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[Alexandr Korol]

“Hermaphrodite — an organism possessing characteristics of both male and female sex, including both male and female reproductive organs. Hermaphrodite — the child of Hermes and Aphrodite.”

Look how cool this turns out, right? Volume Eight — an alchemical book. The thing is, people are very psychologically fragile. And not everyone can read “Alternative History”, where in some volumes I mention, for example, Hinduism. People tend to have stereotypical thinking, fixed mental templates, and it doesn’t resonate with many of them, especially those who aren’t initiated. A lot of people just aren’t interested, and even the words I use — like when I reflect on Hinduism in the book — are confusing to them. Likewise, many people find it unpleasant or uninteresting when I talk, for example, about the underworld. “Because, why? What will it give me?” — that’s the attitude most people have. But when you touch on topics like aliens, virtual reality, simulation, or alchemy, greedy people — those who are more worldly and jaded — immediately get this wild rush of excitement. Even though, in truth, if they were wise, they would understand that any other kind of information, the kind that doesn’t spark their interest, might actually offer them far more. But I know and understand people — and of course, the topic of alchemy is one that should stir everyone right now. Because everyone finds it interesting; it’s fashionable in 21st-century society. Everyone’s getting these kinds of tattoos, everyone’s printing these symbols on their T-shirts, everyone’s trying to draw similar images — without even understanding the meaning — just because the pictures are beautiful. It’s like many people, myself included, who enjoy the artwork on Tarot cards or various engravings. And since all of this just needs to be looked at as an image, everyone likes it. And it’s great that in such a simplified form I’m continuing to decipher the matrix. Because when I refer to geometry — especially raw, complex geometry — and start listing the names of all these regular polyhedra or star polyhedra, of course it’s difficult for a person, because they simply don’t know those words. They would first need to read a whole lot just to understand what I’m even talking about. But alchemy... everyone sees the beautiful images — “cool, I’ve seen this somewhere, oh, the sun, the moon, I’ve seen that lion, I’ve seen this triangle, how cool.” And it’s like with those