Serpents
Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:32 am - 21370
Ruth writes:
[Quoting JJ]
The Beast itself is a giant world thoughtform that is a vehicle for
the dragon to establish his authority.
Authority Revisited (November 16, 1998)
The beast is a thoughtform under the control of "the dragon" (the Dark
Brothers).
Authority Explained (November 18, 1998)
If the Dark Ones are referred to as the Dragon , then how can the Ancient of Days be symbolized as a Dragon also?
Society down the ages has revered the Dragon as something spiritual, powerful and sacred perhaps?, but can there be two Dragons in this World of Duality? The White Dragon and the Black Dragon?
The dragon and serpent has been used as symbols of good and evil in the Christian scriptures as well as many other sacred writings.
Right off in the Bible the serpent was supposedly the evil Satan who tempted Eve and caused the fall of man.
Later Moses was able to turn his staff into a serpent as a demonstration of the power of God.
Shortly thereafter the serpent appears in another roll.
5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Numbers 21:5-9
It is interesting here that the serpent here played a dual roll. First they were sent to punish Israel. The fiery serpents bit the people and they died.
Then Moses made an image of a serpent and held it up on a pole and whoever looked upon it lived, even if they were bitten.
Many scholars believe that the lifted up serpent represented the redeeming Christ who was lifted up on the cross.
It is interesting that God here used the image of the serpent for both good and evil. They were used to kill and then to save.
In the New Testament Jesus commanded his disciples to be "as wise as serpents" yet John portrays the great red dragon as an enemy of the saints of God.
The great red dragon represents the "serpent of matter" as DK calls it. This represents a power, which is an adversary to spiritual progress. This serpent power must be mastered by the serpent of wisdom placing the lower serpent under the power of that which is good in the serpent power.
DK tells us that Sanat Kumara has a rod with the image of three serpents on it. This represents the mastery over the three worlds which the serpent of wisdom must obtain.
The serpent also symbolizes the spinal cord and the serpent fire symbolizes the kundalini fire at the base of the spine which if raised too early can destroy, but if raised naturally produces a great spiritual experience.
The thing to keep in mind is that no vegetable, animal or human form is all good or evil. All have a purpose and all can be used for good or achieve a good end if soul purpose is fulfilled.
The swastika is an interesting symbol, which is also used for good and evil. Originally it was a symbol of good luck and was even used by U.S. troops during World War I. Hitler took a symbol that was universally seen as something good and altered its meaning in consciousness to something evil.
Even though it is now seen as something evil in its purest form it is neutral. The same goes for the satanic five-pointed star. All symbols are neutral until someone interprets them and that interpretation gives it power.
Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
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