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[Alexandr Korol]

or a song, then something in it resonates with them, something complements them or activates something within them. If such a connection happens — so be it. So “Alternative History” Volume One is a grand adventure, where certain seeds, sprouts, and roots are already planted — elements that will later unfold, expand, and be deciphered throughout the future volumes. But also, within the entire story of the first volume of “Alternative History”, there is one crucial and fundamental element — and that is: what is this voice? What is this otherworldly presence that has been leading or accompanying this boy, the main character, that is, me, all this time.

You know that I tried to explain all of this strange experience to someone, to tell someone about it, or to write a book about it, there were many attempts. There were so many attempts, and this whole story, in principle, where everything starts to unfold, begins in 2010. That is when it all starts happening. And back then, it took the form of a sort of mini-draft called the book Path in 2010. Then, over the years, there were periods of attempts, and there were periods of these otherworldly interventions, certain events that were also recorded. And this entire story somehow revealed itself, finally coming into full view in 2023. In 2023, I went through all my archives, all my notes — text, audio, and so on — and tried to reconstruct this entire story, to recall everything that had happened from 2010 until the present time, the time when I was working toward completing “Alternative History” Volume One. And as I recalled everything, I started by marking off a certain segment of time — I won’t name the exact date or year, but roughly speaking, from 2006 to 2023 — I drew many parallel lines and wanted to give each line a name. I divided each line by years, only by years, not even by months, just by years, and I started to remember. And when I went through this more or less... Do you understand why I chose this specific time frame? This is precisely when I became conscious — at least, that’s how I see it. And I decided that within this period of my conscious phenomenon- manifestation, I wanted to reconstruct from memory the cyclicality of when I was at my most creative, heartfelt, sensitive, vulnerable, in love, and dreamy. I started recalling which years those were and began marking them down, simply noting them with dashes: this year, that year, another year, and so on. I marked them on one line, which I called “heart.” Then I thought — alright, but what