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[Alexandr Korol]

Alexander: I met an old lady, and she drew a picture of a stone and wrote these three words on it: “Toti Emul Esto.” She also drew a pilgrim with a sword and an old man holding some keys. Apparently, these are drawings of two monuments. She told me to find this place, and I will be able to translate what was on this stone. It was exactly a year ago.

Old man: Where can I read this passage? In the Bible? In the Gospel?

Alexander: I don’t know. She just handed it to me and said that these are the keys to paradise.

Old man: Keys to heaven?

Alexander: Yes. And led me to this place. To this church. A year ago.

Old man: Keys to heaven? This is what the triangular stone symbolizes: Christ.

Alexander: Triangular?

Old man: Yes. He was there at the Kazan Cathedral, you know?

Alexander: The all-seeing eye.

Elderly man: Yes. The energy of these symbols is all around us. It is very easy to get sucked in.

Alexander: Do you know about the eight-pointed star? They say four sides are spiritual, and four sides are material. They say that it’s where kings get their crowns from? It’s like a halo. They know philosophy. They know about the Philosopher’s Stone. It’s how everything is arranged: churches, pyramids, even our city is built on these ...

Elderly man: I understand you, I understand you. Kings must know philosophy. They don’t know much, but they do know enough. Take Louis XIV, for example.