Which poem? IIRC the poem only indicates that Phoenix begins and closes the Cycle. I have always understood that the decadent Phoenix closes a Great Cycle (17 Cycles) and that a reborn Phoenix opens a new Great Cycle. Opinions will of course vary. ;) James Griffin, Still Another Vlad faN >From: Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> >Reply-To: Maximilian Wilson <wilson.max at gmail.com> >To: "Dragaera (E-mail)" <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: [SKZB] Reborn Phoenix >Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:12:18 -0600 > >According to the poem, a reborn Phoenix (if it's different from a >decadent Phoenix) should come at the very end of the Great Cycle, >followed then by a decadent Phoenix. But with Tortaalik/Zerika, we saw >just the opposite, and then Zerika handed off power to a Dragon. > >Any comments? > >Max Wilson > >-- >I die! I mis-remember my friend's telephone number and dial >into a hydroelectric dam's power line, electrocuting myself. >My roommates mistake my flailing spasms for sign language, >coincidentally describing a delicious recipe for fried tungsten >with petroleum jelly. They try the recipe. >All die! O, the embarassment.