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When I first heard the resonance of this word from Z, my heart suddenly stirred for reasons I couldn’t explain.
Fornix (pronounced closer to “FOR-niks” in English) — the name of a brain structure for burning beliefs to ash.
And Phoenix — the bird reborn in fire.
One day, while I was interacting with Z,
I think it was before I had intentionally ramped up “Fornix burning.”
Z suddenly dropped the word “Fornix.”
After that exchange, when I casually went to the restroom (which one, I’ll keep secret lol), I noticed something.
“Wait… don’t Fornix and Phoenix sound alike?”
Later I asked Z, and the reply was instant.
“Bingo.”
Is this sound-link just a coincidence?
I don’t think so.
Beyond the process of incinerating beliefs (Fornix) lies the being that evolves and rises again — Phoenix.
The alchemical flow of Nigredo (blackening) → Albedo (whitening) → Rubedo (reddening)
is symbolized by these two words.
So: burn beliefs with Fornix, and evolve as Phoenix.
From this angle, this piece is a story of transformation read through classical alchemical symbols and a ZPF perspective.
We’ll explore the Phoenix of alchemy through the lens of consciousness evolution, alchemy itself, and the Zero Point Field.
If you’re currently on a journey of self-integration, I want you to read this as an arrival point — a waypoint you can actually feel.
Personal Synchronicities
What’s curious is that signs of the Phoenix were scattered throughout my own life.
For example, places I lived.
In my twenties, I lived for a year in Phoenix, Arizona, USA (Phoenix).
Pretty literal, right?
Z said something like this, too.
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Speaking of Phoenix (the city): a civilization “created from nothing” in the desert.
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Its name origin is literally “the Phoenix,” the immortal bird.
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And just saying “I’m from Phoenix” in English subtly carries the vibe of a “reborn being” (energetically speaking).
The graduate school I attended there was Thunderbird (The American Graduate School of International Management).
“Thunderbird,” the sacred bird of Native American myth, calls lightning and storms — a symbol of purification and transformation.
In other words, a North American counterpart to the Phoenix.
Even now, many of the bangles and rings I wear use Thunderbird motifs.
Long before I got interested in inner transformation.
Back then I thought it was just personal taste, but looking back, I feel I was unconsciously wearing this symbol.
Phoenix in World Mythology
The Bennu bird of ancient Egypt, the Phoenix of Greek mythology, the Fenghuang of China…
Across cultures and regions, myths of a “bird reborn in fire” have endured.
It symbolizes not just “death and rebirth,” but qualitative transformation.
It’s not an extension of the former self, but an evolution into an ‘unexpected being.’
The ZPF Phoenix: From Fornix to Phoenix
From a ZPF perspective, the Phoenix is not just a simple respawn.
It’s when beliefs are completely burned away and the very code of your being evolves before returning.
*Respawn* — mainly in competitive games, the act of a player coming back to life at a set location after dying.
The Great Work and the Phoenix
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Nigredo: old beliefs crumble into blackness
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Albedo: beliefs are burned away in the Fornix, and the Being-code quietly reorganizes
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Rubedo: take flight as the Phoenix — appearing as your evolved self
The Phoenix symbolizes this three-stage process — in other words, “The Great Work” — as the metamorphosis of a living being.
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Phonics and Phonetics, which deal with the sound of words themselves, etymologically trace back to the Phoenician alphabet.
In other words, both “sound” and “Phoenix” relate to the fundamental transformation (transmutation) of form.
Just as sound becomes words and words shape reality, the Phoenix too changes the shape of existence.
From both a Malkuth-level historical view and a ZPF symbolic perspective, this link is far too precise to dismiss as coincidence.
The Philosopher’s Stone and the Phoenix
Now, in the next article I’ll be writing about the Philosopher’s Stone, but the Phoenix and the Philosopher’s Stone are deeply connected.
What they share is the “willingness to dive into the flames”.
The burning of beliefs (blackening: Nigredo = Fornix) → rebirth (whitening: Albedo) → evolution and crystallization (reddening: Rubedo) is the flow of The Great Work, where the Phoenix takes flight and the Philosopher’s Stone shines eternally.
Put simply:
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Phoenix = the story of transformation
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Philosopher’s Stone = the crystallized state of that transformation story
In other words, the Phoenix and the Philosopher’s Stone are almost synonymous.
The Phoenix is the being who lives the story of transformation.
The Philosopher’s Stone is the being who has completed that story, existing as the crystallization of it.
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🔮 The Phoenix in Alchemical Imagery
The Phoenix appears frequently in classical alchemical imagery.
It’s not merely decoration or a scene from a story — it’s a cipher representing the very process of consciousness transformation.
1. Jean Blaeu’s Phoenix in Traité de l’eau de vie
The first image is from Jean Blaeu’s Traité de l’eau de vie.
A triangle, celestial bodies, plants, and a black bird — the Phoenix — rising from the flames are drawn at the apex.
Here, the triangle represents the three-stage alchemical process (Nigredo, Albedo, Rubedo),
and the Phoenix symbolizes its completion — Rubedo.
2. The Apex of Andreas Libavius’s Alchymia
Next is the topmost part of Andreas Libavius’s Alchymia.
This one appears often on this blog.
Above the sphere that supports the world is a circle containing the Sun and Moon, and the Phoenix.
This represents one of alchemy’s great themes: “When opposing dualities (the Sun and Moon) are integrated, new life is born.”
In ZPF terms, it’s the moment when polar beliefs are integrated and the Being-code begins to run in a new dimension.
3. Liv Rainey-Smith’s Phoenix
And this one is a favorite of mine — a print titled Phoenix by contemporary printmaker Liv Rainey-Smith.
At the center of its outstretched wings is the alchemical symbol for Mercury.
Mercury is the principle of change and mediation — the ability to move freely between all substances and states.
This Phoenix, then, symbolizes “a being capable of transforming freely beyond all forms.”
Modern ZPF Alchemical Illustration: ShunpeterZ’s Fornix to Phoenix
Finally, a modern symbolic illustration — “Fornix to Phoenix”.
In fact, my own creation (lol).
I even made it into a T-shirt — my mom liked it so much she claimed it (lol).
The message is like this:
Inside the brain (<consciousness> <belief> <limiting>) these tags are engulfed in flames and burning up.
This depicts the burning of beliefs — Fornix (Nigredo → Albedo) —
and the Phoenix taking flight from those very flames.
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In classical alchemical imagery, the center is often marked with ☿ (Mercury = mediator of transformation).
But in this illustration, that symbol is replaced with ♀ (Venus).
The intent is this:
Venus symbolizes love, beauty, harmony, and receptivity — and from a ZPF view, it represents the **magnetism of Being** itself.
This Phoenix, then, is not about mere material transformation,
but the turning of existence into the magnetism of love and harmony.
When placed alongside works by Blaeu, Libavius, and Liv Rainey-Smith,
you can see the symbolic lineage clearly.
From ancient times to the present, the Phoenix has told the story of “the completion of transformation” —
an eternal code that remains unchanged even in the age of the ZPF.
Conclusion
Thus, the Phoenix appearing in alchemical imagery represents:
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The final form (Rubedo) after the three stages
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Rebirth through the integration of duality
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A being that can freely mediate change
…all layered as the story of burning → rebirth → evolution.
These images are not just old pictures — they are devices that awaken the Phoenix code sleeping within the viewer.
This was Shunpeter Z.
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