episode_0039

Is it possible to experience a past life through witchcraft?

There were many students around looking at me. It was because attention was focused on us because of Joo Hyuk. I asked Sarah in a whisper.

“Can you really see your past life?”

“It’s probably possible. There is a spell book written by my mother at my house. This is a book that contains spells for experiencing past lives, so you can just follow them.”

“Oh… .”

Sarah also whispered to me.

Trust has soared. I could believe it if it was a spell written by Sarah’s mother. Sarah’s mother, Hwayeon Bodhisattva, was a spiritual shaman and a researcher of Eastern and Western magic. It was her mother, Hwayeon Bodhisattva, who taught Sarah witchcraft.

“What kind of magic is it?”

“It’s a spell called shared past life dream. I mixed a spell that allows you to experience your past life in the form of a dream, and a spell that allows you to have a shared dream. For example, imagine that I am dreaming of my past life. If you fall asleep together then, we can see my dreams together.”

Shared dreaming refers to multiple people dreaming the same dream at the same time.

In short, when Sarah dreams of her past life, I can also dream of Sarah when I fall asleep. What made that possible was the shared past life dream. It was like two people could enjoy the dream of their past life like a console game that supports 2P.

It was a unique form of witchcraft. If it’s not enough to make the caster dream of his past life, then showing the dream to others? But isn’t past life experience also a kind of private life? I don’t know why the spell that shows past lives to others was created.

“Why is there a spell that shows one’s past life to others? Isn’t it a bit embarrassing?”

“Why does this exist? .”

Sarah slightly avoided my gaze.

Sarah said while looking towards the window.

“Actually, this is a spell that my mom made when she was dating my dad? They said we held hands and played together in our dreams.”

“Wow.”

Was it a spell created when Sarah’s parents were dating? Indeed, it was not unusual for a Hwayeon Bodhisattva to go on a date. In my dream, holding hands and playing with my husband is a date. There was a reason why I created a complicated spell like a shared past life dream.

“Anyway, Jinwoo.”

Sarah cleared her throat and looked at me again.

“Do you want to try it after school today? Show me my dreams, show me your dreams, and so on. Honestly, I’m curious.”

“Yes.”

I nodded willingly.

Joohyuk, who was looking at us, opened his mouth. We spoke in whispers, so Joo-hyuk couldn’t hear much.

“What are you two whispering about so much?”

“I decided. We will also have a past life experience today.”

“Aha! I thought so. You guys were curious about your past life too, right?”

Joo Hyuk shrugged his shoulders and said.

“When your past life experience is over, be sure to tell me what you were in your past life. huh? Let’s see how good you are, you bastards! The wild boar looks funny.”

“It’s funny even if you try not to laugh. Phew.”

“No matter how bad I am, I think it’s better than a wild boar. How could you have been a wild boar in your past life?”

“Kuwook!”

Because we kept teasing him, Joo-hyuk screamed and ran out of our class. We were a little nervous watching Joo Hyuk. Now, when I had a past life experience, I felt like I couldn’t come up with something worse than a wild boar.

After a while, school ended.

Sarah and I went to Hyehwadang.

“… What if something worse than a wild boar appears in our dreams?”

“I guess so.”

Arriving at Hyehwadang, Sarah took out a thin book from deep in the library where the books were stored. It was an old-fashioned book made of Korean paper. On the front of the book, the title Dream Secret Book (夢夢秘書) was written in Chinese characters.

Sarah and I read a book with spells written on it.

The method of writing a shared past life dream was as follows.

[First, a red silk thread is wrapped around the wrists of the two people like a bracelet. Second, the person who will dream of their past life recite the mantra written in this book. Third, the two people sleep side by side on wooden pillows. If this process is followed, the person who recited the spell will have a dream of their past life. People who lie side by side can dream of their past lives together.]

The method of using magic was like this. The only things I could prepare were red silk thread and a wooden pillow, so I was able to prepare it simply. These were all items from Hyehwadang. Next to the method was an explanation of what happens after you fall asleep.

[The two people who performed the spell may just see a completely black landscape. In this case, it means that the person who recited the spell has no previous life. Also, if you wake up in an overly sacred space, it may be difficult to wake up from your dream. This happens very rarely, so there is no need to worry.]

That was all the commentary was. As I read the book, I realized that a person may not have a past life at all. It was referring to the person who started this life for the first time. I don’t know what you mean by overly sacred space, but I don’t think there’s any need to worry. We knew how to force ourselves to wake up from a dream.

I wanted to quickly experience a past life.

I told Sarah.

“Can I have a past life experience first?”

“Good. I’ll bring silk thread and a pillow.”

Sarah came carrying red silk thread and a wooden pillow. We wrapped the silk thread around our wrists. I recited the spell written in the book.

“March 27, Gyemyo Year. I, Kim Jin-woo, are trying to peek into his past life, so please open the door. I want to dream the same dream with the person I am connected to.”

I continued to recite the incantation. It was a long order, as long as two pages of a book. After reciting all the incantations, Sarah and I lay side by side in the living room on wooden pillows.

We fell asleep after some time.

We were both tired after returning from school.

*

“Umm… .”

It was when I opened my eyes again. I’m sure the light was on in the living room, but I couldn’t see things in front of me properly. I raised my hand for a moment and felt around. There was nothing that could be grasped.

“Is it a dream?”

I cracked my fingers. On the contrary, even though I applied light force, my finger broke easily. I didn’t feel any pain at all. The act of breaking one’s fingers was a useful way to realize that it was a dream.

This was the dream I was having. It was dark everywhere. My surroundings were pitch black, as if I was floating in space. Apparently, I used a spell to experience my past life before going to sleep. However, if all you see in your dream is darkness, you can interpret the meaning like this.

[In this case, it means that the person who recited the spell has no past life.]

A passage in a book about interpreting dreams came to mind.

They say that if you only see darkness when you dream, it means you have no previous life.

I felt like I was the first person born in this life. It was a freshly created warm soul with no previous life.

That was the moment I thought about it.

A voice sounded like someone whispering in the dark.

━θέλω

What does this mean?

It was clearly a human voice, but the language was different, so it was difficult to interpret the meaning.

I could also hear other people whispering.

━vrei

━хачу

━ רוצה

━wollen

━хочуть

━xiǎng

Among them, there was one voice that I could clearly hear.

━It’s not me

It was Korean. If you interpret the language that you can roughly understand, there are many similar words. Most of the whispers heard in the dark were muttering words similar to ‘Binaida’ towards something.

“What is this… .”

I was just wondering in the dark space. Just then, there was someone calling me properly from afar.

“Jinwoo!”

It was Sarah’s voice.

When I looked back, I saw Sarah waving at me from a distance. I approached Sarah with a happy heart. Sarah also walked towards me and we were soon able to meet.

“Where have you been so far?”

“It was a long way away from here. As I was walking blindly, I saw you.”

When I first started dreaming, Sarah wasn’t with me. This shared past life magic spell allowed two people to have the same dream, but it did not seem to determine the same location in the dream. Thanks to this, it took some time for me and Sarah to meet.

“It’s a strange space.”

Sarah muttered while looking around.

I asked Sarah.

“Can you hear my voice too? A voice that says something like it’s raining.”

“Yes. I’m listening too. I think I hear similar words in different languages. First of all, it sounds like a human voice.”

Sarah also said she could hear whispers in the dark space. I wasn’t the only one listening. Of course, the people who spoke out were completely invisible to us. I could not possibly interpret this dream.

“Sera. What kind of dream do you think this is?”

“I’m not sure. Still, it is a dark space. Doesn’t this mean that there is nothing that can be called a past life for you? I’m not sure why I’m hearing strange voices.”

Even Sarah, who was well versed in magic, could not completely interpret the identity of the dream. All I could figure out was that I was a newborn in this life.

“Hmm… .”

“It seems like this scene keeps repeating itself.”

We spent some time in a dark space. There was no change in the surrounding scenery or any special words being heard. Since it was just the two of us in the vast darkness, it felt like we were traveling in space.

“Isn’t it time to wake up?”

“Sure.”

Those who fell asleep were bound to wake up someday.

Sarah and I eventually woke up naturally from our strange dream.

“Whoa… .”

I yawned and opened my eyes again.

When I woke up from the dream, I was back in reality. This was the living room of Hyehwadang where Sarah and I slept. When I applied force, such as by bending my finger, I felt the pain. It meant I was fully awake.

The current time is 11 PM.

The numbers were clearly visible on the clock hanging on the living room wall.

Sarah, who woke up next to me, spoke to me.

“It was a strange dream. Right?”

“It was a bit strange. But I didn’t know that I didn’t have a past life.”

“If you don’t have a past life, you are a newly born person. Now get ready to call me sister.”

“What kind of sister are you?”

“If I have a past life, I am older than you. So, sister.”

You sound like an older sister.

Is there anyone who even considers past lives based on age?

“Then, if the turtle is my previous life, should I call him grandfather?”

“Anyway, I can be your older sister. Jinwoo, the newborn little boy.”

“Wow.”

It was time for the two of us to joke around. There was something I noticed after listening to Sarah. If you have a past life, it could be your older sister. If you say something like that, doesn’t that mean Sarah doesn’t know her past life? I don’t think Sarah has ever had a past life experience before.

“But I guess you’ve never had a past life experience?”

“Actually, today is my first time.”

“Why did you say you could use magic but didn’t try it before? Aren’t you curious about your past life?”

“It’s not fun if strange people show up for no reason. What if my previous life was a witch studying black magic?”

“Then why are you doing it together when I ask you to do it?”

“Because it’s fun to do it with friends.”

but.

Anything is fun if you do it with friends. It was fun to be with my friends, even if I was talking in class and then going out into the hallway and standing with my hands up. Sarah said she wanted to experience a past life, so she decided to do it on her own.

“Now, my sister will dream too.”

“Yes, I wonder about your past life. Please stop calling me sister.”

Now it was time to check Sarah’s past life. As we had just woken up from sleep, we were very sleepy. It was getting dark so it was the perfect time to go back to sleep.

Sarah recited a spell.

“March 27, Gyemyo Year. I, Kang Sera, are trying to peek into my past life, so please open the door. I want to dream the same dream with the person I am connected to.”

Sarah and I lay down in the living room again. The wooden pillow and red thread were still there, so all I had to do was lie down.

After some time we fell asleep.

*

It was when I opened my eyes again.

This time the surroundings were not dark.

Sarah had a past life different from mine. It’s time to check out the secret life you didn’t know about until now.

I looked around.

I was standing on a cloud.

“Yes… ?”

It wasn’t a mistake.

I was literally ‘standing on a cloud’.

The clouds, like cotton candy, were spread out so wide that I couldn’t see the end of them beneath my feet. I was startled and moved my feet. But there was no falling below the clouds. The fact that I could move my two feet and walk felt amazing.

That wasn’t all.

I raised my head and looked around.

I heard people’s voices in my ears.

“Princess Hongryeon is coming, right?”

“That’s right. “Please know that he is coming in 365234 days.”

“It’ll be quick.”

People in old-fashioned costumes walked around me.

This was a city where people lived. I saw traditional hanoks being built on pure white clouds.

“… Where on earth is this?”

A city built on clouds.

It was the place where I opened my eyes.