THE NEW WINE
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{ 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 .”
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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
.