Ganesh, in his aspect as Gajanana, loomed behind her, his trunk curling and uncurling. The noose he carried in his upper left hand rested loosely about her neck, rope prickling against her pulse-points.

Are these injunctions? Instructions? Perhaps commandments to the faithful? None can say, though theories abound.

"Well, around that particular area of the Altai mountains there is supposed to be an entrance to an alternate dimension. It is most often known as Shambhala, but the Russian name for it is Byelovodye, which means 'The Land of White Waters.'"

My mother is seeing a fortune teller / because she wants to know / the exact date, time, and place / the aliens will land.