The soul never thinks without a phantasm.
— Aristotle, De Anima III.7, 431a14
This statement by Aristotle sums up perfectly why theurgical operations fail. The pure part of our soul requires our imagination to communicate…and imagination is fickle.
Unreliability & Human Error in Theurgy
In our bodily incarnation we think and experience everything in linear terms while spirit is the opposite. That is the nature of the world of matter, it is given a strong sense of separation so that the experience of time, space, past, present and future, cause and effect. Having an individual existence and experiencing physical sensation is only possible because of it.… Continue reading