Okay Guys! I work nights at the hospital, so I keep missing the nightly chat times. Can't wait til I get a few nights off to spend ?here! ; ) I'll throw this out now though to give everyone a few nights to read up on it, then we can discuss more on Friday....
About the Celtic connection and a few coincidences I found:
? ? 13 Months~13 Jewels
? ? Celts ?are associated with fairys, dragons, pentagrams and trees
? ? The stages of the ogham journey consists of 5 sets of 5 trees~5 to a side(Pentagram)
? ? The hash marks on the leaf on pg 19 has 3 letters or represents 2 different trees(not sure yet)
? ? 364 days of calendar(28 days, 13 months)~even with one nary
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? ? The Celts have a lunar tree calendar which consists of 13 months. Several of the trees are said to be attractive to "faery" folk. The calendar begins with the full moon closest to Yule. Each month is associated with a phase of the moon and a tree.
? ? The Ogham is an ancient Celtic writing system. It has been said that Druids could 'talk' to each other using their fingers to form the runes of the Celtic Ogham. This would keep their conversation secret from the uninitiated. Here are some links to look into~ maybe someone can make a connection to the other clues?
The Celtic Ogham:
]]http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/ogham/index.html
http://ogham.lyberty.com/
The trees:
[url=http://ogham.lyberty.com/
The trees:
[urlhttp://www.technoharp.com/Brighidsplace/ogham.html
5 Stage Ogham Journey:
]]http://ogham.lyberty.com/
The trees:
http://www.technoharp.com/Brighidsplace/ogham.html
5 Stage Ogham Journey:
http://sacredgroves.druidry.org/obodsacredgroves/Magick.html
Anyhow, I realize this is ALOT of information all at once! I've been piecing it together over the past few weeks in a way that could be understood better. Still not exactly sure it relates to any of the other clues, as I think it is possibly an overall understanding of "how MS's brain works". If nothing, it may give us a different way of looking at the same clues, if ya know what I mean! See you guys in a day or two. I'll check back in at work from time to time til then to keep up with the forum...Good Luck!! ?; )