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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (16710)	5/30/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Ann, I'm sorry my last post ended somewhat abruptly. I was going to go on and ask if you'd heard about the English prohibition on the Irish practicing their Catholicism. I was really fascinated to find some modern copies of what are called "penal crosses" in a religious bookstore in San Francisco. They are tiny crosses the Irish held up their sleeves so as not to be detected, and the priests held the services secretly in hedgerows so they were not prosecuted. I had not thought of Americans being very much like the English, but now that you mention it, we have the same air of general superiority and domination about us (to grossly generalize), as the English did during their colonial period. There is a basic feeling that we're on top of the world. I do know that even in San Francisco, my husband has had several unpleasant interchanges with English tourists who look down their noses on the Irish, and one of them even called him "Paddy", which is extremely insulting. The Irish have always depended upon going to England to get work, but the ones I have talked to have sometimes experienced racism. I think the general feeling in the South the last thirty years or so was that they could not solve the problems in the North. With the creation of the European Union, and their gaining prosperity, they have felt both that there were more resources to share, and that the entire burden of solving the problem was not on them. As you must know, the vote for the peace accord was almost completely "YES" in the South. I was thinking about the problem you raised of mothers with children working fulltime. I didn't work when my child was small, and so when I did return to a job, my husband was not used to doing very much around the house. After about a year of crying every Sunday night because it was almost time go to work again and there were still six loads of laundry undone, and bills to pay, I finally went on strike. I took good care of my daughter, but let the house pretty much go. Not a pretty solution, admittedly, but I think it is difficult for men to really understand how hard mothers work. It is not just child care, but keeping the entire family schedule, all the organizational things, and grunt work. Sometimes something simply has to go!! Do you remember the corruption of the English police and courts in "In the Name of the Father"? I think it has been one of the most repressive governments anywhere. I don't think many people are aware that in the North, there are no civil rights. You can be held without being charged, people are framed, etc. Amnesty International has a huge list of atrocities that have been committed against the Irish, and the World Court has ruled against the British as well. They simply ignore all that!! The worst of this was probably under Maggie Thatcher, who wanted the Irish people on their knees. John Major was not very much better. However, I really like Tony Blair. He acted with history in mind, and is really to be commended as a leader. Have fun at the seashore, Ann!!

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (16710)	5/31/1998 8:28:00 AM
From: Sam Ferguson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Interested? e-mail samferguson@yahoo.com The Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina) "THE SECRET WORKS OF CHURAM TELAT MACHASOT (HERMES TRISMEGISTUS)" (Literally: "The Secret Works of Hermes Trismegistus the Three-In-One Who Hides His One Essential Nature in Three places of Safekeeping or Modes of Expression) "It is true, no lie, certain, and to be depended upon, the superior agrees with the inferior,and the inferior with the superior [i.e., As above, so below], to effect that one truly wonderful work. "As all things owe their existence to the will of the ONLY ONE, so all things owe their origin to THE ONE ONLY THING, the most hidden, by the arrangement of the ONLY GOD. The Father of that ONE ONLY THING is the Sun, its Mother is the Moon, the Wind carries It in its belly; but Its Nurse is a Spirituous Earth. That ONE ONLY THING (after the ONE LIFE) is the Father of all (wonderful) things in the Universe. Its power is perfect, after It has been united to that Spirituous Earth. "Separate that Spirituous Earth from the dense or crude by means of a gentle heat with much attention. "In great measure it ascends from the Earth up to Heaven, and descends again, newborn, on the Earth, and the superior and the inferior are increased in power. "By this thou wilt partake of the honors of the whole world. And darkness will fly from thee. This is the strength of all powers. With this thou wilt be able to overcome all things, and to transmute all what is fine and all what is coarse. "In this manner the world was created; the arrangements to follow this road are hidden. For this reason I am called CHuRaM Telat Machasot, One in Essence, but Three in Aspect. In this Trinity is hidden the wisdom of the whole world. "It is ended now, what I have said concerning the Work of the Sun. Finish of the Tabula Smaragdina."