Venus the Planet of Love
IN THE 13th Chapter of Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians we find a culogy of ‘lov ‘The word used in the authorized version is ‘charity,’ but it ought to be read as ‘love.’ “‘Love suffereth long and is kind, love vaunteth not herself, ix not puffed up, believeth all things, cndurcth all things ... Whether there be prophecies they shall fail, whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away.** He concludes that in time faith and hope will pass away because we shall kmow the things in which we now have faith and our hopes will have been realized, but love, he eontends, remains forever. The keynote of Venus is ‘love,’ ‘harmony,’ and ‘rhythm,’ and if we want to know her nature we may profitably read that chapter and substitute ‘Venus’ for ‘Love’. Venus vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, re- joices not in iniquity but in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, endureth all things. These sayings are all true when applied to Venus for she furnishes the unifying bond between all members of the human family in whatever relationship they may be placed. It is the love-ray of Venu piercing deeply the heart of the mother which breeds in her the tender eare wherewith she nourishes her offspring 169
