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Henry 3 weeks ago
Yeah. Hes a very down to earth person he says the snake god thing for a bit of joke I think but I think you know what he is talking about. Hes written loads of great books like Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman KIlling Joke too. Both him and and Grant Morrison are rather esoteric for comic book writers.

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I'm seeing veiled parallels to the Orphic egg which makes sense. Apparently the progenitor of this notion revealed Glycon to the public by slicing open a goose's egg. I'm also seeing a veiled connection to the notion that the snake, the Divine Feminine, when reunited with the Divine Masculine, produces a Divine Child or enlightened being. Apparently the cult focused on "fertility" with barren women seeking Glycon's blessings for childbirth. It was, comparatively speaking, a flash in the pan, but it counts as yet another tradition that is consistent with the perennialist perspective.