Experiment — To Meet a Dead Lover
Theory - A coin is not limited to two sides, its untold value is that it holds power; the power to transcend - space, time, being & worlds. It’s a common link between the breathing & the dead.
Procedure & Observation - The few seconds when Moon aligns completely with Venus, a planetary parade is made, if you sit down on the soil under open dark sky, toss a coin high, in the air, with a candle lit & a tumbler by your side holding warm water, you unite the five elements of nature. Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space, within you & around. It produces absolute silence; coin lands amid heads & tails; upright. You enter a void; it’s not the purgatory.
Result - It’s a barren land with a stream flowing of fresh wine, you locate your dead lover across it, shocked by you for diminishing the reality & being; they smile at your selfless-selfish effort to reach a metaphysical height for an uncertain glimpse, or a promise or everything in between. The lover shouts at you & warns, not to cross the stream, It’s not time yet, you ask questions about their last wishes, the last sleep, the dreams they had & you can’t stop inquiring, however, they deny you, all of you; they speak only about your presence in an unknown land, beg you to go back for the sake of shared love, so at last you agree to the dead, plan to return but insist them for an answer, a promise, if they’ll wait, until you arrive again. They smile big, almost laugh.
Shaurya Pathania holds a Masters degree in English literature from the University of Delhi. He likes to collect books and is a master at not reading them. Some of his works have appeared, or are forthcoming in Vine Leaves Press, Rising Action Review, Song of Eertz Review, Synchronized Chaos, The Chakkar, and elsewhere. He can be talked to @Shauryapathani4 on Twitter.