>>10572437But what of the Caduceus? What about it being “The Devil’s Wand”?
And what about circumcision?
The snake/serpent is not evil, but it is easy to comprehend why the Jews adopted the ophidian (snake) shape for their ‘seducer’ - with them it was purely physiological and phallic and no amount of casuistical reasoning on the part of the Roman Catholic Church can give it another meaning.
Jesus likened himself to Moses’ snake on a rod (nehushtan) and said “Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”
“Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”
Conquer your fear (conquer the serpent inside you & achieve balance.
This is why they perform circumcision. They clip the tip of the snake as a superficial and traumatizing symbolic act of conquering the shameful snake inside.
