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Appendix E: Dragons and Serpents Recently there has been an unprecedented increase of interest in UFO and paranormal issues in official media. Some consider this to be a result of leaks from the intelligence community. The fact is that there has been wide and profound change of public attitude in this regard. An example of this is how the alien image underwent a significant change during the years, from the ridiculed “little green men” of the car- toons in the early fifties to the classical “grays” as benevolent “space brothers” in seventies. Later, how- ever, they have become more and more malicious and associated with the phenomena of cattle mutilation and human abduction. This picture is probably the one most often associated with the word “aliens” nowadays. But in the past few years there appeared a new type of aliens: the “reptilians” (also called “reptoids,” “sauroids” etc.). The media and market became flooded by reptile/dragon/dinosaur characters. The entertainment industry made them almost omnipresent, from children toys and cartoons to most suc- cessful movies. This phenomena is analyzed to some extent in the file The Cult of the Serpent and oth- ers. UFO researcher John Rhodes devoted a whole website to it (http://www.reptoids.com). Several “alien files” available on the internet (Crimram files, Secrets of the Mojave, Omega etc.) present a compilation of manifold information about aliens in earth's history, presence and possible future as well as many of the related incidents regarding space and underground explorations. They also include quotations from various scriptures including the Bible and the Vedas. (Note: The term “Veda,” literally “knowledge,” the indologists usually apply to the four Vedas: Rg, Sama, Yajur and Atharva. However, in broader sense, it is also used for the related literature as the Puranas, Brahmanas, Aranya- kas, Itihasas etc. In this sense I will be using it in this article.) The fact that in these files the reptilians are associated with the Nagas of the ancient Vedic tradition is one of the reasons I have decided to write this article. | wished to add to the wealth of information by using the Vedas as very valuable, yet so far under-used resource, together with other sources. As this topic is very extensive I possibly could not cover it in its entirety. Chapter Two presents a brief overview and further chapters concentrate mainly on the Vedic references to Nagas presented mainly in the chapter 4.2. For the references to the recent encounters with reptilians please refer to the bibliogra- phy listing. The Saurian Connection: Historical Background of the Serpent. The snake (serpent spirit) has been a symbol of wisdom, eternity, healing, mystery, magical power, and holiness throughout most of the ancient non-western world. Its symbol is used today in medicine, and other healing professions, and its live descendants are hailed as sacred and used in everything from cancer drugs to sex potions. Serpent was worshiped in ancient Babylon, Mexico, Egypt, as well as many other places all over the world. The following passage is written by Soror Ourania (from “Thelemix and Therion Rising”) from the Gnostic point of view. 303 Introduction: Arrival of the Serpent Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation