But there is also an outright distortion. Our Megre asks: what kind of cloud filled the Temple of Jerusalem? Not without the influence of cedar wood! The question is accompanied by a footnote to the place in Scripture (3 Kings 7:8-10), where nothing is said on this topic at all. But further, in 1 Kings. 8:11, we read: "And the priests could not stand at the service, because of the clouds, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord." If everything is clearly said about the glory of God, why should readers fool with questions about "energy", "spirit" and the influence of the cedar? The explanation, one must think, is one: through intensified mystification, to convince the simple-minded and ignorant reader of the rightness of the author. And it is necessary to convince, since we are talking about money.

The point is as follows. Old people, allegedly Anastasia's grandfather and great-grandfather, who met Puzakov on the bank of the Ob, claimed that a piece of wood should be worn on the chest, on a string (1, p. 8). Instead of a cross, or what? The ritual is also described: to put it on, standing barefoot on the grass and pressing the palm of the left hand to the chest. A hint at a panacea: if you grind a piece of cedar with your fingers, in three months there will be a cure for diseases – "From any diseases!" (1, p. 8).

The tree is mythologized. Even in a small piece of wood, there is supposedly more energy than in all man-made power plants on earth. We are told that a cedar lives for 500 years, after which it begins to ring, waiting for three years for people to take the energy. Then he dies, unclaimed, for 27 years. Readers are invited to buy a piece of wood in order to "stroke and get the opportunity to communicate with an infinite amount of wisdom" (1, p. 378). According to the press, Puzakov's son-in-law earns good money on the trade in cedar roundels for "stroking"7. Cedar oil, produced in a special, ritual way, is also in great demand among admirers of "Anastasiashka".

The book "Anastasia" describes a cedar tree surrounded by "a halo similar to that which is depicted on icons around the face of saints" (1, p. 115). Moreover, the Gospel of John 1:14 is quoted in a completely blasphemous and inappropriate way: "In Him was life, and life was the light of men." It turns out that this is about the "ringing cedar", there is eternal life in it! The cedar invented by Puzakov is connected to the sky by a certain energy ray.

Advertising the cedar, the author of the epic emphasizes the ability of the plant to "restore male strength" (1, p. 14). As "outstanding" examples, he cites Grigory Rasputin (who, according to the "Anastasians", was described by Pope John XIII as a great monk, but no indication is given of the source of this amazing information) and one of the activists of the Unity bloc, Alexander Karelin.

"Holy places"

The "Anastasians" could not do without their "shrines". Although the forest dweller recommended through her biographer the whole world, tirelessly, to plant cedars, but it is a long time to wait until the "sacred forests" grow. Going to the Siberian taiga to the cedars is both expensive and difficult. In addition, people will ask questions about the whereabouts of "Anastasia". Then the idea arises, naturally voiced by the heroine of the opus, that in the Black Sea town of Gelendzhik there are shrines, the significance of which is greater than the holy places in Jerusalem (1, p. 383). (Here, by the way, is another anti-Christian passage.) In the future, it is planned to turn the town into a "Slavic spiritual center", where "a grandiose TEMPLE OF UNITY with special religious buildings, museums, sections on various religions, starting with paganism, and teachings (including atheism)" will be built.

It is proposed to worship the Adyghe "dolmens", which are allegedly the burial places of ancient sages who lived tens of thousands of years ago (although science does not date stone coffins earlier than 3-2 thousand BC). They, according to Puzakov, voluntarily buried alive in stone chambers. The wise men are also relatives of Anastasia. Among them is her "great-mother". "The unusual thing about their deaths was that they were meditating. They meditated into eternity, remaining on Earth forever in spirit, retaining some earthly feelings" (2, p. 39).

The dolmen worshipper, as Puzakov's followers believe, comes into contact with the dead. Through these kind of "information receivers" "it was easier to contact the Intellect of the Universe" (1, p. 389). Although what does the universe have to do with it, it is not clear, if we remember that the ancients "in spirit" remained on earth and have earthly feelings?

Starting from 1995, Puzakov began to develop a "dolmen" project in Gelendzhik. Soon he received assistance from the local authorities, who quickly realized that the influx of sectarians (about 50 thousand people a year) would significantly improve the affairs of the decayed resort town. There was work for guides who instantly retrained as clairvoyants and mediums. Readers' conferences are regularly held (they are also called "scientific and practical" for importance), which are now attended not only from Russia, but also from near and far abroad. According to one of the adepts, this is "a mass of quite serious people, entrepreneurs, scientists, specialists, people of social and technical creativity who openly support Anastasia's Idea."

The cult of dolmens is not without attacks on Orthodoxy. It is stated, for example, that forty dolmens were destroyed at one time, and the stone was used for the construction of churches. As revenge, the Bolsheviks in the North Caucasus killed forty Orthodox priests with a cruel death. Demons through the Bolsheviks dealt with the clergy. The Anastasians are pleased.