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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,  : .&,&.¤¨,@¨
,&¨§.§¨#¨@ ^          into         seams.         = @£.&¨#¨##¨
&&¨£.£.@., ^             ...-~£~»¨¨.              : ¨¤.£.¤,.£,
,#¨&.#,§¨& * (since realm-travelness is inversely ; @#¨¤,@¨£@¨
£#¨@¨&.¤., = proportional to size; larger animals = .&.¤,¤¨¨£,
¨¤,@,#.¤.£ :     have     to     stay    put.     ^ ¤&.#¨§¨¤¤¨
#£.¤,&¨¤., ^  snakes  can  cheat  this  by being  = ,¤,&.¤,¨#¨
,#¨@¨@¨&,& †     almost     one-dimensional.)     : ¤§.&,£.¤&¨
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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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