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[Alexandr Korol]

that all the things troubling everyone would fade into the background — those were sincere thoughts. And later, after Freemasonry, I began reading everywhere on Wikipedia about who the alchemists were and what the philosopher’s stone is — that was in 2010. I saw a whole bunch of interesting pictures showing that they were doing something to achieve everything and searching for the philosopher’s stone. Honestly, I must admit, at some moments, like many fools and novices, I took it too literally. I really thought I would physically find some stone, maybe when I drew the whole map of Saint Petersburg with these power spots, that matrix, once I drew it, it would show me the way. But observing myself from the outside, watching how I changed while drawing or deciphering something, I realized even back when I was 20 years old that the philosopher’s stone, alchemy, and even Freemasonry are actually a sacred language. And the real Freemasons don’t gather anywhere physically, they have no offices like people think, and those who do have offices are just impostors. I understood that the power that came to me through messengers can come at any time, but it’s not a person — it’s something that inhabits or someone who can just speak to me through a person. Imagine the kind of power that is. Why would such a power need a Masonic lodge somewhere downtown? And why would such a power dress in some costumes? I realized all this already when I was 20, even though I was very young. And then I realized that the philosopher’s stone isn’t about physically mixing something — no, physically it might be possible later on — but it’s really about knowledge. The philosopher’s stone is knowledge, and it can be used later to create a cure for all diseases. That’s true. But I understood that the actual process of the philosopher’s stone — when all those people sat with their flasks — they weren’t really sitting with flasks; they basically sat with notebooks and pens, just deciphering. And when you do that, everything around changes: the world, consciousness, perception. Just from making notes, sketches by hand, drawing everything out, you can develop and explore the world without even leaving your home — that’s the conclusion and assertion I came to back then. Of course, I immediately noticed the emphasis on the four elements, the four classical elements: fire, water, earth, and air. And right away, I made a comparison — where have I seen this before? I realized there are also four parts of the day: morning, day, evening, and night.