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Conclusion Although this overview of the position of a Serpent in different traditions is far from exhaustive the con- spicuous similarity of accounts from different cultural contexts hints that the Vedic tradition spread in the distant past over large parts of the world. This is also supported by the tradition itself. In this article we have traced the Serpent in various traditions, places and contexts which ultimately lead us to the transcendental realm. On this level the duality of “good” and “bad” ceases to exist as every- thing is of absolute nature. This puts an end to the Serpent controversy. “True and Wonderful. A discourse relating a strange and monstrous serpent (or dragon) lately discov- ered and yet living, to the great annoyance and divers slaughters both of man and cattell, by his strong and violent poyson: in sussex, two miles from horden, in a woode called st leonard's forrest, and thirtie miles from london, this present month of august 1614. With the true generation of serpents”. “In sussex, there is a pretty market towne, called horsden, neare unto it a forrest, called st leonard's for- rest, and there, in a vast and unfrequented place, heathie, vaultie, full of unwholesome shades, and over- grown hollows, where this serpent is thought to be bred; but, wheresoever bred, certaine and true it is, that there it yet lives.” “Within 3 or 4 miles of the compass, are its usual haunts, oftentimes in a place called faygate, and it hath been seen within halfe a mile of horsham; a wonder, no doupt, most terrible and noisome to the inhabitants thereabouts.” “There is always in his tracke or path left a glutinous or slimie matter (as by a small similitude we may perceive a snaile's) which is very corrupt and offensive to the scent; insomuch that they perceive the air to be putrified withall, which must needs to be very dangerous. for much of the corruption of it cannot strike the outward part of a man, unless heated into his blood; yet receiving it in any of the breathing 316 Appendix E: Dragons and Serpents Main Bibliographical References ¢ Alien Identities, by Richard L. Thompson (ch. 7.2.6-7, 9.5-6) ¢ Bhagavad-gita, translation by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami e Bhagavata Purana, translation by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ¢ The Bible (KJV) ¢ The Cult of the Serpent (file, edited by Branton) e Hindu Dictionary, by Manurishi Foundation ¢ Indian Serpent-Lore or The Nagas in Hindu Legend and Art, by J. Ph. Vogel ¢ Mahabharata, translation by Hridayananda das Goswami e Nilamata Purana e Rajatarangini, by Kalhana ¢ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by Monier Monier-Williams ¢ The above document was abstracted from the following website: http://skywebsite.com/hollow/cavernworlds/id18.html A Sussex Dragon Discourse Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation