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It
also
represents
Hadit,
of which
one
can
here
only
quote
these
words: "I am the secret serpent
coiled
about
to spring;
in
my coiling
there
is joy.
If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one;
if I droop
down
mine
head and shoot
forth
venom,
there
is
rapture
of the
earth,
and I and the earth are one."
The
serpent
is
also
the Kundalini
serpent,
the Magical
force
itself,
the manifesting
side of the Godhead of the Magician,
whose
unmani-
fested side is peace and silence, of which
there is no symbol.
In
the Hindu
system
the Great Work
is represented
by saying
that
this
serpent,
which
is
normally
coiled
at the
base of the
spine,
rises
with
her hood
over
the
head
of the Yogi, there to unite with the Lord
of all.
The
serpent
is also he who poisons.
It is that force which
destroys
the manifested Universe.
This is also the emerald
snake which encircles
the Universe.
This
matter
must be studied
in Liber LXV, where
this
is
discussed
incomparably.
In
the
hood
of
this
serpent
are the
six
jewels,
three
on
each
side.
Ruby,
Emerald,
and
Sapphire,
the
three
holy elements
made perfect,
on both
sides in equilibrium.