“Invocation”

Excerpt from “Osi and Isi: A Tale of Twin Flames”: “Toro had arranged the makings of a fire in the center of the circle. He now lit the wood, over which had been sprinkled aromatic herbs that had been carefully selected by Aiyana. A heady incense filled the air. The flames of the fire enkindled the waters of the cave. The waterfall provided a steady backdrop of calming sound. Light poured down through the opening at the top of the cave, forming a candescent pillar that seemed instinct with divine purity. Without prompting, all the colonists opened their eyes and stared at the pillar of light that connected the aperture atop the cave with the water in the little lake in its center. The pillar began to quiver, at first slowly and then with greater and greater rapidity, until it vibrated so fast that the fluctuations disappeared. The white column took on the color of a pink carnation. Then it turned to flaming silver. Then it changed to burnished gold. It stretched out wide and then attenuated into a slender filament. It became a circle around whose circumference raced a snake ultramarine in hue. The center of the circle now cleared. What was odd was that nothing behind this clear space was visible. Nothing occupied this center, but something blocked out the far wall of the cave.”