Only now the wisdom keepers
\nAs they see themselves, they come
\nAnd keep clear, and a watch, over
\nThese places, once sacred, before cast
\nCondemned as idolatry, they
\nWere dismissed as piseogs, stories
\nAnd in the name of the God who
\nMade this world, yes! and us and all
\nWe by holding him sacred forget
\nTo hold sacred the world He gave us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Only now the wisdom keepers As they see themselves, they come And keep clear, and a watch, over These places, once sacred, before cast Condemned as idolatry, they Were dismissed as piseogs, stories And in the name of the God who Made this world, yes! and us and all We …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[396,12,397],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-natives","tag-nature","tag-pagans","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-3Z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3146,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/kings-of-the-sun-of-sacred-bloodline\/","url_meta":{"origin":247,"position":0},"title":"Kings of the Sun of Sacred Bloodline","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A work in progress reflecting on the death of the Sun King, its relationship to the modern Sangreal legends, and the connections of the French royal family with most others in Europe, and a lot of commoners as well!!!! 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