Giampaolo Sgura's Antidote 'Corps à Corps' | Serpents & Goddesses

Giampaolo Sgura’s Antidote ‘Corps à Corps’ | Serpents & Goddesses AOC Sensual Rebel

There is no symbol more potent and relevant to me than the serpent. When I was about 10-12 years old, a snake visited me often in my dreams — he was my dear friend with a very human male face. I remember explaining repeatedly to him that I adored him and felt able to tell him all my secrets — but we had to keep a distance between us.

Our dream conversations were so earnest on my part — and his, too. They were never sexual; instead he was my confidant bearing witness to my totally authentic, uncorrupted self. Serpents would have been on my brain without the recent, rather explosive AOC discussions about the alleged ‘natural submission of women’.

My dear friend and body psychotherapist Ellen Gayda, lent me her volume ‘The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets’ over the weekend. We will post Ellen’s response to Taryn Andreatta’s ‘The Offering’ later today.