page    on   snake    handling.    
             
                                          
    the goal is anyway to become lucid    
    inside the dream (if the dream is a   
   container) or while the dream takes    
    place (if it is an event). this is    
       somehow to do with serpents.       
                                          
             
  i knew  there  would be snakes, they  
   have this particular shape to them,  
    makes   them   fit  into  cracks,   
          into          seams.          
                             
  (since realm-travelness is inversely  
  proportional to size; larger animals  
      have     to     stay    put.      
   snakes  can  cheat  this  by  being  
      almost     one-dimensional.)      
             
                                          
   eitherway. i did not fully understand  
  which role they would play, or exactly  
    which snakes they would be - the    
         nagas! the snake people.         
                                          
  you will want them to guide you if you  
   can. they are excellent nidra guides,  
    and many will take you on pro bono    
   (i suspect they find amusement in our  
    attempts to travel where we are not   
 easy to be.) the problem is finding one. 
                                          
             
  don't fret  if your meeting does not  
  go  well - talking  to a  snake  is   
  often a recursive matter.  you will   
  meet many times as you fall  deeper,  
  once per  stage, the  snake  taking   
  various forms in succession (stream,  
   snake, half-snake, queen,  stream,   
   thunder).  you  must   repeat  all   
  pleasantries each time as if you've   
  never before met (although the snake  
  may choose to address you as an  old  
   friend, follow  their lead  if so).  
             
                                          
   they have something to do with water,  
  some close relation to it. i've yet to  
   uncover what this is. but you might    
   have a higher chance of finding one    
       close to a river or lake...?       
                                          
 i've also heard them mentioned together  
   with caves or "the world beneath the   
  world". coincidence? you find regular   
    snakes in regular caves. or - could   
  this be a reference to the dark lake?   
   the holy water in the center of your   
            chest. guardians?