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The Star in the West

The Star in the West (1907), PDF p. 222

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THE NEW WINE 215 TAGNOSmiths CROWLEYA ! ISTICLINE. PYRRHON THE PY IDEALISM . MYSTICISM , REALISM .) WMO-IDEALISTA AGNOSTICISM . CROWLEYANITY In the centre is MYSTICISM which links together IDEALISM and REALISM , or the Ego to the Non-Ego , and at the same time holds them apart . Without it Idealism becomes Absolute Subjectivity , and Realism Absolute Objectivity. (N.B. The circle of Idealism is the only entirely white circle in the sym bol , and that of Realism the only entirely black one . The ' Jakin ” and “ Bohaz ” of King Solomon's Temple ). Idealism and Realism are further connected by the HYLO-IDEALISTIC circle , which expresses them in terms of science ; and the whole is encircled by the ring of AGNOSTICISM , beyond which philo sophy as philosophy cannot penetrate . The three circles of Mysticism , Hylo - Idealism (Idealism and Realism ), and Agnos ticism ; or Magic , Science , and Philosophy, are all bisected by the PYRRHONISTIC Line of doubt which alone vanishes in the circumference of CROWLEYANITY . This is the outer circle of all , forming , with the Pyrrhonistic Line , a perfect Yin and YANG ; itself the unutterable T A O.
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