Firefly Lore

[Matthew Montchalin]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, mike gaby wrote:

|The recent posting about lights near volcanoes put me in mind of the
|Highland concept of the lightening in the blood which day-keepers,

I apologize for misspelling 'lightning' in my previous message, but
seeing as how the senses are pretty close, the error was not too far
off.  :)

|shamans and healers of varying degrees interpret when divining and
|prognasticating for their clients.  The Quiche connect it to the sheet
|lightening they see over the distant lakes, but the Zapotec patrilineage
|shaman I met with mentioned the dancing light that fill their stones
|(used in divining), make their blood speak.

Very interesting!