Magick Without Tears

THE 0=2 EQUATION 59 electric capacity, colour, moral attributes, and so on. But this remark, although necessary, leads us rather away from our main thesis instead of toward it. P. What happens when we put a minus sign before the index (that small letter up on the right) instead of a plus? Quite simple. X2 = Xl + 1 = Xl + Xl . With a minus, we divide instead of multiplying. Thus, X3 - 2 = X3 -:- X2 = Xl , just as if you had merely subtracted the'} from the 3 in the index. Now, at last, we come to the point of real importance to our thesis: how shall we interpret XO? We may write it, obviously, as Xl - 1 or xn-n. Good, divide. Then Xl -:- Xl = I. This is the same, clearly enough, whatever X may be. Q. Ah, but what we started to do was discover the meaning of Nothing. It is not correct to write it simply as 0; for that 0 implies an index 01 , or 02, or on. And if our Nothing is to be absolute Nothing, then there is not only no figure, but no index either. So we must write it as 0° . What is the value of this expression? We proceed as before; divide. on I o = on - n = on -:- on = - X - . I 0" Of course on -:- I remains 0; but I -:- on = 00. That is, we have a clash of the "infinitely great" with the "infinitely small"; that knocks out the "infinity" (and Advaitism with it!) and leaves us with an indeterminate but finite number of utter variety. That is: 0° can only be interpreted as "The Universe that we know." R. So much for one demonstration. Some people have found fault with the algebra; but the logical Equivalent is precisely parallel. Suppose I wish to describe my study in one respect: I can say "No dogs are in my study," or "Dogs are not in my study." I can make a little diagram: D is the world of dogs; S is my study. Here it is: