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Crowley's "Berashith"

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    Mike
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    In this work of Crowley's, he refutes the existence of an Infinite multiple times, and declares "infinite space" a contradiction in terms.

    But isn't Nuit the "Goddess of Infinite Space?" Isn't the Macrocosm the "Infinite" that the Microcosm aspires to?

    I grasp that it is a very buddhist text, seeking complete annihilation and such, but I'm very confused as to how this work fits in with the rest of the Thelemic canonical works. Was this written before he accepted the Law? He makes zero mention of anything Thelemic by name (or if he did, I missed it; I am rather exhausted at the moment).

    Any bones y'all could throw me would be greatly appreciated.

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    Jim Eshelman
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    Remember,this was a very early essay by Crowley. I forget the year it was written (and I'm far from my copy of Collected Works at the moment(, but he either wasn't yet an adept, or was very new to adepthood.

    It was a purely intellectual exercise. He got better.

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    Thank Aiwass! I was so confused by this. I was like... He's seriously advocating a buddhist approach... in light of Liber AL? This can't be right, I'm missing something.

    According to some random website, it's from 1898. My PDF doesn't have a date and I can't find another one date to confirm or deny the first one, but it appears to make sense.

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    One good reason that I encourage people to buy the physical books. I don't trust any PER copy I didn't make myself.

    This essay was published in the Collected Works. That means it's before 1909. If I were home, I could look it up in a couple of minutes.

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    One good reason that I encourage people to buy the physical books. I don't trust any PER copy I didn't make myself.

    This essay was published in the Collected Works. That means it's before 1909. If I were home, I could look it up in a couple of minutes.

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