Homo Serpiens

 

Homo Serpiens is as an eccentric and brilliant occult perspective on history, religion, the paranormal, mythology, conspiracies, psychology, alternative science, and just about everything else that pertains to the `big picture'. It covers, in particular, the "various socio-religious systems of worship that have shaped and directed humanity's evolution until now."
The book begins with Genesis and `the fall' of mankind. In his distinctive, poetic tone, Kephas explains that, as a result of `the fall', mankind lost touch "with the silent knowledge of DNA" and also his ability to "access divine consciousness." Since then, he says, we've been "sinking deeper and deeper into isolated ego consciousness, experienced as the `damnation' of a soulless, materialistic quasi-existence or Hell." Though many readers may find these ideas at odds with their own spiritual beliefs, they're not supposed to be taken as fact, but as symbolic, archetypal possibilities.
Unlike most non-fiction books, in which the author tries to convince the reader to share their perspective, Kephas isn't asking us to believe anything at all. Rather, the reader feels as though they're being told a story - the story, that is, of humanity's evolution, from the time of `the fall' to the present day and beyond.
Although Kephas makes frequent reference to God and Christ, and is more than happy to quote from the Bible, this is by no means a Christian book; in fact, quite the opposite! Kephas proposes that the god of the Old Testament (Jehovah) is not a true god, but a `self-appointed vampire god"...a "cosmic male chauvinist, an intergalactic patriarch, obsessed with petty displays of power and prone to pathological outbursts of rage and jealousy."
According to Kephas, Jehovah is not so much an evil deity, but an imbalanced one, badly in need of a goddess to complete him. This is a Gnostic idea, of course, as is the idea that Christ's mission was to overthrow Jehovah in order to help humanity find the god within, rather than worship an external, false god. Also along Gnostic lines, Kephas mentions a little about Phillip K. Dick and his theory of the `plasmate', a topic far too complex and confusing to explain here! Other topics covered include UFOs and alien abduction, astrology, inorganic predators, Lucifer, Ahriman and ancient Egyptian mythology.
In a fascinating chapter titled `The Nazi Stain', Kephas explores the idea that Hitler was a kind of sorcerer, whose attempt to eliminate the Jewish race was an act of twisted, misguided magick. "As the darkness defines the light and allows it to shine," he explains, "humanity can only realize its potential by taking full account of its baser nature. If nothing else, Hitler amply fulfilled this end." Here Kephas demonstrates, as he does so repeatedly, that he's not one to shy away from controversial material - and for that one has to admire him. Perhaps, as he suggests, Hitler did contribute something valuable to our understanding of the dark side of human nature, deluded, insane and cruel though he was.
The extent to which Kephas has drawn from the work of C.G. Jung, Rudolph Steiner, Whitley Strieber, Frederick Nietzsche, Ernest Scott, Aleister Crowley, Charles Fort, William Blake and others, can be seen and appreciated. The book is packed with rich, eclectic material, including some very long quotes, all of it elegantly synthesised. It should be acknowledged, however, that in order to get the most out of Homo Serpiens, one ought to be equipped with a basic understanding of many of the subjects it covers; otherwise confusion may result. This is a book for the seasoned occult enthusiast.
Homo Serpiens is creative, intelligent, engaging, thought-provoking, passionate, mysterious, and completely unlike anything that's ever been written, even by occult standards. If, as Kephas proposes, humanity has the potential to re-enter divine consciousness - a process that would involve the activation of our so called junk DNA - then this is the perfect guide book. To end with a quote from the Afterword: "Humanity, the passive and dependent Infant, is about to become a Man."

from a review of the book Homo Serpiens: A Secret History of DNA from Eden to Armageddonby Louis V. Proud on February 23, 2010, at amazon.com