XXXIV. How a Soul Continuing a Long Time Here

XXXIV. HOW A SOUL CONTINUING A LONG TIME HERE.

When they would denote a soul continuing a long time here, 2 or an inundation, they depict the PHŒNIX the bird: 3 and they denote the soul by it, because this is the longest lived of all creatures in the world; and an inundation, because the Phœnix is a symbol of the sun, than which nothing is greater in the universe. For the sun passes over all and

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scrutinises all, hence he is called . . . . . Polys 1 (much).

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54:1

The Phœnix.
54:2
Qy. 'When they would denote the soul, or an expiring cycle of time, or an inundation?' Of the two first the Phœnix was certainly a symbol, and possibly of the last, on account of its periodical return.
54:3
The Phœnix the Bird, to distinguish it from the Phœnix the Palm branch.—See Ch. 7.
55:1
Phanes? Apollo.

XXXIV. How a Soul Continuing a Long Time Here

XXXIV. HOW A SOUL CONTINUING A LONG TIME HERE.

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