The Great Snake and the Seven Scales

An older man gathers his quilt and a couple of his other belongings. He gets up and begins to walk to the the big fire set a blaze in the middle of the camp grounds. A young girl follows behind him. The older gentleman is so majestic and tall that when he walks it is as if you can hear the thunder in the distance gather with his foot steps. The young child tries to emulate her grandfathers walk in an overly exaggerated and playful manner. The little girl looks to be about seven or eight years of age. She has warm brown skin, chubby checks and two long kinky braided pigtails that befall her shoulders with big bulbous berets at the ends. Grandfather finally reaches the fire, and the little girl is so bent on imitating her grandfather that she forgets to pay attention to where she is going and when he stops she keeps on walking. She bangs into the back of her grandfathers legs and she is knocked back by her own gumption. "HEY!" she yells, as she is flung backward onto the soft grass that breaks her fall. "I didn't even notice you Aliyah. What are you doing back there?" Grandpa says in a voice as thundering as his walk. "I'm tryna walk big like u Big Daddy!" Aliyah says excitedly and hops back up dusting off her blue and purple shorts where she had fallen. She walks toward Big Daddy normally this time and careful as to not make a repeat of her last tumble. "Are you ready to hear an old time story?" Big Daddy asks. Aliyah finishes her journey to a big oval rock where her grandfather is already sitting and climbs on top to sit. "Now I am!" shes says as she cuddles up next to Big Daddy. He lays a bit of the quilt hes already under, on her legs. "Better cover up those pretty little legs don't want those knees shaking." Big Daddy says. "Your right" Aliyah agrees.
"Big Daddy tell me about the time when you and Daddy went fishing when he was my age." Aliyah asks as she smiles excitedly. "Aren't you tired of hearing that story leelee? Why don't I tell you a story my grandpa used to tell me?" he inquires. "You used to have a Big Daddy too?" Leelee asks. "Yup" Big Daddy answers "When i was little like you. He used to tell me story that his grandpa told him and his grandpa's grandpa told to his grandpa and all they way back until the story was first told." "Wow, that's an old story. What is it about big daddy?" "It's about a great snake and the seven scales" said Big Daddy. "I want to hear it big Daddy! It sounds way better then how daddy almost fell out the boat trying to catch the big fish when he was young." Aliyah said with a bright an beautiful smile she was intrigued and couldn't wait to hear the new old story that her grandfather was about to tell her.
"Well are you comfy and set kiddo?" Big daddy asked. "Yes" liyah replied. "Okay. In the time before time, when men didn't walk the earth, before the earth was even created. There lived a beautiful serpent who had seven great scales. They were bright and beautiful they glistened and glowed and resonated with the a brightness that gave light to the darkness of this space. Even though the great snake was very young it was very big. The great snake always traveled with its seven scales each one glowed with the different hues of the rainbow and they shown in the darkness of space like we see the stars in the skies now.
The great serpent loved each of her scales greatly and everyday she would count them by lighting them up one by one until they all glowed in a harmonious light. One day while the serpent was on her daily travels she noticed a far away light off in the distance. Intrigued she decided to investigate and see where the light was coming from. As she moved closer to the light she realized it was a small and odd creature one she had never seen the likes of before. Still curious she proceeded to move closer to the small creature. When she was close enough she called to the creature 'what is your name small one?' The creature did not answer her back so she called once again 'Do you have a name? Who are you? Where did you come from?' The creature still remained silent and still. The great serpent decided that maybe the creature could not hear her so she proceeded to move even closer and blink each of her scales to the creature maybe it would notice her then. So she did and each scale in all its splendor and beauty blinked and glowed in the darkness and created vibrant patterns across the skies. At that moment the small creature revealed itself and it wasn't so small after all. It turned out to be a great and powerful monster of the heavens. The creature grew large and long and powerful tentacles grew from the center of the being and millions of eyes opened all of them glowing almost as bright as the serpents scales. The serpent was frightened and tried to escape." Big Daddy paused for effect. Liyah looked at big daddy with intense anticipation "Oh no KEEP GOING BIG DADDY KEEP GOING!" she yelled excitedly. Big daddy proceeded "When the serpent moved away from the creature one of the monster's testicles emerged from the darkness and wrapped itself around the serpents body. The serpent twisted and struggled and tried to wriggle free, but the harder she fought the tighter the tentacles griped. The tentacles began to pull the serpent back in to the abyss of its center. The great serpent was very scared but the tentecals had begun to grip her so tight that she was not able to move and so she was paralized with fear and tried to accept her fate. But while she wrestled in her own mind to understand what was happening to her she refused to accept it. Just as she was about to descend into the deepths of the great monsters abyss, she thought of her scales and with all her might she made them glow as bright as possible and the light that came from them over powered the darkness of the skies and blined the moster's millions of eyes they all shut and the monster was confused by the light and let the great serpent go. At that moment the serpent fled the monster and continued on her travels but not with out being very shaken up at the experience, but something felt very different. She had been so taken back by what happened that she didnt even notice that her seven scales were no longer on her long body and at first she was devastated and began to cry. 'Oh no i have lost my scales' the great serpent said with great sadness. Just as she began to cry the hardest she noticed from the corner of her eyes seven great spheres that glowed even brighter than her scales had in the past. At first she amazed and a bit confused at how they had gotten there but as she peered closer the spheres possessed an uncanny familiarity and she felt a great connection to them. When she looked even closer she noticed that they all glowed with the beautiful hues of the rainbow. Instantly she knew, 'My scales' the serpent gasped.' Each of her scales had become beautiful bright spheres that gave an even greater brightness of light to the darkness of this space. So to commemorate and honor the great spheres that used to be part of her she did a great dance around each of the seven spheres and cried great tears of joy. These tears became what we know as the stars in the skies. And some say that some where far away out in the depths of space the serpent still dances the dance of the seven spheres of light!" Grandaddy finished with a great smile on his face. "Wow that was a great story Big Daddy!" Aliyah said with a great big smile. "Yes it was and there is a dance that goes along with it. Would you like to see it?" He said. "Of course." Liyah smiled. "Okay, here we go first you take your left arm and you wave it like this." Aliyah looked on in amazement and fascination and tried to emulate the movements her grandfather did before the fire. "That's right your getting it Lili." Big daddy's great voice thundered into the darkness of the forest. And so they danced and danced until their hearts were content and Aliyah never forgot the story that her big daddy told her. When she got older and had children of her own, she told the story to them to honor the traditional telling of the great snake and the seven scales.

The Bath House and the Bright Light/s

We finally arrived in the city the streets were lined with merchants selling everything you could ever imagine and some things i had never even seen before. It was my first time in the city and i was mesmerized by its beauty and its detriment. The grandeur of it was of something i had never seen or prepared myself to see, especially in this ancient time. This experience was life changing to say the least, but i must not fail to realize the situation at hand. We trotted through the streets even still approaching the most inner parts of the city beginning to surpass the common folk and going into exclusive areas where only officials where allowed each part guarded by a great gate and two or more soldiers depending on how distinguished the section and the people who lived there were. It was quiet an experience as we road deeper and deeper into the heart of the city. It's as if the city were a living organism and as we road through i felt closer and closer to its nucleus of energy. I was strangely familiar with this energy in an unexplainable manner i was overwhelmingly intrigued.

We pulled up to a grand and beautiful structure that was more luxurious than anything I had ever seen in my life five hundred feet across the face and one mile on in each direction. There were great cravings of massive statues greater than anything I had ever witnessed in my life, sitting on each side of the grand entrance. It sat perfectly against the horizon of the setting sun. It was like some great mural every angle and curve was set off perfectly by the orange haze of sky behind it. That framed the structure and accented its beauty. The smells of burning oils, perfumes, and incense filled the air the aura of this place was great and it spilled over into the rest of the city. This must have been the nucleus of energy I felt some strange connection to. We stopped at a small side entrance. The guard came to the back and opened the door for both the official and I. She got out first and I followed her. When we were both standing before an entrance, there awaited three servant women. The official spoke, "You smell terrible, these women will led you to the bath house there you will bath and put on proper clothes." She turned away and began to walk toward the door the guard walked along with her. She opened the small door and walked through it. The guard behind her closed it after walking through. The door made a reverberating thud. This alarmed me as I had thought that I would be following behind them. Although they them selves were strangers to me they were who I had come with and thought I would remain. A foolish thing to think, but in this world I felt so alone that I often clung to small familiarities.

The three young women took me away to another entrance a short walk away from the previous one. They opened another smaller door and we walked through. One of the women seemed more friendly than the others. She appeared to be the youngest. She spoke in a soft but comforting voice, "We hear you are from the country side. Why are you here?" One of the other women looked at her as if what she had said something inappropriate. "That is rude of you to ask and not your place Na Chel." The second woman said in a stern tone. Then she turned and looked at me, "Forgive my sister she is young and has just begun to work." I replied and smiled, "No it's fine, I didn't take offense to her words." I turned to Na Chel and smiled, "I am here on business with the female official." She smiled back and said, "That must be interesting." "It is." I replied. While we spoke we walked through a long and open hall were I could hear a steady flow of water running. The floors were lay with marble and granite. Giant granite pillars supported the arched structured ceilings the walls seemed to be painted with liquid silver and quarts crystals lined the lower panels of the walls. It was a beautiful display of luxury and extravagance. The optimal splendor of just the halls, gave hint that no detail was over looked and nor expense spared to create such splendorous quarters. "The bath house is this way," Na Chel pointed forward to a great man made body of water that was crystal clear and reflected the great architectural beauty of the house around it. The arched ceilings hung like a frame over looking and reflecting within the pool. The young women began to undress me and I was a bit shy but eager to finally properly bathe. Although if may say so myself, I have never experienced a bath like this. Zita the oldest sister, had disappeared into the other parts of the building for a bit but reappeared a couple minutes later. This bath house was grand to say the least. It provided a serenity that had healing properties to my spirit. At the mere sight of it my heart was moved to bliss and conquered by its enormity all at once. Still entranced by this structure I had failed to notice that the women had finished undressing me and were already preparing the water with oil essences and fresh flower petals. There were candles lay all around the perimeter of the pool and they all lent fresh fragrances to the air. The warm mist that engulfed the entire space was a mixture of all the sweet aromas that had been created by the sum of all this bath's ingredients. This aroma seemed to have awaken something deep in my spirit. "Go on in" Na Chel said excitedly. "We have prepared this bath especially to clean and remove all negativity from your heart and spirit. It will cleanse and strengthen you as you prepare to meet with the great court." I thanked her and her sisters.

On the closet edge to me were a small and sturdily built set of steps that was used as an entrance to the water. I stepped down from the first step and the waters warmth and spirit completely surrounded and penetrated my foot. With each step the spirit of the water awakened my own spirit and the awareness of the areas it enveloped. By the time i reached the last step and my entire body up to my neck was covered and the feeling was so intense and comforting yet strange all at once. I was entranced by the energy. At the instant I realized this the middle of the bath opened up and a great flash of light covered the whole bath house. When the ominous and bright light disappeared I saw before me the out lay of four pyramid structures and there where eight women and eight men dressed in all white before a great fire humming a high pitched frequency. As the frequency permeated the the air one of the pyramids bases began to glow. Shortly following was a second then a third then the fourth. A purplish glow resonated bright and pure. The symbols and markings of each pyramid began to glow in the purple light and traveled up to the capstone of each one. There the lights ascended above each pyramid on a slanted tilt and met in the meridian of the four. At this instant the lights joined and an almost sonic boom was heard over powering the still chanting priests and priestesses. The light penetrated the space that surrounded it and began to head outward first swallowing the priests then myself after them. I was lifted by the light and my body merged with it all orifices on my body projected this same light outward. I rose to about the highest points of the pyramid's capstones, I was jilted and my body was thrust backward I awakened in the arms of Na chel. She had a worried and confused look on her face. She spoke "I am not sure how this happened. The bath was only meant to rid you of the bad energy around you." "What happened?" I asked peering up at her. "I am not sure, as soon as you were fully submerged in the bath your body went unconscious, but you didn't drown. You remained fully submerged in the water at peace. And for a while my sisters and I thought you were just resting and being playful in the water. When several minutes passed we began to worry so I jumped in and pulled you out the water. You had stopped breathing but your heart was still beating. I was rocking you and telling you to come back and then you came too." "You didn't see the light?" I said confused and shocked. "No, what light?" The oldest sister interrupted Na Chel "You saw a light? Did it have a hue?" "Yes" I answered. What color?" she said inquisitively. "Purple" I replied. "Do you know what that means?" "I have only ever heard of something like this happening once. It was a long time ago, when I was young, but I do not want to speak about it." Zita told. "Please tell me!" I begged. "It is hard for me to speak of and I was young so maybe I am not a reliable source to recall." I looked at her daringly and sincerely searching for an answer. "Please tell me, I must understand what this means." "Okay." She sighed. "A long time ago when I was very young my mother held the same position with her sisters, our aunts, as my sisters and I do now. I was very young and wanted so very badly to be with Mama all the time. One day she gave into one of my fits of her leaving the servants quarters to go to work, and let me tag along. There was a new guest who had come to the courts shes was young like you and possessed the same peculiar mark on her head. My mother prepared a similar bath to the one you were submerged in. The woman stepped in and passed out as well. Mother was worried an went to an official inside while my aunts waited with the woman trying to revive her. When the official finally came she told my mother and aunts that they were fools for letting this woman bath in such spiritual waters. That she was an untrained oracle and was too sensitive to be in such situations. The woman woke up for but a short while just long enough to utter these words, 'the purple light, it is so beautiful.' Mother and aunts were confused they didn't understand. Shortly after this woman faded and died in my aunts arms. My mother was fired but my aunts were not. Mother returned to the country side with the rest of our family, but left me and my younger sisters with our aunts. She said we had better chances here. She did not want us to know the harsh life of a country peasant. I never saw Mama again, she got sick and the family could not afford to treat her and when they had saved up enough money it was too late. She was too sick to be treated and she died." Big tear dropplets began to fall from her eyes. "That is why I was so hesitant to say anything that event, took my mother away from us. That is also why at the begining of the bath I went into the house to tell the elder maids that you seemed special and to confirm if we should be giving you the bath we were instructed too. They brushed me off like I was stupid. Maybe I should have warned them better." The tears were still falling from her eyes. "It's okay I'm still alive and no one is leaving or being fired I wont say a word. Any how, I believe I was meant to have that bath. I am strong enough even untrained to survive anything and some how I feel stronger than I was before. Look at me honey, I came from the fields, that bath was a walk in the park." I said with easy eyes and a loving grin. Na Chel asked "In your dream you walked in the park? Was the light there?" I laughed. "No, Na Chel... Never mind it is a saying from back home." "What does it mean?" She asked. "That the situation was easy for me and even pleasant." I answered. "Oh, that is good. I think? I was worried that you wouldn't awaken." She uttered in a relieved tone. "You are a sweet natured woman Na Chel." She beamed and smiled. This was an experience to say the least. I dusted my self off and got up off the ground. Just as I stood upright I caught a glance of myself in the water. In my reflection there was a bright golden light that glowed around my whole body and I appeared to have three eyes and two orbs of the same golden light appeared behind me. I just stared at this reflection for a couple moments. Then i rubbed my eyes and it was gone. I began to ask if the girls saw it too but I just shrugged it off. Dismissing it as a part of my gift. Man this oracle thing maybe real. I just maybe special. But if I am why haven't I experienced any of this stuff before? There was something special about this place. The energy here was more natural and organic than anyplace I had ever felt back home. Like every thing about this place was set up to bring the most intense energy and to shock and stimulate the senses and tap deep into the reassesses of the mind. This place called to me like an enticing and seductive siren and my heart, my spirit and my soul answered with agreement to the experience of experiencing her. She was scary yet beautiful and I was falling deep for her and all she had to offer.