I still stand by my last post.

The snake gave you it's protective power and was no longer needed.  It was eaten.

Hm, Tourbi, I don't know on that one.  If I'd had that dream more recently I'd probably agree, but at that point I was about to enter into a period during which I needed all the protection I could get (a couple of Rottweillers, a flak jacket, a PopeMobile, and an entire spirit SWAT team--although D. did a damn good job, under the circumstances)!  

Doe

Yea, and it was transferred to you when you would need it.  You know what happened, you don't know what might have happened.
Who knows.

Oh, yeah...good point!  I know damn well what would have happened to me, and I've thought about it a lot, and I know that other people aren't so lucky sometimes.  I often say to D. that if he hadn't been around from the beginning I'd be in the Emergency Psych ward at Bellevue right now in a straight jacket, with drool dribbling down my chin, muttering something about how I was Mary Magdalene!  It's very scary to think what it would be like to "open up" like that with no point of reference or guidance or protection.  I thank the Creator for it every day.

Doe