Serpent

The Serpent and the Tree of the Center (59.5 x 46.5) 1980.
In the middle of the Garden of Eden, surrounded by the primordial waters, on a mound containing a skull (Golgotha) enclosed in the roots, the Tree rises bearing 12 fruits (Ap. XXII, 2) and the phoenix, symbol of life.
Behind it, the rainbow symbol of the Alliance.
The serpent or dragon coils around it and forbids its approach.
(Text commentary by Charles Sahuguet).

The Tree of the Center with Intertwined Serpents (49 x32) 1981.
In the middle of the primordial waters, where 2 whales symbolize living beings, the Tree is at the center of the Garden.
It is cruciferous, which gives it a cosmic dimension, completed by the cross of the 4 rivers coming out of Eden.
The two intertwined serpents symbolize the difficult climb of the vertical axis of shamanism, which is imagined (seen in image) as a 2-way path whose sinuosities evolve between the opposites and which symbolizes the tragic and dynamic ambiguities of life.
The paths intersect and the breakthrough is made at the level of consciousness.
The intertwined serpents are the archetypal model of the mechanism of spiritual and psychological growth.
They are found in the Western tradition, in the form of the caduceus, the staff of Hermes, healer of souls, messenger of the gods and master in the hermetic art of alchemy.
(Text commentary by Charles Sahuguet).