It was these Serpent Kings (priests of the Mysteries) who founded the Mystery Schools

By Manly P. Hall (33°) – It was these Serpent Kings (priests of the Mysteries) who founded the Mystery Schools which later appeared as the Egyptian and Brahman Mysteries.

The serpent was their symbol, for they taught man the use of the creative energy which courses through Nature and his own bodies as a serpentine line of force (Kundalini).”