Re: organizations

["Dan" <hornedfox@...>]

Hi Daniel,

Yes, a hermit from other magicians is what I meant :)

Dan

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Gutmanas" <noxerus@h...> 
wrote:
> --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <hornedfox@h...> wrote:
> > I guess the true hermetic path can be the path of the hermit at 
> times ;)
> > 
> > Dan
> 
> Dear Dan,
> 
> A hermit from other adepts? Perhaps (only as a result of 
> circumstance, as I fail to see any reason for it to be necessary), 
> but never a hermit from fellow men. The way I see it, being a part 
> of human society, both on the interpersonal and on the communal 
> level, is an integral part of the human experience while incarnated 
> (perhaps even while discarnated, but it's way to early for me to 
> have any knowledge of that ;).
> I believe that to forsake that part of our lives is not only 
> detrimental to our personal progress (I find it very difficult to 
> understand how one can strive to oneness with the All while 
> distancing himself from humanity, which is after all, a part of the 
> All :), but also contrary to the essential principle of balance.
> 
> I am sorry if you didn't mean all that in your post, but I felt a 
> strong urge to write this as I read your words, regardless of their 
> real intention; I am too familiar with the desire to seperate 
> oneself from society, and by now, also quite aware of how wrong 
such 
> an act is.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Daniel