Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

In The Gods of India we are told: “Siva carries a snake around his neck. Snakes always surround his image, and a snake is coiled around his phallus ( linga)....

“But the main meaning attached to the serpent is to represent the basic dormant energy, akin to the sexual power, which is coiled at the base of the spinal cord and which is the support of the yogi in his attempt to conquer the higher worlds during his inward journey. The energy, source of all spiritual conquests, is called Kundalini (the coiled), the serpent power.”