This book is dedicated to Lord Serphant

(deceased 21 September 1996)

and the Family of Serpent Stone

(. . . and the Coven grows)

Ever changing, ever coiling

Ever circling, ever opening

Serpentine, your mystic coursing,

Take us to the center.

Down into the very core

Back around and down once more

Serpent changing back again

Three times three we dost descend.

Shed our skins of other days

shed our fears and other ways

Spiral spin the dance around

Draw the magick fire down.

—“The Serpent Spiral”
©1997 by David Norris