THE NECESSITY OF MAGICK 
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Nescience; and this is very much like the Buddhist idea of 
Nibbana. 
We who accept the Law of Thelema, even should we 
concur in this doctrine theoretically, cannot admit that in 
practice the plan would work out; our aim is that our 
Nothing, ideally perfect as it is in itself, should enjoy itself 
through realizing itself in the fulfillment of all possibilities. 
All such phenomena or "point-events" are equally "illusion"; 
Nothing is always Nothing; but the projection of Nothing on 
this screen of the phenomenal does not only explain, but 
constitutes, 
the Universe. It is the only system which 
reconciles all the contradictions inherent in Thought, and in 
Experience; for in it "Reality" is "Illusion"; "Free-will" is 
"Destiny"; the "Self' is the "Not-Self'; and so for every 
puzzle of Philosophy. 
Not too bad an analogy is an endless piece of string. Like a 
driving band, you cannot tie a knot in it; all the complexities 
you can contrive are "Tom Fool" knots, and unravel at the 
proper touch. Always either Naught or Two! But every new 
re-arrangement throws further light on the possible tangles, 
that is, on the Nature of the String itself. It is always 
"Nothing" when you pull it out ; but becomes "Everything" 
as you play about with it,· since there is no limit to the 
combinations that you can form from it, save only in your 
imagination (where the whole thing belongs!) and that grows 
mightily with Experience. It is accordingly well worth while 
to fulfill oneself in every conceivable manner. 
It is then (you will say) impossible to "do wrong," since all 
phenomena are equally "Illusion" and the answer is always 
"Nothing." In theory one can hardly deny this proposition ; 
but in practice-how shall I put it? 
"The state of Illusion which for convenience I call my 
present consciousness is such that the course of action A is 
more na tural to me than the course of action B." 
1. N + N = Two or Naught; one is the Magical, the other the Mystical, process. 
You wili hear a lot about this one day!