III

After eating a nice hot meal, Yuba's favorite, beefsteak, and boiled vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, and potatoes they went back to the library to continue their studying.

" Okay so, where were we? Oh right the third hermetic law, now let's move to the fourth hermetic rule," said Numidia enthusiastically.

The fourth hermetic law was by definition: Everything is dual; Everything has poles; Everything has its pairs of opposites. A simple concept to comprehend. good and evil, white and black, angels and demons, utopia and dystopia, etc...

The fifth hermetic law stated that: " Everything flows, out and in; Everything has its tides; All things rise and fall." This means that everything moves and nothing are constant. This principle is embodied in the cycle of life and death, creation and destruction, rise and fall, up and down, etc...

The sixth hermetic law was mere science and could be explained by mechanical physics:" Every cause has its effect; Every effect has its cause, everything according to physics laws, there is nothing such as chance or luck. For instance, if two objects collide there will be collateral damage. The effect of that collateral damage is the collision of the two objects which is the cause of that effect.

Moving to the seventh and last hermetic law:" Gender is in everything; Everything has its masculine and feminine principles; Gender manifests on all planes." This translates into the fact that nothing can come into being without this principle or should I say law. The masculine is assertive, conquering curious energy that seeks progress. The feminine is treasured, protective energy that nourishes life and honors priorities.

Too much masculine energy would lead to an unending conquest that will lead to havoc, on the opposite side too much feminine energy will lead to a life that is based only on our present, and slow and a rather boring life with no adventures and great achievements to grasp or obtain.

Yuba then said:" and voilà, all the hermetic laws are in my brain. Easy concepts to retain. Now a small recap before we visit the old hag."

The hermetic laws are :

1. The law of mentalism.

2. The law of correspondence.

3. The law of vibration.

4. The law of polarity.

5. The law of rhythm.

6. The law of cause-effect (s)

7. The law of gender.

After perfectly understanding and grasping the essence of these laws, the two youngsters were ready to face the elder witch and discuss what they learned, maybe cultivate some of her witchy knowledge and reach another understanding of these simple yet tricky laws.

The 2 youngsters were ready to face Calypso and see what she wants from them, perhaps to guide them as she said, or perhaps that is just a facade and she intends to use them however she wants since they are clueless when it comes to the supernatural world.

The clock was ticking and moving, reaching the witching hour. And so the 2 youngsters went to meet the elder witch of la Rosa Negra to probably discuss what they learned. After arriving at the coven, they were welcomed by Calypso. She then said:" Feel at ease, you are now at home my dear children. Take a seat and let us start our séance."

Numidia then replied:" Oh so we are not discussing the Hermetic laws? "

Calypso then responded:" Oh dear child of Hecate, I trust that you are smart children, and I can already tell that you learned about them from the drastic change of the shape of your Aura, now take a seat already, and let us do a tarot reading. "

The 2 youngsters then sat around a round table where there was a tarot deck. Calypso then faced Numidia and declared that she will start with her, saying that she will reveal her future, identity, and destiny. Suddenly, Calypso snapped her fingers while whispering unheard incantations, the tarot cards then started floating in the air, and it was no fascinating trick nor an illusion, it was actual witchcraft. All the cards suddenly fell on the table except one card. Calypso then told Numidia to grab that same card and reveal it, it was none other than the Tarot card number III " The Empress ".

Calypso then smiled and said:" Oh, The Empress, a major arcana card, a leader card, you have a great future ahead of you, I assume that you are a Libra. Which month were you born in ?"

Numidia then replied:" September, and Indeed Madame Calypso, I am a Libra. But wait, Madame! There is another card under the empress card, sticking to it ."

Calypso then brusquely took the card to see it, it was none other than the high priestess but upside down, and that means that Numidia will eventually face an obstacle, someone who bears the high priestess card.

Yuba then suddenly stood up with a devilish smile, stared at the stressed and confused Calypso, and asked her:" Well well, old Calypso. I have a little question for you, what tarot card do you bear? You know, I have this wicked gut feeling, a so-called sixth sense. I trust it, and I trust it blindly. Let me elaborate, animals for instance have this sixth sense, they can predict earthquakes and other destructive things that mother nature can give us. There are other cases where some soldiers in the second world war, claim that they knew how many bullets will pierce them and where, they even claimed that they knew how they will die, the place and date of death, and most of them were right. Is it a seer technique, an instinctive animalistic sixth sense, or perhaps a scientific subconscious pattern learning and the understanding of the limitless probabilities and scenarios? Well, I don't know and I honestly do not give a fuck. My instinct or my sixth sense or whatever you want to call it is calling me, tingling my core, screaming from the deepest place of my mind, and is telling me that you, my dear Calypso are ...