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To descend into the body, to reincarnate in the flesh is itself a kind of crucifixion. Note that the head and trunk are right-angled by the right and left arms forming a cross. This is symbolic partly of the loss of higher consciousness which this descent entails and partly of the pains and miseries which appear intermittently during embodiment.

-- Notebooks Category 9: From Birth to Rebirth > Chapter 2 : Rebirth and Reincarnation > # 170