Four winged beings from mythologies: the Angel, the Eagle, the Bull, and the Lion.
Four orients, Angel, Eagle, Lion and bull form the Tetramorph, the four living ones.
Programmed? We all are. It's your brain daily work, not for you but against you.
He lived near a desert where stones seemed to be waiting for someone.
Some may hear the voices within them with great clarity and obey what they hear.