But what if? By the way, from your story, a hermit immediately comes to mind, and they are capable of communicating with spirits. Or... did your friend move to some village? Here I'll tell you that in most cases, villages are inhabited by either dark sorcerers or healers (the gift is supposed to be passed down through the family line in the event of the owner's lethal outcome). So maybe that's why your friend ended up there? Or did I miss something?
No, he's definitely not a sorcerer.... what would he even cast spells for in the forests? He moved closer to nature; he believes in God and thinks that proximity to nature brings one closer to God. In principle, this is not an original idea. Many hermits did exactly that. I can say that he didn't want to communicate with God, i.e., for a long time he didn't believe that it was God...
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"So much has gone
and little is new"
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