This footage is from a livestream of “a Prairie Rattlesnake rookery (MegaDen) at an undisclosed location in Colorado. At this rookery, hundreds of snakes overwinter, shed their skins, and bask in the sun. Dozens of pregnant snakes spend the summer here preparing to give birth and care for their babies.” In this edited recording, a snake sheds her skin while a companion assists.
Serpent Goddesses and Dead Saints (Summer Reading)
Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity Kyle Smith
Life symbols as related to sex symbolism: a brief study into the origin and significance of certain symbols which have been found in all civilisations, such as the cross, the circle, the serpent, the triangle, the tree of life, the swastika, and other solar emblems, showing the unity and symplicity of thought underlying their use as religious symbols Goldsmith, Elizabeth Edwards
The language of the goddess : unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilization Gimbutas, Marija
Annihilation Jeff Vandermeer
The beauty and the terror : the Italian renaissance and the rise of the west Fletcher, Catherine
Snake Charm Nissenson, Marilyn
Snakes: the evolution of mystery in nature Greene, Harry W.
7 Seconds and Champion at ICC Church in Allston (Boston), March 2005. Plus one photo from a 108 show, maybe Boston, but probably 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, also circa 2006.