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   XPost: alt.fantasy, alt.religion.druid   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Feb 1, 2026, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2F3007CE0297FA6330B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > From The Silmarillion by Tolkien:   
   >   
   > He chanted a song of wizardry,   
   > Of piercing, opening, of treachery,   
   > Revealing, uncovering, betraying.   
   > Then suddenly Felagund there swaying   
   > Sang in answer a song of staying,   
   > Resisting, battling against power,   
   > Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,   
   > And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;   
   > Of changing and of shifting shape,   
   > Of snares eluded, broken traps,   
   > The prison opening, the chain that snaps.   
   >   
   > I crossed off everything that followed.   
   >   
   > I hope to break the chain of abuse through my latest Imbolc   
   > full moon global new age onset mystic activation sequence;   
   > for more detail see my web page, with recent updates on   
   > alt.religion.druid .   
      
   For more detail on my Luthien Seagull experience, from   
   which the above verse comes, see   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/luthien.html .   
      
   Bradán Faoileáin   
      
   --   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And now the angry morning; Gives the early signs of warning; You must   
   face alone the plans you make; Decisions they will try to break” (S.McL.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)