This was a news story last year (2007), and in response a number of Pagans hereabouts in Maine (especially me I must admit) took to wearing t-shirts or other items which had a snakey theme to them.


Source: Calgary Pagan Network Yahoo Group.

In less than 2 weeks, it will be St. Patrick's Day. A day that St. Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland. Well, the snakes were the Pagans. And they weren't just chased out. They were executed; Men, women and children.

So, I've started a tradition with my coven and other friends. On St. Patrick's Day, all Pagans should wear something with a snake on it. A t-shirt, necklace, ring, etc.... This is our way of saying that the "snakes" are still here and that we are here to stay. The Snake is a symbol of wisdom and free will. Which is why the church wants to get rid of all Pagans.

We believe in free will and responsibility for our own actions. So, I am reaching out to all my pagan friends to join me in this new tradition and to pass it on to all other pagans you know. If we can get at least 1,000 people wearing a snake this year, it would be a great start.

Please Pass this on.

Thank You and Blessed Be.
And May the Goddess Kiss Your Brow and Bring Light into Your Darkness.
Respectfully
SeekingWolf

Perhaps the modern Pagans of the world should adopt March 17th as the "Festival of the Wisdom Serpent" or similar type of holy day observation. No flashy parades, no drunken brawling, just some kind of observation which celebrates the very wisdom itself that so many of us are seeking to attain to.

So, I'm proposing some discussion of this idea, with the hopes that modern Pagans will work out a way to celebrate this that makes it appropriate to create an official observance for this on March 17th every year.

Perhaps the patron deities of the observance would be those to whom serpents are among the beasts held as their sacred ones.