Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997
Oh, gee, Richard,
The serpent living in The Tree identifying Draco as the Pole Star
(or vice versa). I don't have your book (not that one, anyway). But yeah,
most commentaries on the Sefer Yetzirah delve into the association of the
constellation Draco - which is still the Pole of the Ecliptic - with the
"Nachash" (Serpent), and also with Leviathan. Both of these creatures are
directly related, "mythologically", with the First Wisdom and the First
Matter, respectively. Far from being equated with "Satan", the Edenic
Serpent (in relation to Draco) has actual Messianic elements to it.
Eric