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Phoenix
In
Phoenicia, the god Phoenix was embodied by the Sacred King
who was cremated and then reborn. The
king's soul, released by the fire, assumed bird form above
his pyre. The symbol of the Phoenix has endured through many
mythologies, and is to be found in Renaissance art, Alchemy,
Muslim traditions, and even in China.
"From
the ashes, I rise" is
the soul call of the Phoenix, who, in legend, knows when
the time has come to die.
He sets afire his nest, symbolizing all that he has called
home, all that he has created, all that has defined what
he is. . . and
then enters the fire. From the ashes anew, reborn, the glorious
Phoenix arises, to fly into a new beginning.
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