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[Alexandr Korol]

or mountains — these, it turns out, are places of power, here they are — the crossroads of earth and sky. And talismans-amulets, again in order to connect with the world of the sky. That is, to touch the world of the sky, to catch again this crossroads, these are these symbols, well, and what? And the deities, they are from the world of the sky. It turns out that precisely all my statuettes of Hindu deities, Buddhist deities, which I have everywhere, literally everywhere they can be, even in the bathroom, everywhere. And images, that is engravings, paintings with Hindu deities, with Buddhist deities, with Egyptian deities — all of this is that same crossroads, it is the same connection, the touching of the sky and the earth, it is to connect to this sky. But again, preferably, since right now I am after all describing the world of the sky, to choose those, let us say, deities or those places that are precisely kind, associated with kindness, happiness, and luck. Because there also exists all the same spiritual, in quotation marks, but dark — that is not needed. Everything kind must be chosen now in the ninth volume of “Alternative History.” Well, and what they write on the internet is that “As talismans for luck, figurines depicting deities are often used. In different cultures there are their own deities connected with luck, prosperity, and happiness. In Japan — these are the seven gods, in Hinduism — this is Lakshmi, the goddess of luck and prosperity.” And yes, it turns out that, perhaps, someone at some time has seen, there is such a plump one, resembling Buddha, only plump, always with a belly, with a sack, sometimes colorful, dressed like Santa Claus, in something golden and red, Hotei he is called, if I am not mistaken — this is one of the deities, of the seven Chinese deities, who bring happiness. So also take note that all this works. And yes, if we are speaking about Indian deities, then the goddess of luck is Lakshmi, and there is also “Ganesha, the god of wisdom, well-being. He is considered the patron of luck.” And so what do we come to? That this unusual beautiful elephant, who always sits with hands like this. Ganesha, here you have it — in Hinduism this god is considered the patron of luck. And yes, as it were, there are amulets- talismans meant for protection, and there are those for attracting luck. But I believe that this must be clearly separated, because what is associated only with the attracting of luck — that is the world of the sky, happiness.