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ment , was in a real sense
Being itself, for being and
Non -Being , being equally nothingness , are in the same
category .
Herein , however , were motion , interaction ,
stimulus , and no response to stimulus
rendered
, not
only a possibility , but a reality ; and Pure Being , thus
enriched or fertilized
by the
double
interaction , be
came
manifested
as
existence—that
is , conditioned
Being .
Pure Being , the Unconditioned , the Absolute
of
Potentiality
rolled
round
into
pure
Non -Being ,
the
Unconditioned
;
the Absolute
of Impotentiality ,
emerged , energized , and conditioned , and became
the
Limited , the Relative . This is the groundwork
of the
Hegelian
philosophy . ”
Yet
once
again
that added
impulse
arises
in
the
passing
over .
What is it ? Crowleyanity
does not , in
words , explain ; for being beyond reason , it
is both
inexplicable and undefinable in rational
terms ; yet it
directs , and
the
weary traveller , searching
for
the
stone of the wise , has but to follow , guided
by
the
sure and certain
hope
that if he so will , it will guide
him to that great and
glorious
transfiguration
he so
ardently desires .
روا
TIME
Kant , as we have
seen , places
both Time and Space
in the realm of the à priori ; a realm utterly devastated
by Crowley's
scepticism .
Spencer
in
answering
the
questions , What
is
Space ?
What
is Time ?
replied ,
“ Space
is the abstract of
all
relations
of
co
-
existence
.
Time
is
the
abstract
of
all
relations
of
sequence
.”
These definitions have been found wanting
,
chiefly
on
1
Absolute Relativism
,
p
.
114
.