It was left with the early and ignorant Christian fathers to degrade the philosophical and highly scientific idea of this emblem (the Dragon/Serpent) into the absurd superstition called the Devil. They took it from the later Zoroastrians, who saw devils or the Evil in the Hindu Devas, and the word Evil thus became by a double transmutation DEvil in every tongue (Diabolos, Diable, Diavolo, Teufel). The primitive symbol of the serpent symbolised divine Wisdom and Perfection, and had always stood for psychical Regeneration and Immortality. Hence — Hermes, calling the serpent the most spiritual of all beings; Moses, initiated in the wisdom of Hermes, following suit in Genesis; the Gnostics Serpent with the seven vowels over its head, being the emblem of the seven hierarchies of the Septenary or Planetary Creators. Hence, also, the Hindu serpent Sesha or Ananta, the Infinite, a name of Vishnu (Hindu deity), whose first Vahan or vehicle on the primordial waters is this serpent. Yet they all made a difference between the good and the bad Serpent (the Astral Light of the Kabalists) — between the former, the embodiment of divine Wisdom in the region of the Spiritual, and the latter, Evil, on the plane of matter (*temptation). The Aitareya Brahmana (an ancient Indian collection of sacred hymns) calls the Earth Sarparajni, the Serpent Queen, and the Mother of all that moves. Blavatsky *Electricity was commonly symbolized by the serpent because of its motion. Electricity passing between the poles of a spark gap is serpentine in its motion. Force projected through atmosphere was called The Great Snake. Being symbolic of universal force, the serpent was emblematic of both good and evil. Force can tear down as rapidly as it can build up. Temptation is the price that the human race pays for intelligence, therefore the Serpent of Wisdom is also the eternal Tempter. Manly P. Hall
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 07:44:27 +0000
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