Desymbolizing the Serpent Archetype – A book about the snake as a symbol in mythology
In the entire history of religions, there is no tradition that has not in some way deified or demonized the reptile.
The form of the serpent is usually attributed to the first essence of life, the first Word that "creeps" among humanity.
Η elephant worship is one of the most strange and mysterious chthonic cults that appeared on our planet. Its origin is lost in the depths of prehistory and reaches us as a distant echo of the time when reptiles dominated the Earth.
This unique one book -in its new, expanded version- takes us on a journey into the paradoxical world of the cult of the reptile in mythology and symbol which throughout time constitutes, seeks its mysterious origin, the relationship between the snake and the pyro-worship of Zoroaster with the strange gnostic sect of the Ophites, the uroboric serpent, the Kabbalah, and the reptilian Naga god of the African jungle.
The Typhoon, the Python, the Lernaean Hydra, the Celestial Dragon, Ahriman, the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, the satanic Ophis of the Bible, the snakes of the Virgin Mary, the dragon-slaying Saint George, as well as the exotic reptile species sought by cryptozoologists, parade through its pages.
Ophiology is a fascinating tour both through the wet and dark jungles, as well as in the mythology, legends and cosmogonies of peoples and cultures, always looking for traces of the Great Serpent that haunts our world to this day.
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