Skip to content

College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

College of Thelema and Temple of Thelema

  • A∴A∴
  • College of Thelema
  • Temple of Thelema
  • Publications
  • Forum
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Collapse

"Come unto me" is a foolish... 'word'?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Thelema
3 Posts 2 Posters 58 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • U Offline
    U Offline
    Uni_Verse
    wrote on last edited by BillieA93
    #1

    While reading Chapter 2 of the Book of the Law today the seventh verse gave me pause.

    It goes as follows:

    "I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. <<Come unto me>> is a foolish word: for it is I that go."

    Perchance I am being foolish... but <<Come unto me>> is not a single word. Is there a significance to this that I am unaware of?

    Something to ponder for the day...

    U J 2 Replies Last reply
    0
  • U Offline
    U Offline
    Uni_Verse
    replied to Uni_Verse on last edited by
    #2

    ABRAHADABRA

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
  • J Offline
    J Offline
    Jim Eshelman
    replied to Uni_Verse on last edited by
    #3

    Metaphysically, a "word" is an enunciation. This is preserved in English usage in such examples as, "Do you have word?" or "I'd like to have a word with you," where usually much more than one word is meant. 😉

    Besides the metaphysical usage, contemporary dictionaries acknowledge similar ideas. Checking a couple of dictionaries, I find definitions of "word" as "a short talk or conversation"(like my example above); "an expression or utterance;" "news; tidings; information" (like my first example); even "a proverb or motto." But the Liber L. quote is covered by the definition, "an authoritative utterance, or command," as in "His word is law."

    1 Reply Last reply
    0

  • Login

  • Login or register to search.
  • First post
    Last post
0
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups