In the countryside of Iznájar, a local legend persists about a stone chair said to grant visions of the future to those who sit on it during times of deep despair.
Josefina, a Republican miliciana, is believed to have frequently visited this chair, where she would sit and compose poems envisioning a utopian future. One night, while she was deep in thought, a Falangist sniper shot and killed her. Local folklore claims that at the moment of her death, the stone absorbed the vivid images from her mind, embedding her unfulfilled visions into its structure.
During the Franco dictatorship, authorities buried the stone to prevent it from becoming a site of pilgrimage or symbolic resistance. Over time, the story was dismissed by many as mere superstition, and the stone was largely forgotten.
However, speculation about the stone’s properties continued. Some suggested it was imbued with supernatural qualities, while others theorized it might function as a natural repository for information, akin to a primitive, organic form of data storage.
In the 1980s, a secret group of artists and intellectuals rediscovered and unearthed the stone. During the excavation, a bee was inadvertently killed. Since then, reports have surfaced claiming that those who sit on the chair now experience visions solely of pollens and anthers, a phenomenon that has been cited by some scientists to discredit the stone’s supposed powers.
Despite skepticism, there remains ongoing interest in finding other similar stones around the world, which some believe may hold the last thoughts or dreams of those who died near them.
– Raphael LERAY (MIRA新伝統)