This is the twenty-fourth (and last) part of my essay series “Inner Work with the Planets”. If you haven’t read the earlier parts yet, I suggest you start with part 1 to get the most out of this essay.
At long last, we have reached the end of this essay series – and boy, what a ride it has been!
Starting out in January, we’ve walked a long and winding road together. From material life on earth up there to the fixed stars and beyond, we’ve seen and experienced it all.
In particular, we’ve ascended through the spheres of the seven classical planets together, and more than once: first to get to know the planets and their coins, and then again to discover the meaning and importance of such an ascent, and how we can put it to good use.
We’ve also investigated a sizeable amount of Hermetic concepts, have dived into the history of Hermeticism and the Hermetic treatises, and have meandered down more than one tempting rabbit hole, only to emerge on the other side hopefully a little wiser, but definitely a little dustier and covered in cobwebs from squeezing through these rarely traveled nooks and crannies.
Throughout all of this, I’ve continously suggested stuff for you to do (besides reading these essays, of course): Mostly things to contemplate and to reflect upon, but also specific techniques for your inner work with the Hermetic planets, from simple journaling through discursive meditation all the way to spiritual practices.
And to top things off, in the last essay, we even went on a foray into some completely different system of spirituality, just for fun.
(Travelling to foreign places expands the own horizon, after all, and helps us to see that which is closer to us from a new perspective…)
But now, finally, we’re at the end of the series. And looking back at all the fun we’ve had, and all the topics we’ve covered, one last question remains to be answered. This question is simple:
Now what?
