What Is The Phoenix?

How you shape your visual representations of reality can serve as a vehicle for displaying your own inner light, even in your darkest moments.

And now, tell me, what is the Phoenix?

- Isn't it Ra's soul?

- AND?

- Isn't it Osiris too?

- AND?

- I don't know anymore, Cheops confessed.

- Then come with me, I will show you the Phoenix, before I reveal its nature to you.

Anhaf moved away, while Cheops followed the Great Seer, who led him around the base of the obelisk, a four-part set of sloping blind walls, each one hundred and fifty paces long and more than one hundred and fifty feet high. steps. Only a low and narrow door, located behind the massive monument, gave access to the interior of the monument, which, at first glance, seemed full, intended only to serve as a plinth for the obelisk. They entered a low, square hall, lighted by oil lamps, set upon narrow boards formed by a broad brick inserted in the masonry, behind which polished copper plates were fixed, to reflect the feeble light of the lamps. The four walls of the hall had only one opening: apart from the entrance, the other three sides opened to deep galleries, also lit by burnt earth oil lamps.

Benu grabbed the arm of Cheops, who wanted to go to the gallery in front of the entrance door.

How confidently can you venture into the unknown, guided by your senses, to reveal a visual perception to guide you down the right path?

Penetrating the hidden sanctuaries of knowledge fuels your courage to follow those who have the vision to discover them, in accordance with the subjectivity of your own experience.

- Prince, he said to him, you are showing a bravery and a determination that could be fatal to you, thus setting off for the first door you meet on the way, without thinking!

- What kind of thinking would make me choose one door and not another? Cheops said in wonder.

- A kind of thinking that is acquired not through science, but through intuition. See: in front of you, to the left and to the right are three doors. Each one opens to dark galleries, with many detours, they intersect, lead to dead ends, to bottomless wells or to stairs that take you, slowly, into the bowels of the Earth. But only one door can lead you to the place of ultimate initiation. The others are like the Duat, like the world of the dead, haunted by demons, full of deadly traps. The daring profane who would enter alone and secretly into the hall where we are, and enter at random into one of these galleries, trying to learn its secrets, would certainly never reach the light again, disappearing into the midst of darkness. For in the deep and remote parts of these galleries, the light suddenly disappears and probably the one who ventures finds himself in the most impenetrable darkness.

- If he is prudent, he can take a torch with him.

To what extent can you own the perspective that a building is not just a shelter, but a visual representation of a balance between exposure and protection, in perfect symbiosis with the surrounding nature?

- Do you feel equipped with all the necessary resources to face the darkness that awaits you, or is there still much to discover on the road to true sight? In a labyrinth so carefully constructed, is the light of your own consciousness enough to guide you, or is more understanding needed to decode the hidden messages of the architect who designed this space?

- Let me tell you more. We do not know by what mystery these lamps, which burn all the time, eat the air. But if the skilful architect who designed this construction and these galleries had not provided numerous ventilation ducts, which take the air from outside, those who would enter these galleries would die of suffocation. Now you must know that only the single corridor, which leads to the mysterious heart of the sanctuary, receives air from the outside. That's why we can reach and stay there with lamps and torches, without running the risk of running out of air. But the profane who would get lost through the other labyrinthine galleries - if the god does not help him find the way that will bring him back to the lighted places and to the exit - would soon perish. For if he continues to light his way, the fire will burn his air and he will soon die of suffocation, and if he extinguishes the torch, he will soon die of thirst and hunger in the darkness.

- Benu, you scare me! What treasure is hidden in the heart of this sanctuary, to be thus protected?

- Do not think that there are riches in gold and lapis-lazuli. There are things that the profane can neither see nor touch; for it would provoke the wrath of Ra and Isis. And you will find out the reason after you penetrate the secrets of such a mystery. If I tried to reveal them to you now, you would either not understand my language, or I would reveal to you what is yet to be revealed except to the initiated. Now follow me with confidence.

An aspirant to the status of omniscient must have something of the quality of an architect: he must relate intuitively to the dynamics of space, having the conviction that structure corresponds not only to a physical necessity, but also to a higher visibility necessary for survival.

Phoenix is a mysterious labyrinth, the sacred space of knowledge, into which few dare to enter, and even fewer manage to find their way out. The architect of this labyrinth is not only a creator of spaces, but an opener of new perspectives in the interpretation and use of the world, given that every element is strategically placed to facilitate a revelatory experience.

Initiation into the mysteries of this sanctuary is, in itself, an experience that shapes your perception of the world and your role in deciphering and obeying the unwritten laws of nature and divinity. In the context where reality and symbolism intertwine in the design of this sanctuary, how should you interpret those secret, closed passages whose access is strictly controlled by ventilation engineers?

* Note: Rachet, Guy - Cheops and the Ibis conjuration, Lucman Publishing House, 2003.