Soul Wings said:
I have had lots of dreams and nightmares about snakes. I am aware that Satan is often times symbolically shown as a serpent, but he is not a simple snake to me, at least. I want to say that I love snakes, they are necissary for the eco system and have prevented plague. But nevertheless I freeze up when I see them. They can be aggressive, poisonous, deadly and dangerous. They can dislocate their jaws grotesquely to swallow things whole. To be afraid of them is from our times where surviving was the main priority.
I'm going to get a bit personal here, and I do not mean to offend anyone. This is just my personal truth.
In dreams, snakes can mean negative male/masculine energy. I've had a dream where I nearly stepped into a deep pit of snakes. I have had bad experiences particularly with men all my life, and I am, still to this day, trying to overcome my disappointment, fear and shame.
I had a dream once where a snake flailed around wildly, bit my family and everyone around me. The "snake catcher" came and patched me up. It was my deep-seeded fear of myself (and possibly my family) being hurt by more men in my life, and the truth that yes, you will be hurt. Pain is inevitable, but you will heal.
My interpretation would simply be that perhaps there are poisonous things about yourself or others you are not seeing (venom in both eyes), probably someone particularly male. The snake did not kill you, as snakes can, so it was a message or a warning.
This is normal. You have to differentiate subjective feelings from false interpretations. The snake, Serpent is supreme authority and power one can meet. The symbol, be it in a daily dream or a vision, still holds the supernal figure of extreme power and sacred stance. This is also impersonal, as such when someone gets a very little taste of what this "symbol" represents, gets scared by the unfathomable aggressiveness, profoundness, and authority. It is out of reach, from our mind, feelings. Now this power is to be "tamed" and in harmony with you.
In-depth meditation upon the Serpent reveals the darkest fears and confronts you with them. It can be said with certainty, that this is the first taste of reality you will have without any filter of subjectivity. This is not a simple subject or little energy manipulation. The Serpent deals with consciousness and it is the barrier between our subjective reality and the objective reality.
The above and further in the path this is a differentiator between the truth seeker and others. The number one rule is to never fear. The first real experiences with the Serpent and the consciousness is by this requirement. Only by not fearing, you will understand this extremely beautiful force and symbol, an authority over life itself that needs to be conquered from within, the false interpretation will be destroyed.
When you feel that profound feeling of gravity, aggressiveness, know that is what lifeforce is, and that is within yourself as well undiscovered, it is simply the essence of nature, and also know humans have and had this power of existence present within.