THE 0=2 EQUATION 
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principles. They represented the Yang by an unbroken 
( 
), the Yin by a broken (- -) line. (The first 
manifestation in Nature of these two is Thai Yang, the Sun, 
and Thai Yin, the Moon.) This being a little large and loose, 
they doubled these lines, and obtained the four Hsiang. They 
then took them three at a time, and got the eight Kwa. These 
represent the development from the original I to the Natural 
Order of the Elements. 
I shall call the male principle M, the Female F. 
M 1 
Khien: "Heaven-Father" 
F 1 = = Khwgn: "Earth-Mother" 
M 2 __ li: The Sun 
F 2 -
-
Khan: The Moon 
F 3 -
-
Tui: Water 
M 4 ===== Sun: Air 
Note how admirably they have preserved the idea of balance. 
M 1 and Flare perfection. M 2 and F 2 still keep balance in 
their lines. The four "elements" show imperfection; yet they 
are all balanced as against each other. Note, too, how apt are 
the ideograms. M 3 shows the flames flickering on the hearth, 
F 3, the wave on the solid bottom of the sea; M 4, the 
mutable air, with impenetrable space above, and finally F 4, 
the thin crust of the earth masking the interior energies of 
the planet. They go on to double these Kwa, thus reaching 
the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yi King, which is not only a 
Map, but a History of the Order of Nature. 
It is pure enthusiastic delight in the Harmony and Beauty 
of the System that has led me thus far afield; my one 
essential purpose is to show how the Universe was derived by 
these Wise Men from Nothing. 
When you have assimilated these two sets of Equations, 
when you have understood how 0=2 is the unique, the 
simple, and the necessary solution of the Riddle of the 
Universe, there will be, in a sense, little more for you to learn 
about the Theory of Magick. 
You should, however, remember most constantly that the