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Phoenix
By far the Phoenix is the most known mythical bird, There are two versions
of the account of the phoenix. In the first, it is a bird that lives in
India. When it reaches the age of 500 years, it flies to a frankincense tree
and fills its wings with spices. In early spring a priest at Heliopolis
covers an alter with twigs.
The phoenix comes to the city, sees the alter, lights a fire there and is
consumed by it. The next day a small, sweet-smelling worm is found in the
ashes. On the second day the worm has transformed into a small bird, and on
the third has the form of the phoenix again. The bird then returns to its
place of origin.
The second version says that the phoenix is a purple or red bird that lives
in Arabia. There is only one living phoenix in the world at any time. When
it is old, it builds a pyre of wood and spices and climbs on to it. There it
faces the sun and the fire ignites; it fans the fire with its wings until it
is completely consumed.
Some say it is the sun that ignites the fire; others say that the phoenix
starts it by striking its beak against a stone, or that stones gathered with
spices in the pyre rub together to create a spark. A new phoenix rises from
the ash of the old.
Satanic symbol
Note that the Phoenix Bird picture should face to the right, which is the
"good" side in the occult.
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