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Solitude and initiation. The prudent hermit lights the way with the lamp of wisdom, descending in order to rise.
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In the Master’s words
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What the card shows
In this Arcanum we find in the waters of life a rising Moon. In the middle section, an aged Hermit in the act of going forward, holding in his left hand the lamp which lights the path. It is the lamp of Hermes, Wisdom. The Staff of the Patriarchs which is in his right hand, supports him.
— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 9
Its esoteric meaning
Arcanum number 9 is the Hermit, Solitude. This Arcanum in its more elevated form is the Ninth Sphere, “Sex”. In the ancient Temples the descent to the Ninth Sphere was the greatest test of the supreme dignity of the Hierophant. Hermes, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Zoroaster, Dante, and many other great Initiates had to pass through the Great Test; descend to the Ninth Sphere to work with the Fire and the Water, origin of worlds, beasts, men and Gods.
— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 9
His synthesis
The Hermit: Initiation “Solitude, Suffering.”
— Samael Aun Weor, Tarot and Kabbalah, ch. 86, Prediction and synthesis