Vervain: When Conviction Becomes Strain

Vervain is the over-effort of the just.

The weather

Traditional interpretations say over-enthusiasm, strain, the reformer who cannot stop teaching. It is close to Vine's will and Impatiens' speed, with a moral heat. Causes need people. They do not need martyrs who have forgotten their own pulse.

Beside the profile

Vervain already lives in this house as a profile: “Over-striving.” The cause, the argument, the over-tense will. Fire that will not sit. Enthusiasm and strain are different climates of the same heat. Bach filed it under Over-care for the welfare of others — for those who over-care for the welfare of others. The profile is the door. This essay is a longer walk around the same weather. Neither is a diagnosis, a product, or a treatment plan.

Conviction is a fire. Unattended it eats the house it meant to warm.

A takeaway

Put the cause down at dinner. If you cannot, the cause has become a self. Number 9's service without a halo is thematic company.

Readers exploring this theme may also find neighbouring rooms interesting. Similar weather across traditions is not proof that one system explains another.