The Star in the West

THE NEW WINE 265 { think of sciousness in a single consciousness , that makes us say , it is of an extended body or idea . This taken together reduces the universe to a lot of minima cogitabilia , linked only by Time ; Anima explained by Ratio . ? Space is Geometry : Time is Arithmetic , i.e. , the geometrical conception , the mathematical conception . Thus , if I a blue pig ten times , that think of is ten blue pigs ; yet in Space there is but one blue pig . Can we reduce Space --which I spiritually com prehend so well , intellectually so badly - to a form of Time (which , vice versa ?) Yes , if we suppose that a definition really accurate of consciousness would division show that only the “ minimum cogitabile ” was truly apprehended at once . ] Thus in the comprehension of Crowleyanity Space seems “ Anima,” Time “ Ratio .” } { } 1 Angelus Silesius also beautifully shows how Time and Space are but inverse measures of the force of the soul , in the Cherubic Wanderer , where he writes : Rise above Space and Time , and thou canst be At any moment in Eternity . Sit in the centre, and thou seest at once What is , what was ; all here and all in heaven . I am as great as God , and he as small as I ; He cannot me surpass , or I beneath him lie . Self is surpassed by self - annihilation ; The nearer nothing , so much more divine . Who is as though he were not - ne'er had been That man , oh joy ! is made God absolute .