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Even to day our country people speak with the dead and with some who per  haps have never died as we understand death ; and even our educated people pass without great difficulty into the condition of quiet that is the condition of vision. EVEN TO DAY OUR COUNTRY PEOPLE SPEAK WITH THE DEAD AND WITH SOME WHO PERHAPS HAVE NEVER DIED AS WE UNDERSTAND DEATH AND EVEN OUR EDUCATED PEOPLE PASS WITHOUT GREAT DIFFICULTY INTO THE CONDITION OF QUIET THAT IS THE CONDITION OF VISION
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. 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. We talked to them face to face, and the stories of that communion are so i35 The many that I think they outnumber all the Celtic J . ; Twilight, hke stones of all the rest of Europe. ERT 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 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 WE TALKED TO THEM FACE TO FACE AND THE STORIES OF THAT COMMUNION ARE SO MANY THAT I THINK THEY OUTNUMBER ALL THE LIKE STORIES OF ALL THE REST OF EUROPE
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