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| | THE JOURNEY THUS FAR |
 | | But, as I realized while painting it, this Aztec 'cross' is not a cross at all, but an extremely ornate rendering of the 'bicephalic' serpent - a mythological serpent with a head at both ends, facing in opposite directions. |
 | | To the right was another, Christian version of the Harrowing theme: a soul, his hands clasped in prayer, rises from purgatorial flames, cleansed and renewed. |
 | | As the phoenix who rises renewed from the ashes, this alchemical image is also a symbol of death, rebirth, and renewal. |
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