Lust is corrupting human evolution-Coiled serpent book review
Isn’t it ironic that the same thing that gives us life could present the destruction of society? In a time where our natural attraction to the opposite sex is exploited for profit, it makes self discipline an obstacle. The rise in pop culture coincides with the stigma of abstinence from sex. With the help of dating apps, STI’s and STD’s are reaching record levels. Environmentalists say humans are responsible for destroying the earth by ignoring their carbon footprints. Similarly, The coiled serpent presupposes that humans are keeping society stagnant by obsessively satisfying their lustful urges. And this why lust is corrupting human evolution.
The coiled serpent; a philosophy of conservation and transmutation of reproductive energy by C.J. Van Vliet is a must-have.
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“Evolution is…the triumph of human qualities over animal qualities.”-Kropotkin, Ethics, X, 254,
“The strength of the sexual appetite…is unquestionably the great obstacle to the improvement of the race”-Newton, The better way, 15-
The Coiled serpent brilliantly opens up with mankind currently being stuck in the evolutionary cycle.
“The energy needed for each new evolutionary acquisition had to be diverted from the earlier established reproductive tendency and to be transformed into other modes of expression. The life force had to be used more and more inward instead of for outward purposes.”
“To make the most of the evolutionary advantages and possibilities it is evident that in the first place youth, up to full maturity, should conserve all of life’s energy for the development of body and of brain,”
“Man must either consciously help evolution and make every effort to ascend to the superhuman state, or he will stubbornly counteract and undo the work of evolution, and thereby descend below the grade of the sub-human state.”
It is easy to see the state of confusion today and how lust is degenerating society when put in the context above. Introducing and oversexualizing children from an early age is a weapon in humanity’s evolution. Yet sexual liberation is promoted as evolution and progressive when spiritually, its the opposite.
The more lustful we become, the more in the material realm and our senses we are. However, the evolution of society will start from the inner work we do on ourselves. Not from apps, from voting, passing bills, or becoming wealthy. The more socially acceptable lust and sexual desire become, the more difficult it will be for people to accept the concept of abstinence. However, the coiled serpent does a great job of trying to sway readers to abstaining from sex.
The reasonings used to describe abstinence benefits are thorough, despite most chapters being less than ten pages. Vliet gets his point across while stimulating the minds of his readers. The coiled serpent is as deep as it is in variety of topics related to its message.
The coiled serpent breaks down the physical, mental, spiritual, and social benefits of abstinence. Furthermore, historical evidence from tribal cultures, passages from religious scriptures, and occult rituals are used to support abstinence. There’s even a chapter on crime relating to lust.
“The greatest cause of crimes is lust”-Plato, Laws, IX, 870
“..Thoughts are things and hardly anyone seems to take it very seriously that also passional emotions create a variety of thought-forms. Yet it seems only logical that every little thought or emotion sends out a vibratory wave which links up with others of its own nature. They reinforce each other…
All who are receptive-the young the weak of character, the sensually sensitive, the criminally inclined-they are dangerously exposed to the influence of the accumulated terrible thought-forms to which many a self-righteous person has contributed a far from negligible share…In essence, the merest erotic thinking is apt to contribute to somebody’s criminal delinquency-which makes the thinker of sensual thoughts an instigator of the crime.”
In conclusion, while abstaining from sex is easier said than done, its value cannot be denied. Vliet, mentions advocates that men and women should abstain from sex until marriage. Furthermore, the Aboriginal religion chapters emphasize the importance of Chastity for priests and holy men. Lastly, in the race suicide section Vliet, address the issue of Chastity killing off humans.
When in reality, its the opposite. Not only does lust kill society as our article clearly articulated, but Chastity promotes sex for reproduction purposes. The death should be of our animalistic selves into our spiritual body. And this is why lust is corrupting our human evolution.
Where do you draw the line with how acceptable lust is in society?