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KTPF Magazine Issue 6 – Oct/Nov 2015 How much?’ he asked. The Indian youth took hold of the item and surveyed it for a moment. ‘Two pound,’ he announced, a note of exactness in his tone. Nodding in acceptance, Bernard produced two pound coins and handed them over. The Indian carefully wrapped the coiled snake and returned it to him, the transaction over. For a few seconds Bernard paused, enough for the young Asian to meet his eyes and ready himself to speak: ‘You are in conflict with the one who reverses the wheel. Is this true?’ The question caught Bernard off guard. Looking up at the youth, he realised that he was merely conveying the question on behalf of an elderly Indian gentleman sitting down behind the stall, who also now looked up, waiting for a reply. Bernard tried to take in the situation before even contemplating an answer to the curious question The old man looked strange. He wore a long white robe which contrasted sharply with his deep brown wrinkled skin, jet black eyes, long grey hair and beard. In his right hand he fingered a long string of orange beads; an act he appeared to be doing almost involuntarily. It seemed that whilst Bernard had been studying the brass cobra, the old man, who, he assumed, could speak no English, had asked the youth to put the question to him and now the pair eagerly sought an answer. What did they mean? ‘You are in conflict with the one who reverses the wheel.’ Bernard decided that the statement had to be a reference to the Black Alchemist and his warped alchemical operations. Could he not be described as ‘reversing the wheel’ by causing the harmonious forces at ancient sites to fall into a state of chaotic disarray through dark ritualistic activity? It was the only explanation so, in response, he said, simply, ‘Yes.’ Accepting his word, the old man beckoned for the youth to lend an ear again. More words were spoken and, nodding, the boy returned to Bernard. ‘There is one who seeks to unblock the dam. “Is this true?’ He thought carefully before answering. One who ‘seeks to unblock the dam’. That had to be Andy. Yes, Andy. He was undoubtedly attempting to repair the psychic damage caused by the Black Alchemist. It was a reference to him so, once again, he said, simply, ‘Yes.’ The reply was acknowledged by the old man who again beckoned the boy down to his level. Further words were exchanged and once more the youth stood up straight and looked towards Bernard. ‘Is he the one where the two rivers meet?’ 28
KTPF Magazine Issue 6 – Oct/Nov 2015 Where the two rivers meet? That was a tricky one, Andy lived with his parents in Wickford, but was he anywhere near the meeting of two rivers? He was nowhere near the Thames. But what about the River Crouch and the River Blackwater? He couldn’t think. It did not appear to be an answer. He thought again. Was it then, perhaps not a reference to real rivers, but rivers of life, their coming together creating a duality, opposing polarities – one positive and the other negative, one black and the other white. “Andy often trod a narrow path between what some might consider as black and white magic. One week he might be in prayer with Orthodox monks in a secluded monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, whilst the next he would be wielding powerful and dangerous occult forces under the cover of darkness, combating fire with fire, so to speak. This was the answer the Indians were looking for, so he agreed and once again waited for a response. The old man, still turning the beads over in his hand, then spoke again via the youth, a more serious expression on his face this time. ‘The one you seek is like the coiled serpent,’ were the boy’s next words. It was, he felt, another reference to the Black Alchemist’s cunning activities, so he agreed once more. More conversation between the old man and the youth produced another strange statement: ‘The one will stand in front of many dangers.’ ‘Oh,’ he responded, assuming this to be another reference to Andy. ‘My grandfather asks that you accept a gift from him,’ the boy said. A sort of smile appeared on the face of the old man, who now nodded at Bernard. ‘Yes, but what for?’ he responded, wondering what was going on here. More words passed between the grandfather and the grandson before the youth spoke again: ‘But it will not be yours. You will not keep it.’ Bernard saw that with this statement the old man had “now raised up his hands in a gesture which said: need I say more? You will know what to do. He did. It was to be given to Andy A similar sword stick to the one given to Bernard for Andy 29
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