Officially the snake charmers’ profession is banned in India, but its devotees were at the centre of prayers and milk blessings offered to cobras and other deadly serpents in an annual tribute Friday. The country’s 800,000 charmers and their young apprentices come to the fore each year for the centuries-old Nag Panchami festival, celebrated in … Read more
The Art of Leadership By Dag Heward-Mills … be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 10: 16 Snakes are called wise because they overcome their many handicaps. Snakes are the most severely handicapped animals on earth because they do not have limbs. Snakes have poor eyesight, and so they have heat … Read more
A man has married his pet snake because he believes his dead girlfriend came back to life as the cobra. The snake was spotted by the man in South East Asia, who said it bore a ‘striking resemblance’ to his former lover. He and the 10ft serpent now spend every day together watching TV, sharing … Read more