Soothsayer beings


To foresee the future, an eternal human fascination,  as intrinsic as searching for the past


Cervecería Boliviana ciudad de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
Cervecería Boliviana
La Paz City, La Paz, Bolivia

Immediately after, Angelica readdressed the conversation at hand. In the meantime, Fernanda, Pilar’s mother, refilled their cups with steaming coffee, as Julian observed his wife with a sort of mysterious smile.

Callejuelas de centro ciudad de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
Downtown alleys
La Paz City, La Paz, Bolivia

“As it happens, we definitely are not dealing with just any kind of a dog. In reality and to be more precise, what we have here, it is not even a dog. It is more, shall we say, a spiritual kind of a being, to try and describe it a bit closer.”

“It does take the form of a dog, as all the rest of these beings that live in other parts of the world, just happen to do. This they do, since immemorial times, since epochs so far back that they are lost in the darkness of time. They go back to before the coming of the first men to settle in this world of ours.”

Panorámica de la ciudad ciudad de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
City panoramic
La Paz City, La Paz, Bolivia

“They are harbingers of human destiny. They manifest this gift which allows them to anticipate the fate in store for us, the mortals, who they consider outsiders that have barely appeared in the grand scheme of things in this world.”

Callejones de la ciudad ciudad de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
City alleys
La Paz City, La Paz, Bolivia

 

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