“Death is the inseparable antecedent of life; the seed dies in order to produce the plant, and earth itself is rent asunder and dies at the birth of Dionusos. Hence the significancy of the phallus, or of its inoffensive substitute, the obelisk, rising as an emblem of resurrection by the tomb of buried Deity at Lerna or at Sais.”
Life and death are interdependent cycles; symbols like the phallus or obelisk embody renewal and the transition from mortality to rebirth.
In simple terms: Death precedes life; symbols mark resurrection.
Mortality fuels renewal.
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