Part 1
'The snake had charmed me' — the map of Africa with the river resembling an immense snake uncoiled.
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From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Congo River as snake charming the bird, a journey backward in time to 'the earliest beginnings of the world,' and into the self.
Part 2
Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings.Read in Books4Free →
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