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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Tuesday, 14 August 1906
Am still very much below par. Not that I feel bad; but I sleep absurdly after massage.
"Armageddon". the final conflict—mysticism and health. Where the rationalist argument breaks down; necessary for it to prove that samadhi is a diseased process. Low phenomena of "visions", light, sound etc. not at all true mystic powers—they are the spermatomhoea of the mystic yod. This is a separate essay—not my commentary on Revelation.
"Space". As an illusion.
(1) it is a function of Time. Discuss the Chinese "li" and draw largely on my experience.
(2) (?who) states this can never be eliminated from consciousness. Answer: the civilized man's thought rarely includes so crude a conception. Abstract ideas are incompatible with a belief in space.
(3) Refer to and amplify Kant's proof.
(4) Effect of Hashish (quote Ludlow) (5) What does samadhi say?
My comment on Apocalypse.
(1) The Qabalah and the Bible; a preliminary essay, justifying my whole position. Christ on Qabalist: "He that is able to receive it, let him receive it!" Qabalah spiritual; removes Bible from silly rationalistic criticism e.g. 3 Magi or Kings 3. No odds; it's the 3 that matters.
(2) The correspondences with table. Their use in interpretation. The Golden Rule "The most spiritual meaning the right one" so that even if John wrote of Nero and Rome, you turn his dross into gold. Alchemical side-issues: the symbols of the Æsch Metzareph.
(3) The Commentary.
(4) Appendix—the connection with Daniel (or this can go in with 2).
Notes on Q[abalistic] symbolism of
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Thieves etc. Paroketh.