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“You know Shuruppak, the ancient city?
I was its king, long ago, when the Great Gods sent a flood.
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Ea informed me and I built a big boat.
I loaded up the boat with everything that was valuable.
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Soon after, the flood burst forth…
For six days and seven nights the storm raged, swamping the earth.
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On the seventh day it stopped raining.
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No land could be seen, no life at all.
The human race was turned to clay.
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When the waters dried the Great Gods assembled.
Enlil blessed us: ‘Utnapishtim and Shiduri shall live forever!’
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We were taken to a distant place at the source of two rivers.
This is where we live.”…
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Lord of the Deep – Workshop April 2019
The Silent Eye’s Spring workshop 2019
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The glories above were unamed.
The word for that world beneath, unuttered.
Source and time, unfettered, merged…
From the mingling waves-of-water came mud and slime.
Enshar and Kishar, twin halves of the globe, shone out of them.
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A DRAMATIC ADAPTATION BASED ON THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
The Oldest written story known to man…
What spiritual treasures lie hidden in this, five thousand-year old, Epic?
What can this ancient civilisation teach us about the questions of existence?
Join us on the quest of a life-time, this April, to find out…
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‘Gilgamesh is among the greatest things that can ever happen to a person.’
– Rainer Maria Rilke.
Fully catered weekend package, including room, meals and workshop: £235 – £260
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This is going to be absolutely the best. Wish I were there, but I am afraid if I ever get over there, I will never return home . . .
Pity you can’t make it. You’d be welcome to stay… 😉
You never know what the future holds . . . I wonder if Richard and I could get an RV that could float across the ocean? If so, we would be set for the long term!!!
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