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Reading The Red Book (39) – Seven Sermons to the Dead

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Symbol Reader

We are still focusing on The Seven Sermons to the Dead, which are part of Scrutinies, the final section of The Red Book. In my previous posts, I looked at sermons one and two while this one is dedicated to the third sermon and … Continue reading →

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Notes on Good and Evil

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Symbol Reader

I. “Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence. From these contraries spring what the religious call Good & Evil. Good is the passive that obeys Reason. Evil is … Continue reading →