I totally agree. The reason the some of the Hatians are fearful of the snake is due to the forced christain belief system when they were enslaved. Voodoo their original religion, Hoodoo the magic system that goes with the religion was corrupted by their capters.
Those who are still strong to their original beliefs still worship the snake. They call this DAMBALA.
Very long story short their gods were replaced with the christain saints.
Their are still some who are to the original Voodoo/Hoodoo ways without the christain influence, Their is much truth in these ways.
I was taught Hoodoo by a Hoodoo priestess that was true to the original ways. Santeria and Mucumba.
The Snake is nothing to be fearful of. It is the Kundilini life force that runs within us. It was represented as a snake because of the way it sits at the bottom of the spine like a coiled snake, then when activated it raises up the spine and weaves through chakras activating and empowering them.
This is easier to understand when you realise that for every major chakra there is 2 more in alignment, one at the front of your body, one in the middle and one at your back. like this if you can imagine the 0 as a chakra.
0-0-0
When done correctly you do not just raise the kundi in a straight line, you weave the kundi through all three then round the next set and so forth,
So it moves as a snake.
The reason the Ha
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Originally Posted by tone3jaguar
I view the sybolism as representative of the Kundalini Energy that connects our consiousness to higher realms of existance.
The reason why it has been portrayed by some religions as evil is because those particular religion had an alterior motive to scare people away from intuitive knowledge. I have Hatian immigrants on my staff and they are all scared of snakes because they have been tought by the Voodo priets on thier island that the serpent is a representation of evil magik. The negative sect of the Voodoo religion obviously inserted this disinformation as part of thier control structure.
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