Aug 4, 2008 12:38
Life is hard these days in Moscow. And a 12-story-high pyramid outside the capital is reputed to have mysterious powers: Russians flock to it looking for peace of mind, strength, health, insight. <br/><br/> You can see it for miles, looming over the birch forests and wildflower fields and construction sites crammed with future dachas for Russia's rich and ruthless. Stabbing up toward heaven from its hilltop perch, the pyramid gleams white under the blast of northern sun. Twelve stories high, 55 tons of fiberglass, swarming with Russians desperate to rearrange their energy fields and cure their karma.<img src="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/355080615" height="1" />