/lit/ - Literature

>>14158866
yes, snakes are indeed common
the imagery and symbolism surely is powerful
like said before, snakes are unconscious symbols of our shadow projections, and indeed often associated with evil

what often slips our mind though, it that they are also a healing symbol, when they are properly integrated by the conscious mind, which again can be a challenging

they carry the venom, but they also have the key to antidote. evil is not good obviously, but it is also expression of nature which can be useful at times ('demonic strength'). again the solution presents itself in the union of the opposites