Ophiolatreia or Serpent Worship by Anonymous - Published privately, this book is about the Rites and mysteries connected with the origin, rise, and development of serpent worship in various parts of the world, including Egypt, India and Greece. The book also discusses things such as the supposed Phallic origin of Serpent-worship, ancient monuments of the West, Mexican mythology, and the use of emblems.Ophiolatreia, the worship of the serpent, next to the adoration of the phallus, is one of the most remarkable, and, at first sight, unaccountable forms of religion the world has ever known. Until the true source from whence it sprang can be reached and understood, its nature will remain as mysterious as its universality, for what man could see in an object so repulsive and forbidding in its habits as this reptile, to render worship to, is one of the most difficult of problems to find a solution to.