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Mar 19Liked by Siofra O'Donovan

James Stephens, now I wonder was he a Prod with a name like that? Oh yes, I meant to tell you it was you told us about kundali being the energy connected with snakes. One of you friends refers to the vile rock concerts @ Glastonbury; well I'm note quite that cynical. Isn't the Isle of Apples said to have been where Glastonbury is

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Mar 19Liked by Siofra O'Donovan

Once again such a fine account and most of it I did not know; now the Naga religion, much centred on the snake and serpent seems very like if not exactly like Celtic spirituality and Animism, you interestingly noted it is pre Vedic and the main Hindu religion. Shintoism in Japan sticks me as being very like Nagaism and Animism. I knew St Patrick was Welsh but did not know he retired to and ended his days in Glastonbury. Now I recon you're quite right, many a hole and hollow likely has a large Celtic worm or snake!

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It's all so fake! All our history is tidied up, sanitised and dumbed down in case we really wanted to know a bit more! Like in a cold temperature place such as Ireland, aside from maybe grass snakes and adders, why would Patrick the Welsh Glastonbury bloke be bothered about chasing them out? Unless of course, he meant the old religions, as in Druidry, Paganism etc. And then back to Glastonbury where the high vibrational energy was still good, before they started locating Dept. of Defence projects nearby and then housing vile rock concerts.

And what an astute man James Stephens was....birds and women being able to turn their necks around in order to see the enemy. And long long ago female deities were depicted as long necked birds....

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Makes me think of Nessy!

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Mar 17Liked by Siofra O'Donovan

Makes you wonder alright!

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