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…‘No… They burned the keepers…the practitioners…they were too old to flee with the rest.’
‘The lore perished?’
‘There was a young one…also a keeper’
‘This is before the Romans right?’
‘Oh way… way… way before…’
‘How did they generate so much heat?’
‘Wood-lore…and oils… tree resins.’
‘They burned their own alive!’
‘They used wood that gives off poisonous fumes.
Yew… Alder… Holly.
They did not burn.’
‘Even so…’
‘Have you got the rods?’
Oh Lordy…
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About Sue Vincent
Sue Vincent is a Yorkshire-born writer and one of the Directors of
The Silent Eye, a modern Mystery School. She writes alone and with
Stuart France, exploring ancient myths, the mysterious landscape of Albion and the inner journey of the soul. Find out more at
France and Vincent. She is owned by a small dog who also blogs.
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