Summary: Lecture quote: "Depicted in the graphic of the 17th Arcanum is a beautiful woman who rests comfortably on top of the waters, who bears in her two outstretched hands, two vials; one of gold and one of silver. Obviously the woman who appears without any veil is the revealed Isis: The Divine Mother, who appears in all her splendor, revealed and unclothed before the Divine sight of the initiate. To the common man she remains veiled, mysterious and invisible, and that is because true hope is not born in the hearts of the common man. The common man has vain belief, the concept of Hope, but not the experience of it. This unveiled vision of Isis, the Divine Mother, manifests in the consciousness of the one who knows the science of Venus, who knows how to unveil the mystery of the Divine Mother, whose mystery is only revealed to those who worship her in accordance with her laws."
