Ecdysis*

Ecdysis is not a misspelling of a word.  Ecdysis is what a snake does when it sheds its entire outer skin all in one piece.  We think of the snake only as something yucky that can kill us with its venom.  But ecdysis shows the snake as a sign of rejuvenation.  So it can be a symbol of healing which is why medicine has as its symbol, the snake wrapped around a pole.  The pole is the walking staff of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine.  Asclepius used the staff as he walked around from town to town to treat patients.  It is why Moses’ deity told him to make a statue of a staff with a snake wrapped around it.  The snake that had been killing people can also be an agent of healing in the right hands.  Alcohol can kill you and heal you. Pour some 90% proof on a wound and it can heal you by killing the germs.  Drink it and well, bye bye.  Recovery or spiritual enrichment is like trying to shed old skin, to reveal a new skin underneath.  Patience, since it does not happen all at once.