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THE ATLAS OF THE ONE AND THE MANY
ἐπιστροφή · the return
the return
nature
The inward movement: everything that proceeds also turns back toward what it came from, and by turning back becomes fully itself. Proclus makes this a law — remaining, procession, return, in that order, at every level.
The bench's most common shape: the reed to the reed-bed, fan in Taoism, and teshuvah. But see where they part — this return is what reality does, and teshuvah is what you can do on an ordinary afternoon, having wronged someone.
rhymes with
sephirahbinah
whyThe great sea all rivers run back to — teshuvah's own home on the Tree.
tags
epistrophe · return · reversion · teshuvah
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