Springs of Death and Birth

In mythology, the River Styx is the boundary that separates the living from the dead, symbolising the right movement of identity. As the Mother explains in the Agenda, life and death are just a change in consciousness but there is no fundamental difference. The waters of the Styx feed two other rivers, the burning fire of union, the Pyriphlegethon, and the icy river of separation, the Cocytus, which can be associated with the movement of consciousness towards life and death. In turn, these last two rivers meet in the Acheron.