What Are the Roots That Clutch

yet the people rebelled against me in the wilderness locusts and wild honey he poured out his wrath on them yet i did what would keep it from profaned in the eyes of the fighting nations do not follow the idols of your ancestors the sacred river flowing dirt remnants of burnt carcass yellow flowers merging with clotted blood naked sanyasis dancing in the charnel ground post mortem rituals ego transcending tantric liturgy molding the mind and desposition prayer beads, flower pujas ,yajna ,mortification of the rotten flesh, summer solstice esoteric dharmic traditions archetypal liminality surface chthonic dieties dragging will you defile yourself what are the roots that clutch what branches grow out of serpents