Re: Deathteaching
Taliesin_
shane@cais.com
Tue Sep  1 19:38:38 1998
TopazOwl wrote,*br*: *br*: Tal:*br*:*br*:      That sounds like a word directly out of Morgan *br*: Llywellyn's novel, "Druids." While Ms. Llywellyn *br*: did an excellent job recreating what she perceived as *br*: Gaulish Druidism in the time of Vercingetorix (and it is an *br*: entertaining story), it is still a fictional work.*br*:*br*:      But it brings up some interesting ideas nevertheless, *br*: and actually some that we touched upon in the Celtic *br*: Roundtable the other night.*br*:*br*:      Anyway, from the novel, the author has the *br*: "deathteaching" looking like a classic shamanic *br*: initiation, in which the subject is given a drug while *br*: surrounded by chanting Druids, and then the subject journeys *br*: to the Otherworld (with the aid of the drug) to discover *br*: that death and life are merely two aspects of the same *br*: condition.*br*:*br*:      This *might* have actually been the way of it, and, *br*: then again, it might not have. Anyway, I have to wonder over *br*: the term used to identify the concept.*br*:*br*:      Whether or not this is the concept referred to in your *br*: chat is anyone's guess. :-)*br*:*br*: Leigh*p*Leigh, thanks for the reference to the book. If I see that person in chat again, I shall ask them to see if they woould like to be a guest speaker, so I can get more details on the Deathteaching. BTW, it does sound interesting doesn't it? <G>
Re: Deathteaching
TopazOwl
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Fri Aug 28 11:11:30 1998