"They Shall Take Up Serpents…"

Yesterday's quick mention of religious snake handling set us off on a minor research tangent. We're accustomed to witnessing the practice via cheesy TV segments, which have always struck us as a tad too overproduced to convey the emotional appeal of grasping serpents in the name of the Lord. Fortunately, The Tubes now contain a full version of the greatest snake-handling documentary ever made: 1967's Holy Ghost People. The clip above contains the meat of the ritual; the snakes come out...