Clan of the Snake
by Cindy Aixmar Salgado
12 June 2002
"See me, hear me, travel through me.I start and end in Infinity.
My End is my Beginning.
My Beginning never ends."
"See me, hear me, travel through me.From the Muladhara to the Sahasrara, through the Sushumna, erupts the Kundalini. It flows, as the Nagas and Naginis on their path to the Ocean. It wields the power of Ophion, whom Eurynome forged as the Northern Wind. Yet in its blazing trail, it needed to be contained, and thus Eurynome knocked its teeth away.
Sublime and delightful, Aphrodite of the Ocean bestowed her every gift upon human Medusa. All eyes were turned towards her unparalleled beauty, which among mortals dared rival that of any Goddess, including She who had made her in Her image. Caught in the daze and glamour of it all, Medusa became vain, and boasted that her gifts allowed her to surpass wise and warlike Athena.
Athena took offense, for Aphrodite's irresistible guiles had already bested Her beloved father, kingly Zeus, more than once, and so She turned Medusa's gifts around. Where her fellow mortals had seen the most desirable traits of the Goddess, now they beheld the most fearsome. Thus Medusa became the Untouchable. For then, as now, humans are only drawn to that which offers them comfort, and repelled by that which reflects the truth they would rather deny.
Virgin Athena, though immune to Aphrodite's power, always held humans in Her heart. Thus She guided the arm and sword of Perseus, Her beloved half-brother. Medusa the human was slain, and from her gushing wound winged Pegasus arose.
Medusa's divine self did not perish, but prevailed. Once Perseus his heroic quests fulfilled, Athena reached out for Medusa's head, and with the Gorgon's visage adorned the aegis, the golden breastplate of the Warriors. The sacred power of the Snake came to stand guard beside the Olympian throne.