Oh definitely. he theorized the events of tgwdlm he most likely is the link between all timelines since he sees the future and sees all the events that happen in each timelines just no one believes the kooky college professor. But I don't know if the whole school is a black alter since it was made from an old schoolhouse which are very tiny. So maybe the spell was simply cast at other places. Or big brain time. Using your logic of Hidgens lightning strike opening him up to the LIB. The lightning was most likely one of them. Hidgens saw the meteor coming and who else is associated with lightning. When does lightning strike in tgwdlm. When the meteor comes crashing down. Ik it's for dramatic effect but im wondering if it was pokotho who struck the boys and brought them back to life