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§¤@,,¤¨@§, 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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¨,,§.¨§,#¤ / HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, \ ,&#,¨¨.#¨¨
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,&.§@,..¨§ 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 ..@¨..¨.¨.
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,¨¨¨@¤£¨¨¤ 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 / §¤#¨¨¨.¤¨¨
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¨.£¨¨.¨.¨¨ = ONCE PER STAGE, THE SNAKE TAKING † ¨,¤@¤,.,,£
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..§.,¤.¨.. † 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 : ¨¨.¨&...@#
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,,@.&#,.¨¨ SOME CLOSE RELATION TO IT. I'VE YET TO .§£¨¨,,¨¨¤
@...&£#.,¨ UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT .#@#¨¨.,..
,@..§.@@.¨ HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF FINDING ONE ¨&¨&@,.,¨.
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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? .¨@.&&...&
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