similia said:
Maybe the serpent can also be seen as a symbol of Hadit, or the branding of Hadit's follower's. The next line of the BoL seems to refer to Nuit, so it seems right that this one is for Hadit, the "secret serpent".
[Hadit's followers? Hadit is the one that goes.]
Hadit is the "secret Serpent coiled about to spring". This identifies him with Kundalini, which seeks to rise up the spinal column to the brain. This makes me think of the Ajna chakra, located on the brow. This is sometimes referred to as the Third Eye.
o splendrous serpent!
O - Ayin - Eye.
The word Splendrous immediately makes me think of the sephira Hod and the mercurial caduceus with it's twin snakes. They remind me of Ida and Pingala that unite with Sushumna at the Ajna chakra.
Pingala - Male - Solar. Ida - Female - Lunar.
(ADM VChVH - Adam & Eve - 70 - Ayin - Eye)
Serpent in Hebrew is NChSh - 358. That's the same value as the word MShICh - Messiah, the anointed one.
o splendrous
serpent!
O-S-S. Ayin, Samekh, Samekh. 190 - the mystic number of the path of Teth/Serpent.