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.§,£.&,&.£ /    page    on   snake    handling.   : ¨.§¤@¨§.@¨
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&£,§.£.¤¨£    the goal is anyway to become lucid    .§¨§#.¤.¤¨
.¤.&.#,#¨£   inside the dream (if the dream is a    ,#.,¤¨#.¤.
@#,£¨¤.§¨£    container) or while the dream takes   .¤¨§§,@.#.
,@,&,#.#¨¤    place (if it is an event). this is    ,¤.¨¤¨¤,&,
&§.¤,#.£¨&       somehow to do with serpents.       ¨&.#&,&¨#,
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.£¨£,£.&,& \ i  knew there would be snakes, they  / .&,,&¨&.§¨
¤¤.£¨&.§¨¤ ; have this particular shape to them,  : ¨§¨#§.&¨@,
¨#¨¤¨£,@.@ :  makes  them   fit   into   cracks,  : .§¨.@,#.¤.
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@&¨@.@,#.¤ ^     have     to    stay     put.     \ .@¨§§,§¨#¨
,§¨@.§,&,@ =  snakes can  cheat  this  by  being  ^ .@¨,#,£,§,
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,&,£¨@.#¨£  eitherway. i did not fully understand   ,#,.@,&.§,
#@,#.¤¨@¨¤  which role they would play, or exactly  ¨§,&&.£¨§.
,#.@¨£.#.§    -which= snakes they would be - the    ,#..&¨¤.£.
§&¨§,§.&,@         nagas! the snake people.         ,£¨£§,#¨¤,
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£¤¨&,¤¨£¨¤  you will want them to guide you if you  ,§¨&¤.¤.&.
¨#,#.&.@¨&  can. they are excellent nidra guides,   ¨£¨.&,#¨¤,
&£¨#,§,¤.§    and many will take you on pro bono    ,&,@§.#.#¨
,#,@,¤,&.@  (i suspect they find amusement in our   .£.¨£.¤.§.
£#¨¤.£,@.§   attempts to travel where we are not    ,@,&#,§,#¨
.@¨§.£¨#.£ easy to be.) the problem is finding one. .&.,#.¤¨#,
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¤¤.#¨§,&.¤ = don't  fret if your meeting does not : ¨#¨#§¨#,&¨
.¤¨§,#,@¨£ \ go  well  - talking  to a snake  is  ^ ,§,,£.§,¤.
&£¨#.£¨¤,& †  often a recursive matter. you will  † .@,&#,¤¨£¨
¨¤¨@.@,¤,& † meet many times  as you fall deeper, \ ,#,.§,#.#.
@&¨@.#¨§¨§ ^  once per  stage, the  snake  taking * .@¨£#¨@¨§¨
,£,£.&,§.@ : various forms in succession (stream, ; ,@¨.@.@.#¨
£¤,&¨#¨@,§ ; snake,  half-snake,  queen, stream,  \ ,§,¤§.@,&¨
,#¨&.#¨&.¤ =  thunder).   you  must  repeat  all  \ .&¨,£¨§¨#,
¤#,&.£¨#,& / pleasantries each time as if  you've † .£¨¤¤.¤¨§¨
.&,£.§,¤.¤ † never before met (although the snake / .@.,£,#.§.
¤&¨§,£,¤.¤ / may  choose to address you as an old ^ .@¨&¤¨£¨¤,
.@,#,¤,¤.& : friend,  follow their  lead if  so). : .£¨¨£¨&¨£¨
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&£,&,§¨#¨¤   they have something to do with water,  .&.§@.#,£,
.¤¨&.#¨£¨&  some close relation to it. i've yet to  ,¤.¨§,§.&,
§¤.§,§¨¤.§    uncover what this is. but you might   ¨&,&¤¨@.@¨
,£¨#.£,#.§    have a higher chance of finding one   ¨§,¨§,&.#.
¤&.&¨@,§.§       close to a river or lake...?       ¨§.&£.&¨#.
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§&,§¨£,£¨§  i've also heard them mentioned together .&¨&&.£¨@¨
¨¤,£.#.£¨¤   with caves or "the world beneath the   ,£¨,§.&.&,
¤#,¤,§.#.£  world". coincidence? you find regular   .£,££¨¤.¤,
,¤,#.&¨#.§    snakes in regular caves. or - could   .@¨.&¨¤.#,
@&,#¨£,&.@   this be a reference to the dark lake?  ¨#,£¤¨&.£¨
.£,¤¨¤¨£.#   the holy water in the center of your   ¨¤.,¤¨@,#¨
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