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The Worship of the Serpent







by High Adder Ophoil







No one knows how long this Great Deity has been worshiped. There is hardly a country of the ancient world where it cannot be traced, pervading every known system of mythology, and leaving proofs of its existence and extent in the shape of monuments, temples, and earthworks of the most elaborate and curious character. Babylon, Persia, Hindustan, Ceylon, China, Japan, Burma, Java, Arabia, Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Italy, Northern and Western Europe, Mexico, Peru, America – all yield abundant testimony to the same effect, and point to the common origin of Pagan systems wherever found.



It may seem strange that the worship of the Serpent should ever have been introduced into the world, and it must appear still more remarkable that it should almost universally have prevailed. But prevail it does and has been adopted as the most sacred and salutary symbol, and rendered the chief object of adoration. Furthermore, in most of the ancient rites there is some allusion to The Serpent.



In the orgies of Bacchus, the Celebrants carry serpents in their hands, and with dark screams call upon "Eva, Eva." They wear crowns of serpents while making these same frantic and dark exclamations. -- "Eva, Eva," is the same as Hu, Eph, Epha, Opha, which the Greeks rendered Ophis, and it denotes The Serpent.



One part in the Rites of Jupiter Sabazius is to let a snake slip down the bosom of the initiated, which is taken out below.



The Edonian women near Mount Haemus in Thrace (now Turkey), practiced similar Rites in which they make frantic maneuvers. Olympias, the mother of Alexander was followed with many attendants, who each had a Thyrsus (a staff surmounted with a pine cone or other phallic symbol, and intertwined with Ivy) with serpents twined round it. They wore snakes in their hair, and in the chaplets which they wore. Their cries were always Dark and the whole was attended with a continual repetition of the words, Evoe, Saboe, Hues Attes, Attes Hues, which are titles of Dionysus. Another name for him is Hues, and his Priests are the Hyades and Hyautes. He is also called Evas.



The story of how Saturn devoured his own children, and his wife, Ops (represented here as feminine, is The Serpent Deity), deceived him by substituting a large stone in lieu of his sons, which stone is called Abadir (variation of Ob-Adur – which signifies The Serpent God Orus –), One of these stones, which Saturn swallowed instead of a child, stood at Delphi. It was esteemed as very sacred, and had libations of wine poured upon it daily; and at festivals was otherwise honored. The meaning of the above story is : it was for a very long time the practice to offer children at the altar of Saturn; but, through the intervention of The Serpent God this practice was removed, and in its place erected a stone pillar, before which we make our vows, and offer sacrifices of another nature. This Stone Pillar is called Ab-Adar (Ab – The name of The Sacred Serpent in the ancient tongue of the Sumerian, variously pronounced Aub, Ab; Oub, Ob; Oph, Op; Eph, Ev . . . etc. which was derived from a word meaning inflare. The first oracle in history was dedicated to the Serpent God, and the oracular responses of the Adders is always preceded by an inflation, actuated by the internal presence of The Divine Spirit of The Serpent + Adar (Adur or Ador) – The name of The Solar God (Dominus Sol). Relates to The Dracontic God Hu (The Dragon Ruler of The World – Davies' Mythology of the Druids, pg. 116) and His chariot was drawn by Serpents (ibid. Pg. 122) and His Priests, in accommodation with the general custom of the ministers of The Ophite God, were called Adders (ibid. Pg. 210). In a poem of Taliessin, translated by Davies, in his Appendix, No. 6, is the following enumeration of a Druid's titles : "I am a Druid; I am a architect; I am a prophet; I am a SERPENT" – (Gnadr.) The word "Gnadr" is no other than Ador; from which whence the English word Adder, which is nearer in orthography to the original. The God Hu relates to the Huas or Hyas of Bacchus. Huas was derived from Hu for this has been a very ancient title of Deity, signifying "permanent existence" among the Sumerians.)

Once, people used to be all around here performing The Ancient Rites. The Serpent they invoked under all the difficulties of life. For this purpose they made rich offerings of money, silks, live cattle, and indeed all kinds of commodities. The ruler, especially, at the instigation of the adders, under every national visitation, makes great offerings and entertainments at The Temple. Once processions and pilgrimages were often made, and victims daily brought, and at which oracles are inquired.



The Temple houses a vast establishment of adders and addresses, with The High Adder at their head. The rulers used formerly to make annual processions to this Temple; but the expense was great, and the rulers discontinued the practice, and gave great offense thereby to the Gods and adders, who revenged themselves by procuring their daughters to be possessed by the Serpent, At the time of harvest, the adders of the Serpent would invoke the Serpent and the Spirit of The Serpent would prowl nightly about the fields in search of victims, which usually were females. Whenever He met any of these, He instantly seized them, and upon their shrieks and resistance vanished; His supernatural influence, deprived them of the use of reason. Upon the arrival of their friends, these women were found to be in a frantic state, and being quite beyond control at home, were conveyed to one of the hospitals appointed for this purpose by the ruler, where they remained under the care of the adders of the Serpent until they were cured.



But now all the people have forgotten their Great God, how had been so good to them. So, The Mighty Ones have removed from this place the fertility of the land; until such a time as the people can remember The Mighty Serpent Gods once more.