䷷ (The [Gray] Wanderer°: One restores order to find)
उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत | Rise, awake! Having obtained these boons, understand them! Like the Razor's sharp edge is difficult to traverse, The path to one's Self is difficult. |
—Katha Upanishad, 1.3.14 The nature of Atman, need for ethics and the hierarchy of Reality - Third Valli |
The कठोपनिषद् or कठ उपनिषद् Kaṭhopaniṣad is the legendary story of a little boy, Nachiketa – the son of Sage Vajasravasa, who meets Yama (the Hindu deity of death). Their conversation evolves to a discussion of the nature of man, knowledge, Atman (Soul, Self) and moksha (liberation).The masculine word Nachiketa (नचिकेत/नचिकेता/नचिकेतस्/नचिकेतन्) has various meanings which are interrelated with its other meanings. It is basically a combination of three words- न+चि+केतृ (IAST: na+ci+ketṛ). न (na) means negation, चि (ci) stands for चैतन्य (IAST: caitanya) i.e. unending spiritual energy and केत/केता/केतस्/केतन् (IAST: keta/ketā/ketas/ketan) which is a short form of केतु (ketu) means continuous revolving action.Therefore, literally, the name means the one who does not let his energy be lost in an [endless loop (節 - 60)].
However, there are other meanings of the name which are-- That which is unperceived.
- The quickening Spirit that lies within all things like latent in wood, etc.
- The spirit that gives the unquenchable thirst for the unknown.
- Fire (in simple terms) 離 (lí) radiance = 火 - 30.
According to Hinduism, since fire is considered to be one of the holy & pure elements, Puranas name the first emerged fire as Nachiket.
However, there are other meanings of the name which are-
- That which is unperceived.
- The quickening Spirit that lies within all things like latent in wood, etc.
- The spirit that gives the unquenchable thirst for the unknown.
- Fire (in simple terms) 離 (lí) radiance = 火 - 30.
Action: Explore
综卦 (underlying cause) 60 Limitation: Regulate䷻Hexagram 60 is named 節 (jié), "Articulating". Other variations include "limitation" and "moderation". Its inner trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water.
综卦
是将正卦旋转180度，另成一卦，代表从另一个视点来看此一疑问，能够说是由对方的视点又有从第三者的视点来综观此一疑问，是疑问的另一个面，也是客观的观点。
=> underlying cause/principle/the underlying problem
the 50-year restraining order: the cause, the idea, that is the most important, although it is not easily noticed. A temporary court order issued to prohibit the individual from carrying out some particular actions, especially approaching or contacting this specified person.
互卦 (hidden influence) 28 Critical Mass: Adjust ䷛Hexagram 28 is named 大過 (dà guò), "Great Exceeding". Other variations include "preponderance of the great", "great surpassing" and "critical mass". Its inner trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind, and its outer trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp.
互卦
是由主卦推演而出的，取正卦五四三爻为上卦，四三二爻为下卦，另成一卦，仍取正卦动爻爻位之爻义。代表此一疑问症结地点。
60 is 29 & 58 (29x2)
28 is 57 & 58, logic suite of 56 within the 31-60 scheme and V frame.
the land that is nowhere, that is my true home.
He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind,
and who has not seen enough of the world to feel
that all people are in some sense his own kind. – Willa Cather
Reading at a Glance: It is said that the greatest Wanderers do not know where they are going. This is the openness required to follow the Way. After the zenith of the previous hexagram, there usually follows an anti-climax where the atmosphere becomes uncertain again. ䷷ symbolizes the message that it is the journey and not the destination that is important. Something is changing and I will need to be flexible to adapt. Familiar routines and comfort zones will no longer do. The hidden influence of Critical Mass shows the importance of not becoming too complacent where stability can lead to stagnation and even collapse. The underlying cause of Limitation shows the opposite condition, where we hold to the familiar and abide by rules. For now, the vistas open before me and like the Fool in the Tarot deck, it is time for an adventure. Taking the road less travelled or leaving the ordinary behind is the only way to invigorate your sense of discovery. Wandering or travelling is an opportunity to examine the baggage I carry with me. Perhaps it is time to lighten my load? I might be changing residences or careers and an open-minded attitude will serve me well as I approach the changes. I can be a gardener of people and myself by acknowledging how individual differences can lead me to experience something different about myself. My way is only one way, so I must be open to what Wandering into the unknown can teach me.
has no itinerary.
When travelling,
I must be a gardener
of every new experience.
Tolkien once described Gandalf as an angel incarnate; later, both he and other scholars have likened Gandalf to the Norse god Odin in his "Wanderer" guise. Others have described Gandalf as a guide-figure who assists the protagonist, comparable to the Cumaean Sibyl who assisted Aeneas in Virgil's The Aeneid, or to Virgil himself in Dante's Inferno; and as a Christ-figure, a prophet.
1 Mithrandir, ([miˈθrandir]), his Sindarin name, used in Gondor and meaning "Grey Pilgrim" or "Grey Wanderer" (mith "grey" + randir "pilgrim, wandering man").
Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing;
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.
His sword was long, his lance was keen.
His shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his silver shield.
But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are.
- ― From The Fall of Gil-galad, as translated by Bilbo Baggins
- Narya (the Ring of Fire, the Red Ring) was set with a ruby. Celebrimbor gave it to Gil-galad, who later gave it to Círdan. Círdan entrusted it to Gandalf at the Grey Havens to aid in his labours. The first ring, Narya, was adorned with a red gemstone, which Tolkien states "is set with a ruby". It is seen in the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings, along with the other two Elven rings. But unlike them, it is not said what metal Narya was made of. It is described as having the power to inspire others to resist tyranny, domination, and despair (in other words, evoking hope in others around the wielder), as well as giving resistance to the weariness of time. The name is derived from the Quenya nár meaning fire. It was also called Narya the Great, the Ring of Fire, the Red Ring, and The Kindler. According to Unfinished Tales, at the start of the War of the Elves and Sauron, Celebrimbor gave Narya together with the Ring Vilya to Gil-galad, High King of the Noldor. Gil-galad entrusted Narya to his lieutenant Círdan, Lord of the Havens of Mithlond, who kept it after Gil-galad's death. According to The Lord of the Rings, Gil-galad received only Vilya, while Círdan received Narya and Galadriel received Nenya from the start. In the Third Age, Círdan, recognizing Gandalf's true nature as one of the Maiar from Valinor, gave him the ring to aid him in his labours. This is not revealed until the end of The Lord of the Rings, as Frodo reaches the quayside to leave Middle-earth, when "Gandalf now wore openly on his hand the Third Ring, Narya the Great".
- Nenya (the Ring of Water, the White Ring, the Ring of Adamant) was the chief of the Three. It was made of mithril and set with a "shimmering white stone". Celebrimbor gave it to Galadriel, who used it to protect and preserve the realm of Lothlórien. Nenya: the second ring, Nenya, was made of mithril and adorned with a "white stone". The name is derived from the Quenya nén meaning water. It is also called the Ring of Adamant, the Ring of Water, and the White Ring. The ring was wielded by Galadriel of Lothlórien; its radiance matched that of the stars. Frodo Baggins could see it by virtue of being a Ring-bearer, whereas Sam Gamgee tells Galadriel he only "saw a star through your fingers". It has been noted that "Adamant" means both a type of stone and "stubbornly resolute", a description that equally well suits the quality of Galadriel's resistance to Sauron. Nenya's power gave preservation, protection, and possibly concealment from evil because "there is a secret power here that holds evil from the land". However, the facts that Orcs from Moria entered Lothlórien after The Fellowship of the Ring and Lothlórien itself had suffered previous attacks from Sauron's Orcs sent from Dol Guldur indicate that the power of the ring did not constitute military prowess. It was said that protected as it was by Nenya, Lothlórien would not have fallen unless Sauron had personally come to attack it. Galadriel used these powers to create and sustain Lothlórien, but the Ring also increased in her the longing for the Sea and her desire to return to the Undying Lands. With the Ring's power gone, the magic and beauty of Lothlórien faded, along with the extraordinary mallorn trees (save the one that Samwise Gamgee grew in Hobbiton). Lothlórien was gradually depopulated, until, by the time Arwen came there to die in F.A. 121, it was deserted and in ruin.
- Vilya (the Ring of Air, the Blue Ring) was the mightiest of the Three. It was made of gold and set with a sapphire. Celebrimbor gave the ring to Gil-galad, and Gil-galad gave it in turn to Elrond, who used the ring in Rivendell. Vilya: The third ring, Vilya, was made of gold and adorned with a "great blue stone", probably a sapphire. The name is derived from the Quenya vilya meaning air. It is also called the Ring of Air, the Ring of Firmament, or the Blue Ring. Vilya was the mightiest of these three Rings, as mentioned in the ending chapter in The Return of the King. The exact power of Vilya is not stated, though The Silmarillion states that Celebrimbor had forged the Three to heal and to preserve, rather than to enhance the strengths of each individual bearer as the Seven, Nine, and the lesser rings did). Its power of healing may be particularly strong, as Elrond seems to have been the greatest healer in Middle-earth at the time of the Quest. The ring may have had the power to control minor elements, given that Elrond was able to summon a torrent of water as the Nazgûl attempted to capture Frodo and the One Ring.
- Galadriel was originally named Artanis ("noblewoman") which was her Father-name and Nerwen ("man-maiden"), which was her Mother-name (referring to her height and strength). Galadriel is the Sindarinized version of Telerin Quenya Alatáriel, the name given to her by her lover Celeborn, meaning "maiden crowned with a garland of bright radiance", which referred to her hair.
From Middle French jubile (French jubilé), from Late Latin jūbilaeus. Beyond this point, the etymology is disputed. Traditionally this derives from Ancient Greek ἰωβηλαῖος (iōbēlaîos, “of a jubilee”), from ἰώβηλος (iṓbēlos, “jubilee”), from Hebrew יובל (yobēl/yovēl, “ram, ram's horn; jubilee”), presumably because a ram’s horn trumpet was originally used to proclaim the event.[1] More recent scholarship disputes this – while the religious sense is certainly from Hebrew, the term itself is proposed to have Proto-Indo-European roots. Specifically, this interpretation proposed that Late Latin jūbilaeus is from iūbilō (“I shout for joy”), which predates the Vulgate, and that this verb, as well as Middle Irish ilach (“victory cry”), English yowl, and Ancient Greek ἰύζω (iúzō, “shout”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *yu- (“shout for joy”). In this interpretation, the Hebrew term is instead a borrowing from an Indo-European language, hence ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin, or an independent word with no etymological relation to the Latin word.
"And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai, Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land which I will give you, let the land keep a Sabbath to the Lord. For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them; But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut. That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land. And the Sabbath of the land will give food for you and your man-servant and your woman-servant and those working for payment, and for those of another country who are living among you; And for your cattle and the beasts on the land; all the natural increase of the land will be for food. And let seven Sabbaths of years be numbered to you, seven times seven years; even the days of seven Sabbaths of years, that is forty-nine years; Then let the loud horn be sounded far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of taking away sin let the horn be sounded through all your land. And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family. Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines. For it is the Jubilee, and it is holy to you; your food will be the natural increase of the field. In this year of Jubilee, let every man go back to his heritage." (BBE text of Chapter 25:1-12).
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