The Star in the West

THE NEW WINE 261 » 1 the one great law of Inertia ; so that the entire Uni verse lies before us , as Luther said of God , “ A blank sheet on which nothing is found , but what we our selves have written . ” Or again , in the words of the divine Spinoza : “final or first causes are only fig ments of the human mind , ” bubbles which must burst before the finite can once again dissolve into the in finite atmosphere of eternity. This seeming duality is that which Crowley infers when he states : “ In any category , infinity excludes finity , unless that finity be an identical part of that infinity .' Laugh , thou immortal Lesbian ! Thy verse runs down the runic ages. Where shalt thou be when sun and star, My sun , my star, the vault that span , Rush in their rude, impassive rages Down to some centre guessed afar By mindless Law ? Their death embrace A simple accident of space ? ? “ In the category of existing things , space being infinite , for on that hypothesis we are still working , either matter fills or does not fill it . In the former , matter is infinitely great ; if the latter , infinitely small . Whether the matter -universe be 1010000light -years in diameter , or half a mile , it makes no difference ; it is infinitely small-in effect , Nothing. " : In the first case being infinitely great all else is crowded out , and it = 0 ; in the second being infinitely small , the un mathematical illusion of the Hindus called “ maya vanishes likewise in O. So likewise does Theism re solve into Pantheism , which itself dissolves into Atheism ; the I = 0 = 0 . | Berashith , vol . ii, p . 234 . 2 Gargoyles , vol . iii, p . 85 . 3 Berashith , vol . ii, p . 234 .