Letter 10:
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

"…"the serpent was more cunning than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made." (GENESIS iii, 1)...To be cunning is to mime wisdom, after having eliminated the essential -- its light -- and then to  make use of it for one's own ends. This is why it is said that "the devil is the ape of God", that he apes God.

The brain is therefore due to the serpent. It is the work of the serpent; and mankind, as the animal species endowed with the most developed brain, is certainly the grand-daughter of the serpent. Human beings, as cerebral beings, are indeed "children of the serpent"…

Yes, the serpent is indeed the "great magical agent", that is to say, the principal which mimes consciousness and which is therefore the link between the subjective and the objective, just as the brain is the link between consciousness and action. Yes, the first representatives of cerebral intellectuality, the "sons of the serpent" of ancient legends, were certainly the first masters of new-born civilization. It is certainly they who taught the rudiments of the arts and sciences to childlike humanity." --VT

"Sons of the Serpent"
watercolor & oil pastel  20"x30"