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From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Shamanism (was Invisible Pink Unicorns)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 22:01:05 +0930
Leanne Dempsey wrote:
>
> While on the topic of Druids, can I take the opportunity to ask a question?
> In the module "Imago" there is a description of a group of Celtic Druids
who
> are performing a ceremony using symbols such as an Ankh and the signs of the
> Zodiac. It strikes me that these are odd symbols for a group of Celts to use.
> Does anyone know if there is a reason for this that I may have missed in the
> sourcebooks?

Don't know why you think it's odd... there's heavy historical evidence
showing a connection between the Egyptians and the Celts of Ireland and
Britian (explaining the Ankh). As for the astrology, that's a Celtic
tradition to begin with.

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