A curious story came to my attention a few years back. I was having dinner with a friend who happens to be a train enthusiast. He showed me an envelope containing a half-dozen small objects: they appeared to be electrical components, similar to parts from a circuit board. The objects were all fairly uniform in size and shape, with a rough quality to them. They were dull in color, rigid, possibly of some metallic alloy. They had wires protruding from the tips, and were in weathered condition with much corrosion and rust to the wires. The objects all had geometric designs painted on their surface.
I immediately recognized the markings. They were clearly those of alchemical symbology.
Stranger yet is the story that my colleague recounted for me. He lives perhaps a quarter mile from the infinitely long stretch of railroad that traverses Northern California and on up into Oregon, colliding with the steel network that criss-crosses the entire continent. On regular walks, he often finds himself collecting an assortment of odd items along these stretches of track. But what was strange about these items, is that they were affixed to the sides of the rails themselves. Being a train buff, he knew this is not normal, and certainly not official. After removing a few and researching the markings, he knew their purpose was something far more mysterious.
Upon dissection of two of the objects, my friend found what was apparently sulpher, and in the other an unknown dark powdery substance. Having heard this, I was certain of the arcane nature of these objects. I can only speculate on their purpose, and my speculations admittedly are quite fanciful. But I am afraid there is no logical explanation.
Are there (or were there) individuals out there using the American railways, the infinitely looping highways of steel tracks, as some sort of conduit for esoteric purposes? Are unknown forces being channelled along these vast antennae?
