>>10629565we're all talking about the same thing:
Satan, the serpent, is the evolving force - the vitality of matter, the drive for change, profit, novelty, and procreation. Pretty much every time you see a snake in world mythology (from Eden to Queztacoatl to the Uraeus to the kundalini), we're talking about this force. It's inside of you, because you are made of matter.
The counterpoint to this is the divine spark, the eternal atman, the holy spirit, the connection to source, the breath of life, whatever you wanna call it - pure being, pure consciousness. You have an eternal soul and what you sow in this world, you reap in the next. We are all connected via this source.
A primary task of man and woman in this realm of duality is to reign in their serpent, become the master of it (and importantly - not suppress it entirely) to achieve balance, harmony, and find love. Jesus himself likened himself to Moses’ snake on a rod (nehushtan) and said “Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”
The world can be thought as having a "collective serpent" and a "collective consciousness." As above, so below.
