’m letting you go.” So blue — interesting. But again, blue isn’t Satan, don’t get it wrong, please. Blue is politics, it’s systems, institutions, justice — all that stuff, like the police, law enforcement — blue. And then amethyst, it turns out, is winter, night, the otherworldly, dreamy, the nameless, spirits and all that. And you see, I’m decoding all of this further — everything that will go into the eighth volume. And I already have this theory, this hunch, that it’s like there are these four elements, and this world is like under the sun, but there’s also a similar world, but under the moon. That’s why I was talking with the Mystic- Old-Man in such an unusual way — because I needed to confirm this theory of mine, this observation. Although I hadn’t brought up this topic yet so you’d be aware, I’ll now fill you in. So, figuratively speaking, when I depicted “sky, earth, underworld, and afterlife,” or “morning, day, evening, night,”