S6E1 SAYID

The best way to describe Sayid's rebirth in the Temple:

ONE HAS TO DIE IN ORDER TO LIVE ON THE ISLAND.

The Island is a spiritual realm.

The Kung Fu master of the Temple is named Dogan. In an odd twist, dogan in Turkish means "falcon." The Egyptian falcon god was Horus, the god of the sky in life, and Osiris, the lord of the dead. Dogen also means "who/what is about to be born," and "who/want is about to rise." Osiris is the god of reincarnation, from which the dead are reincarnated to eternal life through magic. Osiris was called the ruler of "the blessed dead."

Dogan must be the high priest of the Temple who answers to Jacob, the Horus character in the ancient religion. Depending on each kingdom's belief system over the centuries, Horus was the single entity for both life and death, and in other passages merely the god of light (Ra) while his father, Osiris, was the lord of the dead. In the muddled context of the Lost mythology of combining religious and civilization subtexts, it is clear that Jacob was the ruler of the Island realm, and Dogan was his Temple priest. Alpert, a man once confined with chains, was an "advisor" to Jacob, which I now infer to be like a prison "trustee," who serves as a liaison between the warden and the prisoners. MIB/Flocke may be grossly disappointed by the Others (prisoners) not rebelling against Jacob (warden), which led to MIB's continued nullification of power. Flocke does appear to have taken on the featured scorn of Satan when discussing his sole purpose to Ben: he wants to go home. That has to mean heaven, and in a biblical conflict, revenge against those who had banished him from paradise. (The parallel is Widmore being banished from the island and his life long pursuit at any cost to return.)

What does Sayid's reincarnation mean? When young Ben was taken to the Temple because of Sayid's mortal gun shot wound, Alpert told them that Ben "would lose his innocence" and that resulted in Ben become one of them (an Other). He would not have a memory of what happened to him (like Sayid awakening), which means that he may be re-programmed to be one with the Island. An indentured servant who has to work for the Island or its rulers.