The Viral Epiphany (44 page)

           
“The spirals?”

         
“Yes.
 
That was what was revealed to them here, and it became their secret and sacred truth: the world we live in is both literal and symbolic. That’s why the carvings of these people are, at one and the same time, literal and symbolic.
 
That’s how they handed the secret down.” She paused a moment and looked over at
the lone Hawthorn tree in the center of the circle, and then she wiped a tear from her eyes.
 
She looked back at him and said, almost in a whisper, “Dan,
we need your help.
 
The signs are clear to us
now. Someone – someone very evil – has started using the power of the spirals.”