Session 73: what is the "evocation of the great cross of life"?

[Sacred Fool]

Ankh, Ra was unequivocally referring to the Kabbalistic Cross which is traditionally done at the beginning and end of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.

"Unequivocally" seems overstated considering that one could argue that, if Ra meant to refer the Kabbalistic Cross, then that specific term would have been used.  Alternatively, Ra may have used a more general term to account for the fact one need not necessarily use that specific artifact of ritual to accomplish the larger purpose.

The "Great Cross" could be interpreted a reference to the following.  The lateral arm represents the time-bound world of everyday life, and the vertical post represents eternity upon which the time-bound is loosely hung.  To evoke the Great Cross, then, would be to harness the temporal to the eternal (at the point of origin, if you will) so that the moments spend therein were spent in both worlds simultaneously.  This construction comports nicely with Ra's description of so-called magical working and, again, that specific ritual is not indispensable to the act.

I'm posting this simply to add some food for thought for the next person who wanders across that phrase and wonders about it.