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It was the last letter I ever received from Dr. Wissler. His death came as a real blow to me, and although we had never talked face to face, I think of him as one of my best friends and one of the most inspiring minds it has been my great pleasure to know. So I continued my search of the truth and a lead through the labyrinth of Atlantic mysteries without the keen insight of Dr. Wissler. However, I did find a real legacy among his writings. In studying his method of finding the center of the sun dance rite or the pole dance, which not only spills over into Mexico as he once pointed out to me, but also into our own Maypole dance, I found his method a very good pattern to follow. He found the sun dance was used and apparently revered as an ancient rite by two or three unrelated language groups. He began to list the steps of the rite, making note of all possible parts. For example, one part concerned a girl who was called "beautiful enemy". Another part was that the tree which was to become the



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