The Star in the West

The Hew wine1 LL philosophies when ultimately reduced to their simplest terms fall either under the subjective or objective systems of thought .' The former is A 1 Argument : This chapter attempts to show how all philo sophies may be equated in corresponding terms of each other ; and how the philosophic principles of Berkeley and Hume , combined , form what may be known as the philosophical theme of Crowleyanity , in which it is demonstrated how all systems are inwardly mystically identical , and outwardly sceptically diverse . Further , how by the study of Berkeley , Hume , and Kant , taken unitedly or separately , the conclusion which is arrived at is, that the Reason alone is inadequate to solve the Great Problem ; for ultimately all systems based on a Rational foundation arrive at an inscrutable mystery— “ God ,” “ A Something ,” “ An å priori ,” beyond which they cannot pene trate . Where Agnosticism and Scientific Buddhism end , Crow leyanity begins . By Qabalistically tackling the question , it proposes a Future to all Rational Philosophies , thereby becom ing a mystical theurgy , whereby the difficulties set in motion by the conceptions of “ Infinite ” and “ Eternal " are overcome by the annihilation of Time and Space , and the reduction of all rational terms to an absolute inertia in zero . From here Crowleyanity becoming purely mystical becomes symbolic , leading those who follow into the Kingdom of the Adepts ; and finally showing how the keynote of all mystical systems of either East or West , is to be found in Ecstasy ; and how the former , arriving at this sublime state by purely mechanical methods , are not so suitable to those Western nations as their own poetic mysticism , as found in the divine works of the Christian Fathers , the Alchymistic Philosophers , and the Mys tical Poets of Ancient and Modern times . 2 There is an old saying , “ All men are born either Platonists or Aristotelians .