Transformative serpentine gnosis by Hereward Tilton

Scholar Dr. Hereward Tilton presents his latest book “THE PATH OF THE SERPENT“ (Rubedo Press), which explores the esoteric history of the snake as a symbol of enlightenment in Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, via the author’s mystical experiences involving the use of mind-altering substances. “The Path of the Serpent is a two-volume examination of this enigmatic imagery and the gnostic lineages that have nurtured it through the millennia. Stemming from the heretical serpent sects of the ancient Near East, these lineages branched westwards via the Kabbalah in its Jewish, Christian, and post-Christian occultist forms. They cultivated a variety of consciousness-altering techniques to scale the serpent’s path, an itinerary of ecstatic ascent leading through the celestial spheres and their microcosmic counterparts along the initiate’s neuraxis.“ Hereward Tilton has taught on the history of Rosicrucianism, Christian Cabala, and alchemy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, the department for t