Tag Archives: Druids

To the Waters and the Wild: Ireland and Its Symbolic Elements

Posted on October 15, 2026 by Symbol Reader

I have not written for a long time because my journey to Ireland in February left me with an experience so profound that I have been trying to come to terms with it ever since. Slowly, I feel myself emerging … Continue reading →

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The Flames of Passion in Bellini’s “Norma”

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Symbol Reader

While learning Latin in high school, we were supposed to memorize parts of Julius Ceasar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. The first sentence has been forever etched in my memory: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, … Continue reading →