Magick Without Tears

THE 0=2 EQUATION 61 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