A hermit (adjectival form: eremitic or hermitic) is a person who lives in seclusion from society.
In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament (i.e., the 40 years wandering in the desert that was meant to bring about a change of heart).
In the Christian tradition the heremitic life is an early form of monastic living that preceded the monastic life in the cenobium. The Rule of St Benedict (ch. 1) lists hermits among four kinds of monks. In the Roman Catholic Church, in addition to hermits who are members of religious institutes, the Canon law (canon 603) recognizes also consecrated hermits under the direction of their diocesan bishop as members of the consecrated life. The same is true in many parts of the Anglican Communion, including the Episcopal Church in the US, although in the canon law of the Episcopal Church they are referred to as "solitaries" rather than "hermits".
Eremitic is the debut full-length studio album of Seirom, independently released on June 6, 2011.
All music composed by Maurice de Jong.
Adapted from the Eremitic liner notes.
This body isn't me
Take this veneer up off my face
Laws of gravity
Do not exist inside this place
I'm on the outside of myself
Hovering fearlessly about
Once unfathomable to hold
Now will be proven not to doubt
Questions are the answers
So it's known before it's asked
And the reason why it's spoken