The Prometheus myth is an Occidental phenomenon. To accomplish such a feat, the ego has to do battle in a solitary struggle. Prometheus represents the archetype of the defiant, rebellious and gigantically ambitious type who refuses to submit to the existing structure and thus to destiny. . . . The testing of his values helped him transcend his individual needs and wishes. He saw beyond his immediate situation and realized during his ordeal that he was dealing with collective wills and factors that would be instrumental later in his reintegration into the pantheon of gods.
Fire is the purest form of substance.
Symbolically, it has come to indicate consciousness, intellect, will, and compulsion. It has also been regarded as sacred energy, as a transcending power. . . . And for the metaphysician, it means spiritual illumination. . . . If everything that changes slowly is explained by life, everything that changes quickly is explained by fire. Fire is ultralife.