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[Alexandr Korol]

makes it impossible to sit and work, to write a book. You can use it more like an anti-stress tool: if something happened, if you’re feeling anxious or unsettled, or your thoughts are scattered and you’re restless, and you want to calm down, you put this pendant on and it’s like you’ve taken a hot salt bath, totally relaxing. That’s how it works, based on what I tested on myself yesterday. I wore it for the first time yesterday, even though it was gifted to me almost a year ago — seven, maybe eight or nine months ago. So if we’re talking about whether to be cautious or not, I’d say it’s more important to be wary of antique items. Who used to own them? What might those antique things have absorbed? Because a person — even this I didn’t know before, but now I do — a person possessed by an evil Spirit, if he painted a picture and gave it to you, that painting could bring misfortune into your home, like a curse. So actually, when it comes to art and handmade objects — not just something mass-produced in a factory, but something made by an individual — if there was some kind of power flowing through them, you still have to understand what they were connected to: something light or something dark. Then again, a person of light will naturally choose to create light-themed artwork, while a person of darkness will choose the dark — so that’s an interesting point too. So I’d say it’s antique things and artifacts that I’d be more cautious about. Who knows what they’ve been through, who wore them or kept them at home. But there’s no need to fear stones — though of course, you shouldn’t choose them just based on beauty or by name alone. You should pay attention to how you feel. If a stone makes you feel bad — even if some gemology book says it’s a super magical stone for luck or for people — if you put it on and start feeling sick, then why would you keep wearing it? I’d say it’s best to find the stone that’s right for you. Go for a walk with one, then another, and another — pay attention to which one makes you feel good. But again, what does “feeling good” mean? For me, it’s productivity, positive thoughts, and focus. It’s that kind of feeling where you’re functioning at your best. And if a stone turns you into a vegetable — well, sure, that can be used as anti-stress, but why wear that kind of stone every day, right? Or if a stone makes you lazy, what’s the point? Or if it makes you overly tense and irritable, why wear something that amplifies your aggression? There are stones that are like amplifiers. So for me, the best kind of stone is the one that — well, you know, it’s not even just about the stone. We’re different people all the time. And say today I’m out of balance,