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D: Before Merlin was a soothsayer he was a miraculous child who solved the mystery of Vortigern’s Tower.
W: What mystery was that?
D: Every time the tower was raised by Vortigern the hill on which it was built swallowed the tower whole.
W: And the answer to that mystery?
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Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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There was a hidden lake under the tower in which lay two dragons: a red and a white. They battled and the winner was able to raise the tower. Or that’s how I remember it. I didn’t want to read the answer. I wanted to see how much of it I remember from WAY back …
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There are several versions and many different details, including the requirement to propitiate the dragons with blood, though that may have been a later addition.
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