Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

“Farther south the thunderbird symbol merged with the quetzal and the serpent feathered with quetzal plumes. The quetzal was identical in meaning with the phoenix of Asia, North Africa, and the Near East. The feathered serpent symbolism can be traced back to the hooded Nagas, or serpent gods of India, and to the winged serpents which occur in the writings and sculpturings of the Egyptians.” The phoenix is also “the ancient symbol of human aspiration toward Universal good.” Barbara Walker, a radical feminist, reveals that the Egyptians and Phoenicians believed that the phoenix was the representation of a god who “rose to heaven in the form of a morning star, like Lucifer, after his fire-immolation of death and rebirth.... ” One former witch explains: “The Phoenix, or Bennu is believed to be a divine bird going back to Egypt....This Phoenix destroys itself in flames and then rises from the ashes. Most occultists believe that the Phoenix is a symbol of Lucifer who was cast down in flames and who (they think) will one day rise triumphant. This, of course, also relates to the raising of Hiram Abiff, the Masonic ‘christ.’” [Emphasis in the original]

With the continual rebirth of the phoenix, it became a symbol of reincarnation and eternity. E. A Wallis Budge writes: “The Morning Star was the ferryman of OSIRIS, or