WEBVTT - S01 Episode 1: Opening the Gate

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<v Speaker 1>For many, our greatest fear is that we are ultimately alone,

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<v Speaker 1>with no explanation as to why we are here. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't just mean in the metaphorical sense, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>literally that the human race might exist alone as the

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<v Speaker 1>soul sentient being in the entire universe. Perhaps, in a

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<v Speaker 1>way to counter this fear, we tell stories, so at

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<v Speaker 1>the least we might share our experience of the world

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<v Speaker 1>and in some way feel less alone. And sometimes these

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<v Speaker 1>stories might involve beings or entities from other realms, or

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<v Speaker 1>even from a time before time. There is certainly a

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<v Speaker 1>strange comfort in contemplating things beyond our everyday practical experiences,

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<v Speaker 1>the thought that there are things we don't yet know

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<v Speaker 1>or understand, things unseen that might speak of something more.

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<v Speaker 1>But I often think, what if these weren't just stories,

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<v Speaker 1>What if we weren't in fact alone? Might that be

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<v Speaker 1>altogether more terrifying? And what if all we needed to

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<v Speaker 1>access these unseen worlds was some kind of gateway? What

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<v Speaker 1>price might we pay for opening it? You're listening to Unexplained,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm Richard McClain smith in discussing the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft,

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<v Speaker 1>The author Michel Welbeck was struck by his utter materialism.

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<v Speaker 1>You see, for Lovecraft, the ultimate horror is not to

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<v Speaker 1>be found in the psyche. His monsters aren't manifestations of

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<v Speaker 1>a suppressed, unconscious or malicious supernatural energies. His monsters were

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<v Speaker 1>independently real, made of flesh and blood. That we can't

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<v Speaker 1>see them doesn't render them figments of the imagination. It

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<v Speaker 1>merely suggests that they are occupants of another dimension that

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<v Speaker 1>we have not sufficiently evolved to see. Indeed, when Lovecraft

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<v Speaker 1>writes that on completing the repugnant Necronomicon, its ill fated

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<v Speaker 1>author abdulal has read was shortly after devoured in broad

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<v Speaker 1>daylight in a market square in Damascus by invisible monsters.

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<v Speaker 1>And if this all sounds a little far fetched, it's

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<v Speaker 1>worth bearing in mind. The many worlds theory, a leading

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<v Speaker 1>theory of quantum mechanics widely accepted by some of the

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<v Speaker 1>finest minds humanity has ever produced. Although the theory has

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<v Speaker 1>many interpretations, it allows for the implication that we are,

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<v Speaker 1>at any one time surrounded by an infinite amount of

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<v Speaker 1>other dimensions, all stacked up and existing right on top

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<v Speaker 1>of each other. It is a theory adopted by some

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<v Speaker 1>ufologists to explain the sighting of UFOs and aliens. In

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<v Speaker 1>answer to the question what possible technology could exist for

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<v Speaker 1>them to travel across space, defying all concepts of time

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<v Speaker 1>and space expansion, they might merely reply, perhaps they don't

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<v Speaker 1>come from outer space at all. The famous occultist Alister

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<v Speaker 1>Crowley once claimed to have made contact with an unearthly

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<v Speaker 1>being after completing a sacred ritual known as the Amalantra.

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<v Speaker 1>Working with it, Crowley claimed to have invoked the spirit

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<v Speaker 1>of an entity known as Lamb. Crowley made a drawing

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<v Speaker 1>of the entity, which, with its large eyes and elongated forehead,

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<v Speaker 1>bears a striking resemblance to the familiar gray alien of

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<v Speaker 1>Law only. This drawing was made in nineteen eighteen, a

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<v Speaker 1>good thirty years before such images entered the public consciousness.

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<v Speaker 1>The much loved thinker and psychonaut Terence mc kenna frequently

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<v Speaker 1>discussed his experiences of taking the drug dimethyl trip to mean,

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<v Speaker 1>also known as d MT. The hallucinogenic is believed to

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<v Speaker 1>stimulate the pineal gland, a gland at the base of

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<v Speaker 1>the brain that has considered responsible for near death experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>It is also thought by some to be the location

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<v Speaker 1>of the third eye a sort of biological gateway into

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<v Speaker 1>other dimensions or states of consciousness. On the experience of

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<v Speaker 1>taking the drug, mc kenna describes the sensation of being

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<v Speaker 1>propelled through an unknowable space into a place beyond time,

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<v Speaker 1>only to be greeted by strange looking entities who had

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<v Speaker 1>been waiting for him all long. He called these beings

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<v Speaker 1>clockwork elves. It is an experience that has been shared

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<v Speaker 1>by many uses of the drug. Yet for all these

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<v Speaker 1>different examples, might these entities in fact be the same thing?

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps over the years we have just labeled them in

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<v Speaker 1>different ways, sometimes angels, sometimes demons, sprites and aliens, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe even fairies. The island of Iona lies just off

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<v Speaker 1>the western coast of Scotland. Measuring barely three and a

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<v Speaker 1>half miles long. It is known for its white, sandy

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<v Speaker 1>beaches and its wild and rugged beauty. It is also

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<v Speaker 1>known as the final resting place of many ancient kings

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<v Speaker 1>of Scotland, including Shakespeare's own Macbeth. Like many of the

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<v Speaker 1>Scottish islands, it has a rich history of folklore, paganism,

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<v Speaker 1>and even witchcraft. An island where the past seems forever

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<v Speaker 1>to lurk in the shadows. It has often been described

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<v Speaker 1>as a thin place, a place where heaven and Earth

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<v Speaker 1>are thought to be separated by the finest of vales.

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<v Speaker 1>Back in the autumn of nineteen twenty nine, a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>young occultist named Netta Funario told her friends in London

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<v Speaker 1>that she was planning a trip to the island. Drawn

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<v Speaker 1>by Iona's mystical past, she told them that she planned

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<v Speaker 1>to make contact with the island's ancient spirits. Netta made

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<v Speaker 1>it to the island, but what exactly she found there

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<v Speaker 1>we will never know. For less than two months after

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<v Speaker 1>her arrival, Netta would be found dead in the most

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<v Speaker 1>mysterious of circumstances. It is a mystery that remains to

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<v Speaker 1>this day unexplained. Norah Emily Fernario, known as Netta to

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<v Speaker 1>her friends, was born in Cairo in eighteen ninety six.

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<v Speaker 1>After the premature death of her mother, she was abandoned

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<v Speaker 1>by her father and sent to live with her grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>in London. Her childhood was, by all accounts, an unhappy one,

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<v Speaker 1>characterized by a restlessness of spirit and a seemingly unrequited

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<v Speaker 1>desire to belong. In nineteen twenty two, having tried to

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<v Speaker 1>settle down in Italy, Netta returned to the UK to

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<v Speaker 1>the town of Bishop's Dorford in Hertfordshire. The town had

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<v Speaker 1>recently developed a reputation as somewhat of an occultist hotspot,

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<v Speaker 1>being as it was the location of the Grange, an

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<v Speaker 1>institute run by Irish occultist and prominent freemason Theodore Moriarty.

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<v Speaker 1>At some point, Netta was initiated into a secretive magical

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<v Speaker 1>order known as the Alpha and Omega Temple, a branch

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<v Speaker 1>of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn that had

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<v Speaker 1>remained loyal to its original founder, Samuel Mathers. Members of

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<v Speaker 1>the Golden Dawn were devoted to the study of hermetic

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<v Speaker 1>magic and other esoteric traditions, encountered among them the like

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<v Speaker 1>to the poet W. B. Yates and Alice to Crowley.

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<v Speaker 1>Followers believed that beyond our world of the senses lay

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<v Speaker 1>other worlds and entities that we might contact if only

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<v Speaker 1>we had the requisite knowledge and training, and that in turn,

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<v Speaker 1>with their knowledge, they would gain a better understanding and

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<v Speaker 1>control of our own world. By nineteen twenty nine, Netta

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<v Speaker 1>had moved again, relocating to Richmond in London. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a photo of her taken around this time, showing a striking,

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<v Speaker 1>dark haired young woman in a long, handmade silken tunic.

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<v Speaker 1>In her eyes, one might discern a certain sense of knowing,

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<v Speaker 1>or perhaps the awareness of something beyond our everyday understanding

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<v Speaker 1>of things. A few months after this photo was taken,

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<v Speaker 1>arrival to Iona, Netta took up lodgings with a woman

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<v Speaker 1>named Missus McCrae in the small village of Traymore. Missus McCray,

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<v Speaker 1>a lifelong resident of the island, was instantly smitten with

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<v Speaker 1>her new lodger. Over the coming weeks, Netta would fascinate

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<v Speaker 1>her host with knowledge of the occult and her mystical practices,

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<v Speaker 1>and in return, Missus mc cray would delight Netta with

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<v Speaker 1>her own tales of mysterious happenings and Hebridean folklore. By day,

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<v Speaker 1>Netta would roam the beaches and moorlands. Then, at the

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<v Speaker 1>coming of night, she would attempt to make contact with

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<v Speaker 1>the spirits of the island, falling into lengthy trances in

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<v Speaker 1>order to do so. Netta had confided in Missus McCray

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<v Speaker 1>that shortly before her visit she had fallen into such

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<v Speaker 1>a trance that had lasted over a week. She gave

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<v Speaker 1>express instruction that should she again into any such state,

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<v Speaker 1>she should be left alone and that no doctor should

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<v Speaker 1>be called for. Before long, strange things began to occur.

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<v Speaker 1>Netta began to speak of visions, things she had seen

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<v Speaker 1>in the heavens, and of messages that she had received

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<v Speaker 1>from the spirit world. Her host and fellow lodgers became

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<v Speaker 1>increasingly concerned for her well being. Suddenly, that far away

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<v Speaker 1>look in her eyes that had been at first so charming,

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<v Speaker 1>now seemed instead to suggest a sort of madness, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe even something far worse. On the morning of Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>seventeenth of November nineteen twenty nine, Missus McCray found Netta

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<v Speaker 1>unusually restless and agitated. She began packing up all her

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<v Speaker 1>belongings while uttering to herself that certain people were disturbing her. Telepathically,

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<v Speaker 1>she spoke of a mysterious rudderless boat that sailed across

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<v Speaker 1>the sky and messages she had received from another world.

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<v Speaker 1>She had decided to return to London without delay. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>no boats operated on the island that day, and Netta

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<v Speaker 1>was forced to change her plans. After finally calming down,

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<v Speaker 1>she decided to stay after all and promptly retired to

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<v Speaker 1>her bed. The next morning, Netta was nowhere to be

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<v Speaker 1>found as the hours wore on and she did not return.

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<v Speaker 1>The people of the town became alarmed for her safety.

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<v Speaker 1>They sent out a search party to scour the bays

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<v Speaker 1>and inlets for any sign of the young woman. They

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<v Speaker 1>searched the rocks and moorlands, becoming increasingly desperate as the

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<v Speaker 1>short November day turned steadily to night. After a long

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<v Speaker 1>and fruitless search, they returned reluctantly to their beds. The

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<v Speaker 1>following day, the search was renewed, but again they found nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>About two and a half miles away from missus mccraye's cottage,

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<v Speaker 1>by the side of Loch Stanag where the remains of

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<v Speaker 1>an ancient village in which Netta had expressed interest in visiting.

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<v Speaker 1>As dawn approached, two local men were searching the surrounds

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<v Speaker 1>of the ruins when they made a shocking discovery. There,

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<v Speaker 1>lying sprawled across the top of a small mound, naked

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<v Speaker 1>except for a large black cloak, was the dead body

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<v Speaker 1>of Netta Fernario. A black and silver cross hung about

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<v Speaker 1>her neck, and by her hand lay a small silver dagger.

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<v Speaker 1>Underneath her body, a large cross had been carved into

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<v Speaker 1>the turf, presumably with the same dagger. Her body was

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<v Speaker 1>covered in unaccountable scratch marks. The soles of her feet

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<v Speaker 1>were torn and had bled a great deal, while her

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<v Speaker 1>heels remained unscathed. But perhaps strangest of all was the

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<v Speaker 1>location of her body. Netta had been found lying on

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<v Speaker 1>top of what is often known as a fairymount. The

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<v Speaker 1>fairymount or fort is thought to be imbued with Druidic magic,

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<v Speaker 1>and is considered to be a gateway between the realms

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<v Speaker 1>of magic and our own human world. The precise cause

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<v Speaker 1>of her death proved inconclusive, though was later recorded as

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<v Speaker 1>death by exposure to the elements. She was thirty three

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<v Speaker 1>years of age. Needless to say, there has been a

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<v Speaker 1>great deal of speculation about the nature of Netta's death.

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<v Speaker 1>Had she made her way to this remote spot in

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<v Speaker 1>response to some mysterious urge. Had she attempted some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of magical ritual and merely underestimated chill of the night?

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<v Speaker 1>Or was it something else entirely? Had Netta in fact

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<v Speaker 1>achieved what she had set out to do and opened

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<v Speaker 1>a door to another world, a world that perhaps she

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<v Speaker 1>had not been entirely ready to discover. It has been

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<v Speaker 1>suggested that the precise reason Nehta had traveled to Iona

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<v Speaker 1>was to perform a ritual to bring peace to a

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<v Speaker 1>fairy woman who had long ago been burned alive by monks.

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<v Speaker 1>The monks had been follow as a saint, Columber, who

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<v Speaker 1>established a monastery on the island in five to sixty

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<v Speaker 1>three a d. It was Columber's intention to rid the

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<v Speaker 1>Kingdom of Scotland of its pagan past and to replace

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<v Speaker 1>it with the new face of Christianity. Further reports from

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<v Speaker 1>the knight of Netta's death speak of strange blue lights

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<v Speaker 1>coming from the location of her body, and a cloaked

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<v Speaker 1>man seen close to the area. A number of letters

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<v Speaker 1>of strange character were also believed to have been taken

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<v Speaker 1>by the police, but are never later released. Had Netta

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<v Speaker 1>somehow made contact with the fairy woman, had she somehow

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<v Speaker 1>burst through into her world, but found herself unable or

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<v Speaker 1>unwilling to return to our earthly realm, Perhaps a clue

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<v Speaker 1>can be found in the writings of Fiona McLeod. McLeod

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<v Speaker 1>was the pseudonym of William Sharp, a Scottish poet and

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<v Speaker 1>fellow occultist whom Netta greatly admired. In an article titled

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<v Speaker 1>Iona Sharp relates a story for when he lived on

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<v Speaker 1>the island as a child. He had traveled to his

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<v Speaker 1>friend Elsie's house, only to be met by her distraught mother.

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<v Speaker 1>She told him that Elsie had somehow made contact with

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<v Speaker 1>a monk from the seventh century. She believed the monk

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<v Speaker 1>had been hostile to Elsie. Afraid of what he might do,

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<v Speaker 1>Elsie was now hiding on the only part of the

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<v Speaker 1>island as she felt safe. Her mother continued, the monks

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<v Speaker 1>are still strong here, except by Stanning whether it's a

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<v Speaker 1>path that no monk can go there. In the old

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<v Speaker 1>days they burned to women, but she was not a woman.

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<v Speaker 1>She was one of the sorrows of the shin a fairy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ill to any that brings harm to them, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is why the monks are not strong by stanagway,

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<v Speaker 1>was it solely a coincidence that this is where Nedda's

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<v Speaker 1>body was found. Netta's friend and fellow occultist Deon Fortune,

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<v Speaker 1>believed Netta to have had a deep knowledge of green

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<v Speaker 1>ray elementals. An elemental is also known as a fairy,

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<v Speaker 1>and the green ray is supposedly the wavelength of energy

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<v Speaker 1>in which their world operates. Fortune also believed that Netta

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<v Speaker 1>had a strong pineal sensitivity, the supposed seat of the

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<v Speaker 1>third eye, our own gateway into other dimensions, This being

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<v Speaker 1>the same gland so stimulated by DM t As to

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<v Speaker 1>reveal clockwork elves to Terence McKenna. Perhaps it was also

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<v Speaker 1>this gland that Crowley affected when conducting the amalantra working

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<v Speaker 1>that revealed to him the strange entity he called Lamb.

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<v Speaker 1>In truth, we will never know. The Friday after Netta

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<v Speaker 1>was discovered, the Islanders laid her body to rest. They

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<v Speaker 1>placed on top a rough tombstone edged with the letters

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<v Speaker 1>M E F for Marie Emily Fornario. Finally, I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to just draw attention to an essay written by Netta

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<v Speaker 1>that you can actually find online. The essay is an

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<v Speaker 1>attempt by Netta to make clear to people the true

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<v Speaker 1>meaning of an opera written by her favorite writer, Fiona McLeod.

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<v Speaker 1>The opera, called The Immortal Hour, tells the story of

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<v Speaker 1>an immortal race of fairies who are feared by humans

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<v Speaker 1>for the interference they can bring to mortal lives. Reading

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<v Speaker 1>the essay, I was struck by one part in particular

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<v Speaker 1>concerning the finale of the opera. Delua, an agent of

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<v Speaker 1>unseen and fateful powers, whose touch brings madness and death

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<v Speaker 1>to mortals, has stolen the wife of the hero King Yokaid.

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<v Speaker 1>In a desperate bid to be reunited with his queen,

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<v Speaker 1>Yokid begs of Delua, my dreams, my dreams, give me

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<v Speaker 1>my dreams, to which Delua replies, there is no dream

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<v Speaker 1>save this, the dream of death. At this point, Delua

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<v Speaker 1>touches yock Aid and he is instantly removed from this world.

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<v Speaker 1>As Netta notes, it is the moment implying that death

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<v Speaker 1>itself is only a dream and that the ultimate reality

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<v Speaker 1>for Yokaid lies in the other world, where all life

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<v Speaker 1>is one life. Had Neta two come to the same

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<v Speaker 1>realization that death was merely just a dream. This episode

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