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[Alexandr Korol]

to be like everyone else. But I believed that I had to solve this, and now — it has happened.
And, of course, you must understand that the second volume is one where you must thoroughly Google, read, verify, print, sketch everything I am listing now — without this, there is no way forward. And this is necessary because, as I see it, this is a refinement of the mind, it brings order to the head. It prevents dementia, prevents unclear situations, allows you to always see everything, to calculate, to make clear, logical decisions, to foresee, to understand cause and effect, and to structure everything systematically in your mind — that is what the second volume is about. And then, as I continue looking, I find another icon — The Transfiguration of the Christ (Part of the Epistyle, mid-12th century), and again, He is depicted in the same way — inside the mandorla, this almond shape, and again with the crossing lines — so I find all of this once more. Naturally, I then search the internet, looking for the name of this form in which He is enclosed, like an almond, and I find that it is called a mandorla. And so, I move forward.

I find the next icon, the seated One — let’s put it this way: if the beard is small and the face is young, then this is the Son; obviously, if the beard is gray and He is old, then this is Him in the future, meaning this is already God. Thus, the Son is depicted, the Son of God sitting on a rainbow, the icon “Ascension.” That is, He is sitting on something like a rainbow. I take one icon, then another, and I see that He is always sitting on this rainbow. I look at the icon of Sperindio Cagnola, Christ Pantocrator, a fresco from 1514-24, Paruzzaro, Church of San Marcello. Or, for example, a reproduction of an illustration from the Evangelistar of Speyer, 1220. I examine this and see that He is sometimes depicted in this mandorla, sometimes perhaps without the mandorla, meaning inside this almond shape, but beyond this, He is always sitting on some kind of rainbow. Sometimes, He is simply sitting on the rainbow, and other times, He is sitting on the rainbow — on this arc — but occasionally, there is a second arc under His feet. And I think, “How interesting.” So, I take my matrix and start rotating it again, and I clearly see how He could be sitting inside this rainbow. And again, everything aligns perfectly. And I realize that this rainbow is, once again, a part of my matrix. And this Spirit keeps pointing me toward this, making sure