Love the painting! I am not afraid of snakes but I respect them. Spiders on the other hand ...totally irrational fear. Outgrew the total phobia but still shriek at the big ones! lol!!!
Snake medicine is so powerful but seems dangerous and dark! First of all, because it's usually located at the root and sacral chakras - chakras that are often associated with "forbidden" parts of our bodies. The symbol of the snake eating itself - the ouroboros - hints at the truth that life exisits by eating itself. Joseph Campbell has some wonderful insights here:
Love the painting! I am not afraid of snakes but I respect them. Spiders on the other hand ...totally irrational fear. Outgrew the total phobia but still shriek at the big ones! lol!!!
Snake medicine is so powerful but seems dangerous and dark! First of all, because it's usually located at the root and sacral chakras - chakras that are often associated with "forbidden" parts of our bodies. The symbol of the snake eating itself - the ouroboros - hints at the truth that life exisits by eating itself. Joseph Campbell has some wonderful insights here:
https://sunrec.tumblr.com/post/49042928209/excerpt-from-the-power-of-myth-by-joseph