slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (11/06/85)
>>In Hinduism snakes are considered almost >>sacred and a symbol of good fortune. >>Raghu >Anyway, I just wanted to point out Hadit's self-description in AL: "I am the >Snake that giveth Knowledge & Delight & bright glory." (Sorry if there are >any mistakes, that's from memory.) Another vote for the snakes! >Tim Maroney Yes, let's hear it for snakes. One of the most beautiful and misunderstood animals. I also feel they are a wonderful symbol of the sacred. I had a friend once who kept lots of snakes. I was present when he let a cobra loose in his kitchen. When it spread its hood and hissed, I felt myself in the presence of something very special. In fact, my first words were "Oh God!" :-) (For those who wonder, this was fairly safe. He had a pole with a hook. Cobras are very timid; they seem unaware of how deadly they really are. When he used the hook to open the door of its box, the cobra zipped right back in.) He used a snake to good effect once. Some door-to-door evangelists had been harrassing him. (He made the mistake of buying one of their pamphlets, thinking it was funny, so they kept coming back.) He appeared at the door with a 12-foot python around his neck--hanging to the floor on both sides. He said they were marvelously self-controlled--acted as if it were not there. But they never came back... -- Sue Brezden ihnp4!drutx!slb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I march to the beat of a different drummer, whose identity, location, and musical ability are as yet unknown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~