![]() ![]() The philosophers of this School, seeking, naturally enough, to amend the evil at the root, inquire into the cause of this existence which is sorrow, and arrive immediately at the “Second Noble Truth” of the Buddha: “The Cause of Sorrow is Desire.” They follow up with the endless concatenation of causes, of which the final root is Ignorance. Huxley says, in his Evolution and Ethics, “Suffering is the badge of all the tribe of sentient things.” It has at least asserted that no known form of existence is exempt from sorrow. Western philosophy has on occasion approached this doctrine. The word means, quite simply, cessation: and it stands to reason that, if everything is sorrow, the only thing which is not sorrow is nothing, and that therefore to escape from sorrow is the attainment of nothingness.) (Shallow critics of Buddhism have wasted a great deal of stupid ingenuity on trying to make out that Nirvana or Nibbana means something different from what etymology, tradition and the evidence of the Classics combine to define it. There is only one way of escape even conceivable, and this way is quite simple, annihilation. It is quite useless to point out to them that certain events are accompanied with joy: they continue their ruthless calculations, and prove to your satisfaction, or rather dissatisfaction, that the more apparently pleasant an event is, the more malignantly deceptive is its fascination. The analysis of the philosophers of this School refers every phenomenon to the category of sorrow. And yet? Is not white the Chinese hue of mourning?) (This idea of universal lamentation is presumably responsible for the choice of black as its symbolic colour. Its primary theorem is the “First Noble Truth” of the Buddha-“Everything is Sorrow.” In the primitive classics of this School the idea of sorrow is confused with that of sin. The Black School of Magick, which must by no means be confused with the School of Black Magick or Sorcery, which latter is a perversion of the White tradition, is distinguished fundamentally from the Yellow School in that it considers the Universe not as neutral, but as definitely a curse. The terminology is unfortunate, but it wasn't I that did it. Do not confuse with the Black Lodge, or the Black Brothers. Hoping that you are now recovered from the devastating revelations in the matter of the Yellow School, I must ask you to brace yourself for disclosures even more formidable about the Black. “Hints” like these are sure to confuse players even more and prolong the oh-so-entertaining game.Chapter VII: The Three Schools of Magick (2)ĭo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. a poodle, but not a dog (but a poodle IS a dog!).a pineapple, but not an orange (two things from the same category).pepper, but not salt (two things that make a pair).a hammer, but not a nail (two related objects).glass, but not a window (something that’s part of something else).the moon, but not the sun (two opposites). ![]() a rabbit, but not a hare (two similar objects).Get the idea? It often takes so long for people to figure out because they focus on the relationship of the things named in the sentence rather than the spelling, which is why it’s fun for the players who know the secret to say phrases like the ones below, with objects that are related to each other in different ways: ![]() So, some things that could go through the green glass doors: Here it is: any word that is spelled with a double letter can go through the green glass doors, but any word that isn’t spelled with a double letter can’t (get the title of the game now?). So, you want to know the secret to green glass doors? (Read how to play here.) You’re really really sure you want to know? Because you’re cheating yourself out of the fun if you do…
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