Oddly, however, I’ve noticed through most of my life that it doesn’t seem to work. The presence of the number 13 has mostly been uneventful and sometimes even beneficial.
Well, last night I watched an interesting video about the ‘hidden’ 13th astrological house which is associated with the serpent (whose name I don’t remember but I doubt it matters very much.) The point is that this serpent is central to the spiritual progress of the human creature, and not the bad guy as it is presented in the book of Genesis. But the nature of the serpent runs counter to the need of control exhibited by the religions of the Judaic school, and that’s why it was vilified and shut out of the astrological canon. (As an aside, the implication also being that the bad reputation of the number 13 has nothing to do with the number of apostles at the Last Supper.)
I’ve long known that the serpent in the Garden of Eden was regarded in the Gnostic tradition as the true saviour of mankind, not the cause of the Fall and the justification for men to regard women as second class beings. I rather like that interpretation, and if I had any life left I would seriously consider having a serpent tattooed somewhere about my person. But since I probably haven’t, I won’t bother.
Incidentally, this is the 14th post this month. Coincidence I expect. And I’m hoping that it will lead to a rash of visits to the short story The Thirteenth Tree at the other site. I might also mention that The Thirteenth Tale is a very enjoyable novel.
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