> some sects say that the coiled shape of our intestines is a proof that the creative substance of life has the form of a snake, i,30,15. this notion comes quite close to tantric anthropology where the kundalini-snake in its lowest position is situated by the anus coiled up around itself or a golden egg at the base of the spinal cord > in the vedas the golden germ or egg, the world-egg of the upanishads is the universe in its state as nucleus. acc. to tantra, the vertebral column in man as microcosmos is mt. meru, the central world mountain and axis mundi. female energy (shakti) descends from pure consciousness (shiva) in the process of the manifestation of the visible universe to the lowest form of matter. this descent is symbolized by the kundalini, sanskrit for the coiled (snake), resting at the base of the rectum and coiled 3 and a 1/2 times round the golden egg > in the sect called the ophites (of greek: phis. snake), leviathan (also meaning the coiled one) is believed to be coiling round the spherical universe, cf. in nordic myth the midgards-worm coiling round the whole earth. hans leisegang has made the following sketch of the diagram of the ophites described by origin contra celsum vi,38: > there are even some traces of tantric anthropology in apophasis hipp. ref. vi,14,8-11: the fetus is nourished by two veins leading blood to the navel region, but it is also able to take in pneuma/air through two arteries uniting in the great arteria called aort close to the spine (kata hrchin). this notion of a tube leading pneuma along the spine is similar to the idea of the sushumna-channel in tantric psychology. this is also true of simons idea of a cosmic fire or energy being the reason for epithyma (lust/desire)
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