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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Prospectus
The Rebirth of Alchemy
The main reason for this exposition on the nature of subject and object has been to give a conceptual basis to support my upcoming animations on consciousness and circle symbolism. However, this essay also has another purpose, to create contexts that support a clear conceptual understanding of ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Noesis
Consciousness
I've now arrived at the question, 'where is consciousness in all this?' I would say consciousness occurs due to the reflection of the manifested world of objects upon the pure awareness of the primal subject. As such, consciousness is a mixed state between the two. On the one side, it's ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Emanation
The Consequent Subject
Until now I've only considered the primal subject and its emanations in the singular. I haven't yet described the nature of the consequent subject - the subject when seen as clothed in the manifestations of its emanations or in the manifestations of other subjects. But how can the ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Shell
Emanations as Creations
So far we've considered the primal or unconditioned subject and its emanations as two separate things. But the emanations of the unconditioned subject don't immediately disappear or dissolve because they continue and undergo further transformations.
The emanations of the primal subject extend as rays of energy from an unseen ...
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