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SERPENT, MIGHTY, OF ANGRA-MAINYU

This symbol serves to indicate the subtle nature of that illusory lower self which first ensnares the ego, but which ultimately proves the means of enlightening the evolving soul.

"We have to achieve our own divinity, and we can only do so by overcoming that which seems to be the negation of it, but is in reality the indispensable means for the manifestation of the eternal glory." - R. J. CAMPBELL, Serm., The Flesh Transfigured.

See Also

AHRIMAN
ANGRA-MAINYU