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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   A Naga water serpent is said to have sheltered the Buddha   
   from a thunderstorm, perhaps on a mountain.   
      
   I think this serpent was the clear sky lightning of   
   inspiration.  This serpent is the same as the bronze serpent   
   in the Old Testament, the lightning of inspiration, which   
   according to Issac Asimov's Guide to the Bible Vol. 2 was   
   personified as the seraphim (i.e., the root of the word   
   seraphim is related to the lightning).   
      
   But why would it be called a water serpent?   I think because   
   the lightning was light blue in colour and/or occurred over   
   water, like that which marked the start of my fifth   
   waning crescent high.   
      
   Also I think the sheltering of the Buddha from a thunderstorm   
   meant that unusually there was no thunderstorm, it was   
   clear sky lightning (which I think is due to solar activity   
   affecting the ionosphere).   
      
   In my case clear sky lightning marked the start of my   
   Sept91, June93, and Aug/Sept94 waning crescent highs.   
   My Jan94 waning crescent high was marked by extremely   
   variable weather, which I relate to the cherubim, which   
   Asimov says personify the storm.   
      
   But is there any evidence that the Naga water serpent   
   incident occurred during waning crescent moon?   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "When the train, it left the station, with two lights on behind   
   Well, the blue light was my blues, and the red light was my mind" (R.J.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)