Tame the serpent, the primal mind, the primordial form. The snake's venom, the weight of this world - when applied correctly - will function as the balm that heals the soul. And when your spirit is brought up, stood upright, much like the Rod of Asclepius, the ego-mind is commanded to coil around it. And to ascend. This is the symbology of the flying serpent, of the dragon, of the wingless, legless, lesser form taking flight into higher realms of knowing. This is the spear of Saint George that pierces its endragoned scales with the truth of this world. And the philosophical and idealistic pseudo-source of every knightly virtue. ![[Pasted image 20260410221537.png]]