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The snake slithered along my shoulder and coiled around my left
arm above the elbow.

slithered: Twisting and crawling motion of the snake

The snake moved in such a way that it wrapped itself on the
doctor’s left arm like a coil.

The hood was spread out and its head was hardly three or four
inches from my face!

hood: head of the snake.

It was in such a position, just 3 -4 inches away from his face, that if
he would have moved slightly, the snake could have bitten him.

It would not be correct to say merely that I sat there holding my
breath. I was turned to stone. But my mind was very active.

The doctor says that he was not only holding his breath but had
turned into a stone, just like a statue. Although physically, he was
still like a statue, but his mind was working very actively. He was
thinking what he should do next.

The door opened into darkness. In the light of the lamp I sat there
like a stone image in the flesh.
There was darkness all around him. Outside the room, inside the
room, it was all very dark. There was only single light, the light of
the lamp and in that light,
he was sitting like a statue.

I felt then the great presence of the creator of this world and this
universe. God was there.