Serpents Of Lucky Six Farms

Myths and Legends - A Gift Of Culture

Snakes play important parts in myths and legends worldwide. We have a chance to observe them first-hand as several types are frequent visitors to the expansive White Sage fields of Lucky Six Farms and their adjacent high desert acres. We never molest them, as we value their vital place in our local ecology, specifically their role in organic pest control. But we respect their other connections, too, the mythic and spiritual ones which reflect realities other than strictly mundane and material ones. Indigenous southern California Tribes held that, in vanished ages, a great serpent had come from the depths of the sea, taken up residence on land, and was killed by people who had been rudely displaced by his intrusion. As his huge body burned up, smoldering pieces landed and immediately transformed into various cultural components, like knowledge of fire-making and ceremonial protocols. Thus, all subsequent myths and legends here ultimately derive from the serpent.

Myths and Legends - Serpent Symbology

Stories of this kind are rooted in primordial symbology, a graphic language capable of speaking to the deepest, most dynamic regions of our psyche. On virtually every continent, serpents represent certain vital interfaces between human civilization and the untamed forces of nature. It is especially common to see serpents or serpent spirits as guardians of hidden treasure or special knowledge. Standing as intermediaries between humanity and the potent unknown, they must be completely overpowered or understood and diplomatically courted for their secrets to be ultimately accessed. In a similar vein, it was none other than Albert Einstein who asserted, “Nature is subtle, but she is not malicious.”

Myths and Legends - Serpents As Nature Personified

Perhaps the most popular legends regarding snakes have them representing principal natural forces which manifest highly dichotomous effects on our lives. Intimately aligned with winds and water, these serpentine entities can bring life-giving rain or devastating floods, refreshing breezes or ruinous storms. Finally, and most importantly, serpents embody the notion of perennial rebirth and resurrection, ideas which have supported spiritual insights and commitments since time immemorial.  We are proud to note our pure, certified White Sage products - essential oil, hydrosol, smudge bundles, cones, and whole leaves - provide open avenues through which we can all perceive our own personal connections to the life and love empowering all of our natural world.

By Alan Beck