Kundalini is actually a Sanskrit word which means either "coiled
up" or "coiling like a snake". It emphasizes a more
serpentine nature to the word, the 'serpent power'. The symbolic coiling
snakes is an ancient symbolic representation of Kundalini physiology.
The symbol, however, is believed to have originated from Hermes and
Greek mythology. Legend says that when the Goddess traveled up the spine just to meet her Divine Mate, that has been seen as the consummated union of Spirit and Matter. She is known as the Goddess Shakti. Mythological interpretation of the goddess says that whenever the Shakti is awakened, she sweeps us up in her wildest passion to reunite with her Lord Shiva in the crown chakra. This Mystical Marriage metaphorically symbolizes the combining of the male and female energies within our bodies which gives birth to our multidimensional consciousness. The procedure helps the soul in living its divine purpose through the human beings.
Goddess Kundalini cannot be remembered for curiosity or selfish reasons. The ego of mankind cannot survive the serpent's wrath of the goddess whose force is fifth dimensional. The goddess has been compared to a forest fire which burns up a huge forest to ashes. Another comparison has been made to a submarine fire which rises up in the ocean as fire and renders the ocean totally devoid of water. It can lead to an earthquake when the central fire of land erupts.