Aeon

But as with the 0=2 equation, the value of the notion of "aeons" is not to be sought finally in literalism, but in metaphor. The Aeons of Isis, Osiris, Horus, and Maat, refer not to time periods in human history, but rather to human individuals' modes of experiencing and reacting to their world. There are places in his writings where it seems that Crowley realized this truth instinctively (as in the postscript to Chapter 38 of Magick Without Tears, where he describes three types of female psychology, the Isis, Osiris, and Horus "classes"). Thus, we ought to examine ourselves, our societies, and our entire history for the psychological qualities exemplified by Isis, Osiris, Horus, and Maat, without being constrained by the unnecessary restrictions which are imposed by literalism upon those who are unimaginatively "religious". It may well be that Isis types of behavior were the rule during the Neolithic, or that Osirian psychology has predominated for the past two millennia, but such ideas can only be supported or contradicted (not proven or disproven) by careful studies using uniform methodologies, controlled vocabularies, and statistical analyses.
----A; Aion; Æon; Æ; Æsys; Axsys
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