StarSnake © 2001 By Douglas Brett
A simple design of unique and sublime beauty
Uniting for the first time in one symbolic image
The concept of Humanities Fall to earth thru knowledge
and the spiral path back thru wisdom to the Stars (Heavens)
our true home among the gods.
Background information
From the first religion of humanity
The Goddess Mother Earth
The lowly snake became its symbol
It crawled along the ground
It is one long alimentary canal, a digestive tract
We must eat to live thus the fertility of life
Sumerian -Babylonian Mythology (The Goddess Astarte- Ashtoreth,
Queen of the Stars)
The mother of all souls in heaven. The Moon surrounded by her star-children,
whom she gave their "Astral" starry bodies
The Goddess cultures from Inanna, Ashteroth, Isis, Kali, Athena,Aphrodite, Artemis,
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Which we celebrate each December 25th, The birth of the Christ
Many cultures and mythologies adopted the idea of
Death, Rebirth and the Resurrection of the Soul
For the Snake molts its skin and is reborn anew each time
The Egyptian mysteries and mythologies personifies this concept
Biblical mythology the serpent (Lucifer) gave Eve permission
To eat from the Tree of Life (Knowledge)
Thereby the Fall from Eden (Heaven)
The snake was the tempter
who gave humanity the ability for free will
to choose its own path
And thru great wisdom and love we must find our way
Back to the Kingdom of the heavens our true spiritual home
The early Christians were called the Lucifers (Giver of Light)
The snake a symbol of Knowledge and Wisdom
And the Christ said
"Be wise like Serpents and harmless as Doves"
This design is based on a triangle pattern reminding us of the trinity
the pyramid and the fire symbol
It is a spiral form for life is not circular
A circle repeats itself a spiral is a progression
As we move along the evolutionary path back to the higher worlds
Spiritualizing physical matter
The StarSnake contains an abstract pentagram ( Christian symbol)
and a hexagram ( Jewish symbol- Star of David)
It is also a 9 pointed star ( Bahai symbol of the 9 great religions of the world)
numeralogicaly the 9 is the highest number, but
It has 10 lines a number associated with string theory
the unifiction of all things
The Star itself a Heavenly body
As the Hermetic Law states
"As Above So Below"
the Union of the Heavens and Earth as all encompassing
Star and Snake
A new and modern interpretation of the cosmic ideal
Using ancient symbology as a metaphor
To remind us of the quest to the higher self
A perfect symbol for anyone on a spiritual path
That will inspire the bearer to have great luck, beauty, hope and
Most importantly Love to their lives
Thank you ?
Douglas Brett
www.modernlifedesigns.com
doug@modernlifedesigns.com
668 Post St. San Francisco, Ca. 94109 415-441-7118