Russians seek wisdom, powers, peace of the mysterious pyramid
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KOZENKI, Russia - You can see it from miles away, looming over the birch forests and wildflower fields and construction sites crammed with future dachas for Russia's rich and ruthless.
Stabbing toward heaven from its hilltop perch, the pyramid gleams white under the blast of northern sun. Twelve stories high and made of 55 tons of fiberglass, the pyramid swarms with Russians desperate to rearrange their energy fields and cure their karma.
Everybody, it seems, has heard some miracle tale about the pyramid: The sterile woman miraculously impregnated after a visit. The prisoners pacified with drafts of saltwater charged by the energies of the pyramid. The pillar of mysterious force allegedly emanating from the peak, healing the ozone layer over Russia.
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Asked what drives his obsession with pyramids, Golod takes a long time to answer. He blinks his blue eyes. Finally, he says: "The pyramid changes the structure of space."
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But the pyramid is quiet and cool, a sort of New Age monastery. There's no sign, no gate, and no admission tickets. Visitors park, wander inside, and stay as long as they like. Swallows wheel in circles up in the roof. Summer sun filters thinly though the fiberglass, casting an amber glow. Three massive globes, one each for geography, topography, and astronomy, swell in the center of the floor, surrounded by benches. On one sits a stooped woman, stretching her arms to the ceiling, scooping them through the air and pulling them down to her heart.
"Try it for yourself," she says. "Feel how you are drawing the energy to yourself."
Another woman, Lidiya Okhapkina, 70, brought visiting family members to the pyramid. She's heard it can cure sickness and pain. She only wants to be healthy.
"So far," she sighs, "I don't feel much."
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