Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

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Henderson, J. L.; Oakes, M. (1990). The Wisdom of the Serpent. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02064-8. Serpens contains one of the best known nebulae in the sky, the Eagle Nebula ( Messier 16), which in turn contains the Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region famously imaged by Hubble. Other notable deep sky objects in the constellation include the large globular cluster Messier 5, the emission nebula IC 4703, Seyfert’s Sextet of galaxies, the ring galaxy known as Hoag’s Object, the Red Square Nebula, and the Serpens South star cluster. Facts, location and map Behr-Glinka, A.I. " Folk-Tale Type ATU411 in Eurasian Folk Tradition: Some Remarks to the “Typological Index of Folk-Tale Types” of H.-J. Uther" [Siuzhetnyi tip ATU411 v skazochnoi traditsiiEvrazii: nekoto rye zamechaniia k “Tipologicheskomu ukazateliu skazochnykh siuzhetov” H.-J. Utera]. Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie, 2018, no. 4, pp. 171–184. ISSN 0869-5415 doi: 10.31857/S086954150000414-5 Most neophytes have a tough time tracing this giant figure, but you should become familiar with the stars and star shapes surrounding Ophiuchus, such as the summer triangle, composed of the stars Vega, Deneb and Altair and located to the north and east; Hercules, which is immediately to the north; and Scorpius, with its ruddy star, Antares, which lies to the south. Once you do that, visualizing the serpent holder becomes somewhat easier.

Gladys's Gregory" (1963), The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (US), February 1963, Vol. 24 #2, issue 141 And including Ophiuchus in the zodiac simply wouldn't work for astrologers, even though the ecliptic crosses this constellation. Instead of a nice, neat 30 degrees assigned to each zodiacal sign, each would cover 27.692 degrees.It would have been a worldview intimately familiar to Moses, and the Hebrew peoples, not to mention shades of normal to many in the ancient world. What I appreciated most is that John approaches the topics from a position of true reverence. He firmly believes that these tenets and views will save the modern world from itself, will draw us more completely into the magnificent mysteries of the cosmos.

Some Native American tribes give reverence to the rattlesnake as grandfather and king of snakes who is able to give fair winds or cause tempest. [ citation needed] Among the Hopi of Arizona the serpent figures largely in one of the dances. [ citation needed] The rattlesnake was worshiped in the Natchez Temple of the Sun, [ citation needed] and the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl was a feathered serpent-god. In many Meso-American cultures, the serpent was regarded as a portal between two worlds. The tribes of Peru are said to have adored great snakes in the pre-Inca days, and in Chile the Mapuche made a serpent figure in their deluge beliefs. [ citation needed] The constellation is divided into two parts by Ophiuchus, the snake bearer: Serpens Caput, representing the serpent’s head, and Serpens Cauda, the serpent’s tail.Serpens, Latin for "the serpent", is one of the few constellations that depict a non-mythical animal. The constellation is represented as a snake held by the healer Asclepius, represented by the neighboring constellation Ophiuchus. This celestial depiction is rooted in ancient Greek mythology, where Asclepius, the god of medicine, was said to have learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one serpent bringing healing herbs to another. Distinctive Characteristics

Osborne's Army, Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers Limited), 1966; Penguin #2861, softcover, London, 1969. John Anthony West & Laird Scranton, Sacred Symbols of the Dogon: The Key to Advanced Science in the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Quest Books, 2007I can't help but feel that John Anthony West concludes this exploration of Schwaller's de Lubicz's works with a sense of bitterness aimed toward the status quo in Egyptological studies. It's a bit like shaking one's fist at a monolith - a futile gesture at best. The merit in making Schwaller de Lubicz's work accessible to the layman is to suggest that one take a more holistic view of Egypt's past, and the Pythagorean angle is quite compelling in that regard.

In many parts of Africa the serpent is looked upon as the incarnation of deceased relatives. Among the amaZulu, as among the Betsileo of Madagascar, certain species are assigned as the abode of certain classes. The Maasai, on the other hand, regard each species as the habitat of a particular family of the tribe.The anthropologist Lynne Isbell has argued that, as primates, the serpent as a symbol of death is built into our unconscious minds because of our evolutionary history. Isbell argues that for millions of years snakes were the only significant predators of primates, and that this explains why fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias worldwide and why the symbol of the serpent is so prevalent in world mythology; the serpent is an innate image of danger and death. [7] [8] To do that, West ignored the material conditions of daily life (if progress is measured in terms of sanitation, any ancient society receives a terrible grade, although the worst civilization would be early modern Europe) and asserts that Egyptian religion was "initiatic", teaching people how to reach a higher state of consciousness. But a huge amount of ancient Egyptian religion was actually concerned with daily life: spells to cure disease, prayers to have a child and deliver it safely, curses of one's enemies, rituals to bring a rich Nile flood. The most esoteric aspect of Egyptian religion, regarding the afterlife and the underworld, is overrepresented in our sources because tombs and burial goods are more likely to survive than other evidence, but anyone who ignores the practical concerns of ancient Egyptian religion will grossly misrepresent it. The belief that ancient Egyptian religion was "initiatic" is largely derived from the Roman mysteries of the Egyptian goddess Isis, and it was a widespread assumption up until Egyptologists learned to read the original Egyptian material and found no such thing. West insisted that there's no textual reference to the spiritual teaching because it could only be conveyed through symbolism. The work undertaken, includes Geology of the Sphinx and temple complex. Showing that the erosion is due to precipitation, not sand and wind damage. And that the Sphinx , if correct, could me much, much older than we currently think. Tie this up with a complete re-interpretation of Egyptology and we have "Serpent in the Sky"