The Light of the day · October 1
Every morning, Inspiriel gives a word from your Tradition - a chosen quotation with its source, never a slogan. Here is today's for each of the twelve Traditions. It changes tomorrow.
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Hermetic
« Like is known by like: to understand the great, the soul makes itself great. »
- Corpus Hermeticum, XI -
Kabbalah
« The light of the first day was not put out: it was set aside in reserve. »
- Talmud, Haguiga -
Martinist
« Follow the law of fire, and rise with it into the dwelling of light. »
- L'Homme de désir, 97 -
Alchemy
« Light comes forth from darkness of its own accord: no one needs to force the dawn. »
- La Lumière sortant des ténèbres -
Caribbean
« At a work-sharing you come at dawn, you leave when the field is done, and nobody has counted the hours. »
- Tradition créole -
Christian
« Praised be thou, my Lord, for Brother Sun, who brings the day, and through whom thou givest light. »
- François d'Assise, Cantique des créatures -
ॐ Hindu
« “Hear, O sons of the immortal!” - so the old song opens. A dawn is always an address. »
- Shvetâshvatara Upanishad -
Buddhist
« By effort and heedfulness, the wise one builds an island no flood can overwhelm. »
- Dhammapada, II -
Templar
« None enters here with gold or with silver: what one owned stays outside. »
- La Règle du Temple, la réception -
Masonic
« Each morning, the tools are exactly where they were left: it is the hand that returns changed. »
- Inspiriel -
Jewish
« I give thanks before Thee, who hast returned my soul within me in mercy: great is Thy faithfulness. »
- Prière du matin (Modé ani) -
Islam
« The first valley is that of the Quest; one enters it leaving behind what one thought one owned. »
- Attar, Le Langage des oiseaux -
First steps
« The day does not ask to be a success: only to be begun. »
- Inspiriel
In the Sanctuary the light arrives at your hours, in your language, and the Path tier opens three a day.
Receive it every morning
Create my Sanctuary The first tier costs nothing.