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In mythology, the scarab embodied rebirth and the sun's eternal cycle and symbolizes Khepri—the god who rolled the sun across the sky— reflecting daily passage from dark to light. Egyptians believe this cycle mirrors the soul's journey, placing heart-scarab amulets on the dead to guide their safe transformation into the next world. 

On the playa, Burners hold sunrise & sunset with similar reverence, gathering to witness the desert shift from brilliance to shadow and back. SS aligns with these moments, mirroring dawn's awakening and dusk's descent through its lighting sequences. As participants approach, symbolic light pulses and spectral patterns emerge, inviting them into a personal ritual of release and renewal.

By uniting myth with playa transitions, Spectral Scarab becomes a modern Axis Mundi—a threshold where day, night, body, and spirit converge. It offers a space to let something die, greet what is reborn, and recognize the transformational power held within each cycle of light.