Forty lessons of magic on creating a Happy Reality by Alice, the main character, is a real guide for the self-improvement of every soul, compiled in the spirit of Christian commandments concerning love for one’s neighbor, repentance and forgiveness, mutual assistance and humility.
«It’s important to wish good to your enemies absolutely sincerely, as to yourself.»
«Help at least one person a month… As much as you can, in whatever way you can. Free of charge. Don’t make it public.»
«Learn to see God in all you meet, even in a stone.»
«…Write a letter to the Creator about everything… being aware that He knows better in Heaven what will benefit a particular soul, and what will be harmful…»
It is really important for Alice to…
«ask everyone to forgive you… and forgive each of them»,
«move your Self in the second place during conversation, having recognized that the other person’s Self is no less important to God than yours»,
«reveal in each being, sent to you on the Path, something it can be praised for.»
And how life-affirming are the words of the main character, completely disappointed in life and decided to step into Death,
«Imagine that your life will continue after your leaving the physical body, because, having fulfilled your current mission on Earth, you will definitely take on the solution of some new tasks of the Universe.»
Yes, Alice is looking for the Portal to the Other Reality, where her friend, the Ghost, resides, because she «no longer had the strength to stay in our Reality». She constantly wraps herself in furs, as if hiding from the surrounding reality, she feels uncomfortable in this world. Alice is tired of loneliness, she didn’t manage to meet «a strong male shoulder»,
«…I wanted so much to create my own little world with him and me, and a fireplace, and coffee, and a blanket, and the Moon Cat, and in that world I would read us bedtime tales, and no Blizzard outside the window would be able to keep us apart…»
At the same time, tired to death, Alice finds the strength to help an even weaker person, Pasha, who, overcoming his fear of refusal in reciprocity, told her «the most important words», adding, «Is it bad to say what you feel?» To help Pasha, Alice asks directly the Creator.
The very fact that the only obstacle on the way to the Portal to the Other World (in fact, to Death, that is, to the early departure from Life) is its gloomy Guardian, «once a story happened to the Guardian that changed his Consciousness,» «the Guardian who imagined himself to be God…» (a direct reference to Lucifer), is overwhelming. Describing the Guardian, the author doesn’t hide his impure nature: he constantly hits the table with his fist, throws objects at the wall, barks, his eyes sparkle, «there were devilish lights in his eyes». Finally, when a representative of «the Winged World» appears, the Guardian exclaims,
«What has their secret messenger to do in our vicious monastery?»
And finally, he admits,
«My Mansion was created for Impure Souls, not for divine gifts!»
Entering into verbal fights with the Guardian, similar to the struggle of a troubled soul with Devil the Tempter, Alice realizes they have something in common, and it’s the fear of Love, because «it’s easier and safer to remain at the level of a dream than trying to realize the dream». And then Alice asks the Guardian the key question, as if mirroring it on herself,
