17. The Idea of Christ in Egyptian Spiritual Life
GA 87/1902-03-01/p014
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Finally in the phoenix bird, which consumes itself in fire and then rises again from the ashes. It is the symbol of the soul. It is composed of the [mythical] primordial spirit, the [materialistic] skeleton of the world, the purely natural existence of the intermediate stages and the human soul, which is supposed to redeem the spirit from nature. The development presents itself in three stages: in the original spirit, the human soul and then in nature.
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