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Images form themselves in our minds per  petually as if they were reflected in some pool. We gave ourselves up in old times to mythology, and saw the Gods every  where. IMAGES FORM THEMSELVES IN OUR MINDS PERPETUALLY AS IF THEY WERE REFLECTED IN SOME POOL WE GAVE OURSELVES UP IN THE OLD TIMES TO MYTHOLOGY AND SAW THE GODS EVERYWHERE
ere or Verah or Dera or Dhera was a very famous person, perhaps the mother of the Gods herself. A friend Of mine found her, as he thinks, frequenting Lough Leath, or the Grey Lake on a mountain of the Fews. Perhaps Lough la is my mishearing, or the story-teller's mispronun- ciation of Lough Leath, for there are many Lough Leaths. 134 EARTH, FIRE AND WATER Earth, Fire and Water. Some French writer that I read when I was a boy, said that the desert went into the heart of the Jews in their wanderings and made them what they are. I cannot remember by what argu- ment he proved them to be even yet the indestructible children of earth, but it may well be that the elements have their children. If we knew the Fire Worshippers better we might find that their centuries of pious observance have been rewarded, and that the fire has ^iven them a little of its nature ; and I am certain that the water, the water of the seas and of lakes and of mist and rain, has all but made the Irish after its image.  SECTION TWENTY THREE OF THE CELTIC TWILIGHT THIS IS A LIBERY VOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERY VOX DOT OGG RECORDING BY ROBERT DIXON THE CELTIC TWILIGHT BY WILLIAM BUTLERY YATES EARTH FIRE AND WATER SOME FRENCH WRITER THAT I READ WHEN I WAS A BOY SAID THAT THE DESERT WENT INTO THE HEART OF THE JEWS IN THEIR WANDERINGS AND MADE THEM WHAT THEY ARE I CANNOT REMEMBER BY WHAT ARGUMENT HE PROVED THEM TO BE EVEN YET THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CHILDREN OF EARTH BUT IT MAY WELL BE THAT THE ELEMENTS HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IF WE KNEW THE FIRE WORSHIPERS BETTER WE MIGHT FIND THAT THEIR CENTURIES OF PIOUS OBSERVANCE HAVE BEEN REWARDED AND THAT THE FIRE HAS GIVEN THEM A LITTLE OF ITS NATURE AND I AM CERTAIN THAT THE WATER THE WATER OF THE SEAS AND OF LAKES AND OF MIST AND RAIN HAS ALL BUT MADE THE IRISH AFTER ITS IMAGE
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