Davit

“Death prepares the new, purely spiritual birth, access to a mode of being not
subject to the destroying action of Time.”
― Mircea Eliade, Rites and Symbols of Initiation

“It must never be forgotten that initiatory death simultaneously
signifies the end of the "natural," noncultural man, and passage
to a new modality of existence-that of a being "born to spirit,"
that is, a being that does not live solely in an immediate reality.
Thus initiatory death forms an integral part of the mystical process
by which the novice becomes another, fashioned in accordance with
the model revealed by the Gods or the mythical Ancestors. This
is as much as to say that one becomes truly a man in proportion
as one ceases to be a natural man and resembles a Supernatural
Being.”
― Mircea Eliade, Rites and Symbols of Initiation

“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
― Matthew the Apostle, The Holy Bible: Gospel of Matthew

“That was the turning point. Since that day, I've lived a lie. The lie of living. My name too was a lie. My personal history, a lie. Nothing but lies. I was sick to death of a world that couldn't be changed. But even in my lies, I refused to give up in despair. But now this incredible power... it's mine... Well, then...
- Lelouch Vi Britania”
― Ichiro Ohkouchi