From:	"Andrew W. Ragland" <RAGLAN45@*****.MMC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Shamanism (was Invisible Pink Unicorns)
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:51:30 -0500

>Yes, but did the Celts actually use that symbol? I acknowledge Celtic
>tradition isn't really my area, but I've never heard anything about it.
>The connection you describe is pretty weak.

Being a practicing NeoPagan Druid, I can personally say that I have never
seen an ankh or ankh-like symbol used in the Celtic tradition.

>Hmmm... Here you're getting hazy.. It's EVERYBODY's tradition. The Chinese
>did it, the Egyptians did it, the Mayans did it. Pretty much independently.
>And while the Celts did have astrology, they did NOT use the signs of the
>Roman zodiac. Astrology may be "a Celtic tradition," but not THAT
>astrology.

Yeah. Celtic astrology and the cosmology that it's derived from are both
vastly different from the Egyptian and Mayan systems, which are pretty
different from each other. Basically, Celtic systems are based on the
number 3, with worlds and cycles occuring in triads. Quite different from
the Mayan world system, the Egyptian seven-part soul system, and the Roman
pantheon.

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