From the rubble, Rael reaches the pink-water pool inhabited by the Lamia. This is a very interesting scene. The Lamia begin to eat him and when they nibble his flesh, they die. Again in the song The Lamia, the line "Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind." He not only learns trust, but he learns love in a way. He is distraught as they die and eats their bodies in order to "bring what is left of them into his being." This is what we look for in a relationship. To bring a part of another person into our own being.
After leaving the pool, Rael finds himself in a freak's ghetto. This is where Rael meets the Slippermen. He has become a Slipperman because he let his passion overrun him. He did learn to love in a way, but let his physical needs overtake his sensibility as it did in his Physical life. The Slipperman test is designed to see if he can live without the tool for absolute physical pleasure. It's a test of his priorities. He meets his Brother John who has succumbed to the same pleasures. They visit the Doktor who castrates them and gives them their yellow tubes holding the source of their problems. Here Rael has taken another step toward salvation.
Rael's yellow tube is taken from him from the raven. John leaves him and tells him he will not help him. This is one of the reasons why John has ended up in hell. John appears not for his own benefit in Rael's journey. He is there to help in testing Rael. Rael goes off and chases the raven to an enormous ravine. The raven drops his tube in the rapids at the bottom of the ravine. He runs along a path along the top of the ravine watching his tube racing down the rapids. As he walks around the corner he sees a sky light above him built into the bank. He can see home through the bank. He starts to run for it. As he does, he hears his brother John struggling in the rapids below. This is his final test to see if he has learned true love.
If he goes through the gate, then he will probably go back to the reconstruction and begin again. If that doesn't happen, then he probably ends up in hell. Nevertheless, he decides to jump into the rapids below. He catches John's arm and pulls his body onto the bank. When he looks into John's face, he sees his own. Rael has saved himself. By choosing to save John, he has saved himself. He has learned what life is all about. It's not about yourself, but about others. He has learned the importance of family. By saving John, he has saved him self. There is a question as to whether he has saved John for both of their physical bodies melt into a purple haze. Rael's soul has now left his body and has gone on to heaven. It is heaven. Just think of all the things mentioned in the song. They are all exhilarating experiences and that's what heaven is.Rael will now live on forever. He doesn't have to worry about making a name for himself. That doesn't really matter. Salvation is what matters. To get there, you have to learn to trust and love others. That is the whole point of the Lamb in my wonderful opinion.
