<![CDATA[04/01/17 - YOD, The Hermit, Virgo]]>April 1
(YOD, The Hermit, Virgo)
Liber VII, Cap. V

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/topic/18840/04-01-17-yod-the-hermit-virgoRSS for NodeMon, 20 Jul 2026 04:01:39 GMTSat, 01 Apr 2017 05:16:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 04/01/17 - YOD, The Hermit, Virgo on Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:32:26 GMT]]>Waiting.
I wait.
I'd rather be alone, waiting,
Then give myself to anyone but her.

She is a star hiding in the company of stars,
Waiting for me with a patience
Greater than mine
Her little hook fluttering in the tiny waves
Of her light streaming
Across the span of the universe
To me.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/105009https://thelema.org/forum/post/105009Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 04/01/17 - YOD, The Hermit, Virgo on Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:46:02 GMT]]>Mercury rules and is exalted in cerebral Virgo (and Venus in her fall). Alchemical quicksilver transmutes the libidinous force, snared on the fish-hook of desire. The sultry drone of the cicada and celebrations of tropical mysteries yield layers of wisdom that sex-denying priests of the West cannot attain. Leading toward a non-dimensional threshold of unity and grandeur, this revelation of rapture and certainty of devotion. As the grey world falls away, the path marked by Eros leads down to a dark, entombed origin, impenetrable to the usual sorts of spiritual rites, and opened only through "passive love," in which the sword of the beloved cuts undefended and deep.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/104999https://thelema.org/forum/post/104999Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:46:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 04/01/17 - YOD, The Hermit, Virgo on Sun, 02 Apr 2017 05:47:04 GMT]]>Parambhakti.
It's hard for me to verbalize anything from this chapter.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/104992https://thelema.org/forum/post/104992Sun, 02 Apr 2017 05:47:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 04/01/17 - YOD, The Hermit, Virgo on Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:08:26 GMT]]>Hold me, enfold me in thy Light as I chant your holy name.

]]>https://thelema.org/forum/post/104989https://thelema.org/forum/post/104989Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:08:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 04/01/17 - YOD, The Hermit, Virgo on Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:14:39 GMT]]>Just come out of temple - I haven't had time to collect my thoughts but I must say that this chapter rivals anything in class A that I've read for beauty* and therefore rivals anything I've ever read in the English language for beauty.
Eros indeed.

*excluding Liber Legis

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