How to Charm a Snake

Charming a snake like the New Delhi street peddlers in India appears dangerous and brave. Yet, you have never seen nor heard of an Indian peasant losing their life charming a cobra. Finding the skill to charm a snake proves to be an interesting adventure. The skill it takes can be learned in the Western Hemisphere by following these steps carefully.

Things You'll Need

  • Indian Basket
  • Cobra (harmless Eastern hognose)
  • Flute
  • Turban
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Instructions

    • 1

      Take the cobra and place him in the Indian basket with a lid over the top.

    • 2

      Draw a crowd by explaining how you just returned from India and learned the magic talent of snake charming. Have the crowd get large, preferably a nice big semi-circle around the spot where you do your charming.

    • 3

      Act it up. Trance and fixate your energies to make enough power to charm the snake. Ask for a moment or two of silence while your get your mystic powers in full force. You want to be able to have complete control over the very dangerous cobra.

    • 4

      Set the basket in front of you as you sit down, cross-legged in a trance.

    • 5

      Pick up your flute, take off the lid and begin to play music and sway the flute. You can chant while swaying if you don't have a flute.

    • 6

      Watch as the cobra lifts its head out of the basket and forms his hood and sways gradually to and fro. Keep playing the music.

    • 7

      Play the music for awhile. Then, take the lid, slowly close the cobra into the basket and ask for rupees.