posted October 08, 2004 01:31 AM         

Throughout the generations, bees were thought very poweful. Now Simon Buxton has written a book about bee magic. I have just ordered it. I'll be able to comment more once I've read it and I thought you guys might be interested.

The African Shaman I went to see had bee motifs all over him. My own grandmother kept bees. They followed her to church one day and they sat on the fence and waited till she came out and followed her home. She told me they all flew away when grandpa George died.

Have any of you had any strange bee stories?

Gia

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posted October 08, 2004 01:19 PM         

I know I don't circulate LL well so I'm sorry if I've missed your post discussing it, but what African Shaman are you talking about?

posted October 11, 2004 01:19 AM         

Also, the post reminded me of that Stephen King book/movie with Tom Hanks - the Green Mile. The dark guy had insects that flew from his mouth after he healed something - these could be bees, but then, I think they disintegrated.