The Illuminates of Thanateros and the institutionalisation of religious individualisation
December 16, 2019 DOI: 10.1515/9783110580853-038 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Citations | 3 |
|---|---|
| Key points | The passage clarifies Hines's use of "stochastic" as non-deterministic and traces the "Aeon" metaphor in "learned magic" discourse to Aleister Crowley. It cites Hine 1991, who claims chaos physics will complete the quantum revolution's dismantling of dualistic perception and that the best magick liberates people from oppression. |
Abstract
By 'stochastic' Hines apparently means non-deterministic: a system in which its current state does not determine its next state.14 The metaphor of the 'Aeon' has been a common topos in 'learned magic' discourse ever since Aleister Crowley: see Bogdan 2012.15 See also Hine 1991, who states that if the 'Quantum revolution dealt a death blow to the dualistic perception of the universe, Chaos physics will more or less finish it off.[…] We know that the Universe is much too complex (and wonderful) to be neatly labelled into opposites.[…] Anything might be possible, if we allow ourselves new possibilities.The best kind of magick […] is magick that liberates us from the chains of oppression'.