The same was also an interpretation of the symbol in other cultures because Ouroboros’ means always the same: an eternal cyclic force – both destructive and at the same time, crucial as a part of nature’s process of regeneration. i was looking out over a landscape. I feel a reblog is in order. ( Log Out / Ouroboros means ‘life conflict' when life passes and death comes, still the end also means the beginning. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Narby doesn’t mention spirituality or consciousness in the book. For example, the dragon lives in water and breathes fire, and so represents the union of opposites. To copy itself, the DNA molecule uncoils and unzips so it can make an identical copy – like twins. Although femininity is socially constructed, some research indicates that some behaviors considered feminine are biologically influenced. Red Cosmic Dragon. Wow. But over recent centuries subjective experiences have not only become increasingly disreputable – even pathologised – we’ve also lost a lot of the vocabulary needed to discuss them. (‘Mechanism’ is probably the wrong word, but anyway…) DNA and light is a hypothesis that needs testing. He desperately wanted to understand what the shamans were trying to show him, but couldn’t take it seriously because he didn’t believe it. While doing fieldwork in the Amazon Pichis Valley, the Quirishari told him that their incredible knowledge of plants and biochemistry was given to them by the plants while under the influence of ayahuasca. There is a kind of schizophrenia out there about this stuff. I knew the concept “anima” where we can shrink in our perceptions, as described in the Yoga Sutras. ( Log Out / Left: Viking brooch in the form of the World Serpent Jomungandr, found on Öland, Sweden; Right: Ouroboros - important religious and mythological symbol, also frequently used in alchemical depictions, symbolizing the circular nature of the alchemist's opus. A gripping investigation that opens fresh perspectives on biology, anthropology and the limits of rationalism, The Cosmic Serpent is new science of the most exhilarating kind. I saw the dream world. Ananta is associated with Vishnu and Shiva. Mysterious Skull Cult At Göbekli Tepe – Ancestor Worship Or Trophies Of Dead Enemies? The Cosmic Serpent. They’ve bought into the paradigm that’s causing the problem. The way Narby follows the thread that he openes, while on ayahuasca road, is a fine one in between being discerning and open, analytical yet seeing the big picture. The serpent in the Eden story is now the bad guy, rather than the source of all life. The Jupiter Saturn Conjunction – the start of a New Age? This is clear in the Eden story. Consciousness is seen as originating in the brain, so anything you see must come from your own brain. . The world egg, cosmic egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures that is present in proto-Indo-European culture and other cultures and civilizations. A must read by all standards. The meaning of Serpent, cosmic in dream | Dream interpretation. Ouroboros means ‘life conflict' when life passes and death comes, still the end also means the beginning. The breakthrough came when he when made the connection between DNA and serpents, and realised the source of the hallucinations could be internal and external at the same time. Maybe the ayahuasca went to his head and he was too willing to believe in it. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. “Some times your cards aren’t worth a dime, if you don’t lay ’em down”. I wish I knew more about Hindu philosophy and cosmology because then I could talk more coherently about this – consciousness and the bindu and siddhis, etc. You know I always wish you all my very best! Really, I don’t know what else one can do but try to describe these visions as best as one can. Even more interesting side note: the name ‘Eve’ in Aramaic (chava or hava) is very similar to the word for snake, and in Arabic, Eve is hawwa which means ‘snake’ or ‘giver of life.’. In Africa the chief centre of serpent worship was Dahomey, but the cult of the python seems to have been of exotic origin, dating back to the first quarter of the 17th century. I wonder, though, whether we shouldn’t be speaking about the consciousness of DNA, or the wider consciousness of which we and DNA are local centres, and not the consciousness of some particular two mile stretch of DNA communicating via light emitting crystals, which is all a bit implausible to me. Quantum theory, relativity, evolution and genetics are particularly prone to that sort of abuse and it would seem Narby’s book is an example of that sorry genre. If used as an adjective, it means "bronze" or "luminous." Something is going on and the Western traditions have, in net, not given this stuff the attention it deserves. The Shamanic ladder is the earliest version of the ‘axis of the world’ or World Tree that connects different levels of reality. People get all excited about photos of Pluto, but very few people care what is possible with our own minds. It has the ability to reproduce itself, mates, impregnates, and destroys itself as well and all this happens in the cycle of time. I feel my mind crack, and in the fissures, I see the bottomless arrogance of my presuppositions. This is one for Qi. ” ― Jeremy Narby, quote from The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge “In shamanic traditions, it is invariably specified that spiritual knowledge is not marketable. If you’d like to support my work and help to keep this site ad free, you can PayPal Me or donate below. Hence, for me, the sole objective of this book, is his own thinking, while looking his lecture from not long ago, where he sums it up, that pattern is all over in biology, and even more – it is intelligent, yet scientists are still clinging to the notion of mechanicistic reductionary positivism…. Cheers for the mojo. There’s way too much misappropriation of shamanic culture and lots of people willing to misuse it, I agree. The word coatl means both serpent and twin, and Quetzalcoatl means either ‘plumed serpent’ or ‘magnificent twin’. Cosmic Serpent Meaning, Medicine & Magic The Cosmic Serpent symbolizes ancient wisdom, paradox, wholeness, and creation. It’s really a lack of imagination that seems to cause this blind spot. In the lore of many cultures, this serpent laid the eggs out of which the cosmos grew. Meditation Tools, Occult Knowledge and Magic. But point taken. I hope you enjoy your visit! It was more like it was made of neon light moving and spiraling all over itself. It’s this view of consciousness that creates a massive blind spot and makes it hard for us to understand the claims of shamans. Thanks for your thoughtful comments Bostjan. Jeremy Narby is a trained anthropologist, accustomed to the study of "primitive" societies. This first image shows a bull headed guy, on top of a boat, entering a portal with a snake around the entrance. People sense what they think is the “accepted authority” and then try to emulate it. But equally, those who try to fold science into spiritual beliefs or use one to justify the other also abuse both fields, especially science. The old gods were more complete within themselves. however not really needed at the point. The trouble some scientists have with this comes down to thinking that consciousness and intelligence in nature is the same as in us. Among the Aztecs? To be fair, it wasn’t these specific paintings that Narby was referring to – I just chose these cos I like them. Exactly Jessica. Preliminary explanations for the symbolic meaning of the Maya serpent and water lily vary considerably among authors, just as Mayanists have yet to recognize, much less examine in detail, ... Paradoxically, the cosmic dragon of Mesoamerica (Celestial Monster, Bicephalic Monster, or Cosmic Monster) is also identified with the sky (Freidel Typically, the world egg is a beginning of some sort, and the universe or some primordial being comes into existence by "hatching" from the egg, sometimes lain on the primordial waters of the Earth. The book recounts this quest as a compelling investigation that pushes him to the limits of rationality and forces him to question his scientific training. Before life began, this planet was a barren rock. But consciousness doesn’t necessarily mean ‘conscious thought’ as in human thinking. It didn’t at all look like the silly little rendered molecular models shown in the video above. This wasn’t a straightforward process because first he had to confront his own assumptions and training. Everything else is either fairy stories or symptoms. Reblogged this on Shamagaia and commented: The coherent light is the source of the luminescent images seen during trance visions, and researchers have shown that plants can use biophoton emissions as a kind of ‘cellular language’ to talk to each other. But it had that characteristic shape of DNA. If I ever get my hands on some ayahuasca I’ll be pretty disappointed if it doesn’t go to my head. Most are hypnotized by the round and round, round and round. They’re often depicted as two serpents entwined, such as the caduceus, or they have two heads or a dual nature. Nachashcan have any of three or more meanings, depending on how it's used. I wondered what all these twin beings in the creation myths of indigenous people could possibly mean. Yahweh has defeated the Leviathan. Perhaps this also could have been an esoteric reference to the serpent energy within the DNA, a mythological allusion to the literal fact that they are suspended in the water of the cellular structure and that he overcame the dualised nature of the serpents to make them singular (joining the rungs on the DNA ladder.). The Cosmic Serpent carries with it the story of creation, universal wisdom, and truth. Each human cell contains DNA about 2 metres long, so there’s about 125 billion miles of DNA in your body – enough to wrap around the earth 5 million times. Don DeGracia has been running an interesting series on his blog all about consciousness and quantum physics. The circle is also a symbol of perfection like the halo that is drawn over the heads of the Byzantine images of the saints. The symbol of the Cosmic Serpent, the snake, is a central theme in your story, and in your research you discover that the snake forms a major part of the symbology across most of the world’s traditions and religions. It’s worse than sad when they appropriate and distort both those ways of knowing for commercial gain. Those who are not seem to just get on with whatever business God has put before them. How do the Grateful Dead say it? How could a plant communicate in symbols and images the way we do? There are pros and cons to the whole process. I’m with Peter on this. My intuition (utterly unsupported by science but also uncontradicted by it to the best of my knowledge) is that consciousness is inherent in the universe itself. It was very small, but in focus quite well. I can see foregrounded red and blue vines crossing over backgrounded orange and purple ones but no sign they twist around each other nor that they’re connected in a kind of ‘ladder’. So nice to be talking to you again. However, the fundamental reductionist approach to the matter is still prevalent today, although i ask myself for how long and the cost? No matter the authority is simply false. Cheers for checking out my stuff too. Change ). I can’t recommend it enough. Mainly because we can’t get outside of consciousness to look at it and figure out what it is. I connect deeply to the aspect of the feminine within. While I fully agree with cabrogal on one level, on another level, it is nice to see the attempt to fuse and synthesize the world views. Seems like good advice in this situation. But now the meaning is negative and the serpent is the bad guy. I think what we’re seeing, at least in part, is the old dilemma that comes from trying to communicate mystical insights. They approach it in a totally different way and the plants seem to communicate in images and metaphor and symbols which have to be interpreted. Glad you liked it – it’s a great book. The earliest life started around 3.85 billion years ago, then over time it slowly transformed the planet. I think I haven’t done the book justice – perhaps I’ve been a little overzealous because I find it so interesting. So the Western scientific position on this starts to look more like assumption, prejudice, or blind faith. of consciousness on which these kinds of experiences of consciousness are to be found and on which they operate. Inside of this spiral-moving neon glowing helix thing deep in my LSD-induced hallucinations. T and C are hexagonal, while A and G have a 9 atom structure – a hexagon next to a pentagon. Yes, science can tell us very little about spiritual experiences – chemically induced or not – and people like Dawkins who attempt to fold religion into science can do so only by abusing both (especially the former). Five million times? Everything waxes and wanes. From there, knowledge about Ouroboros moved to the Phoenicians and to the Greeks and took a distinguished place in myths of Vikings (Norse,) Hindu, tribes of Central America, West Africa, Voodoo beliefs, Written by – A. Sutherland AncientPages.com Staff Writer, Copyright © AncientPages.com All rights reserved. Adam was an hermaphrodite who was split to make Adam and Eve. An interesting historical side note: With the rise of monotheism the meaning of the ancient neolithic mythologies was inverted and distorted. Such a shame. Yes, the question does arise – where does DNA come from in the first place? Or something like that. The cosmic serpent is androgynous, neither male nor female. I do think it is possible for an individual to perceive things at microscopic levels of consciousness (whether they use psychotropics or other techniques), but I don’t know what the mechanism for that is. What’s experienced under entheogens goes way beyond anything you could dream up or imagine. The DNA bases are hexagonal but they each have a slightly different shape. The wind was blowing them. The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jeremy Narby.Narby performed two years of field work in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian Amazon researching the ecology of the Asháninka, an indigenous peoples in Peru.. He’s keen to distance himself from all that and a lot of the book is about his process of trying to reconcile the scientific method he learned with what he was discovering. If you say a tree is conscious, they would say that’s absurd, how does it think, it doesn’t have a brain! Thanks cabrogal, you’ve made some fair points. The idea that there could be a connection between a plant and a human mind is absurd. Cosmic serpents are also associated with creation myths. Left: Ouroboros can be interpreted as the Western equivalent of the Taoist yin and yang symbol; Right: Like the infinity symbol, the Ouroboros symbol is featured in Freemasonry, along with other symbols of life, death and rebirth and more. Another well-researched and beautifully written piece by Jessica Davidson. Do you see any helix anywhere, much less a double or triple one? The eternal wheel goes round and round, round and round. The experience (and there’s more of it in the book) led to his hypothesis that the human mind is capable of communicating directly with the intelligence at the heart of life – DNA. Many ancient myths tell of a huge terrifying serpent or dragon that guards the axis of knowledge (often depicted as a ladder, vine, cord, or tree). Shamans also use these symbols and talk of ladders, braided ropes, vines, or bridges that connect heaven to earth. And I think even if I’d completed my Masters in molecular biology I’d have a hard time picking out anything that looked remotely like a chromosome or nucleosome. I seem to have fallen behind the times. The system theory has a theory of intelligence where system ability to create meaningful pattern is a sign of intelligence arising as a by product of it. Sign of the times. I have no idea how any of this works, I’m just curious about it. Usually you have to be dead to climb this axis and enter the Otherworld, but a shaman does it by using entheogens and music. Welcome to my ramblings along the spiritual path. (freemasonryesoterica.tumblr.com). ( Log Out / Although Avireri isn’t a serpent, he is a divine twin and he creates through transformation using music. So it looks like shamans really are communicating with the plants via biophoton emissions. 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