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SERPENT OF THE WATER
A symbol of the desire-mind in its lowest phase
of activity, giving the sense of separateness, and producing deceit,
craft, cunning, cruelty, and other low egoistic qualities.
“And Lemminkainen went down into the abysses of Manala, the abode of
the dead. But there, near the river, lay in wait for him the
evil-minded shepherd whom he had despised, and when Leminkainen came
near, this shepherd pulled from the waters a monstrous serpent and
hurled it against him. The viper penetrated into the very belly of
the hero, and he died, thinking on his mother." - DOM. COMPARETTI,
Traditional Poetry of the Finns, p. 86.
And the Higher Self descended to the underworld, the abode of the
personality (dead). But there, near the astral region (river), were
the lower instincts (the shepherd) developed unchecked. And when the
Higher Self approached the soul, the lower instincts working on the
astral plane became directed by the newly aroused desire-mind
(serpent), acting from its centre as a separate self, and thus
killing out the inner spiritual influence. But the soul is to be
saved through Buddhi (the Mother).
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