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
.