The classical Greeks sometimes described the Great Rift as being the path of devastation left by Phaeton, who tried to guide the chariot of Helios (the Sun god) across the sky and lost control, wreaking havoc before being struck down by a lightning bolt of Zeus.
In alchemy the symbol of the eye, (most likely taken from the ancient Egyptian symbol for the “eye of Ra”) and referred to as Ergon, represents the “right eye of the soul”.
