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Essays from the Frater Eisenheim Blog tagged ethics.
An essay on how the alchemical axiom solve et coagula illuminates the processes of dissolution and ethical reconstruction that run through ordinary life, from work to mourning.
Read essay →An essay on the legend of the Golem of Prague, its roots in Jewish mysticism and in the Sefer Yetzirah, and the ethical questions that the artificial creation of life has always imposed upon humankind.
Read essay →An essay on the duality between good and evil as pedagogical forces of consciousness, in the light of philosophy, religious traditions, and spiritual experience.
Read essay →An essay on the moral responsibility of the ceremonial practitioner, poised between the humility demanded by the sacred and the discipline that guards against the vanity of power.
Read essay →An essay on how Masonic allegory — the square, the compass, the plumb line and the level — becomes an ethical path of inner lapidation, respecting the mystery and free will of the student.
Read essay →An essay on the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, the reparation of the world, and its ethical resonance for every seeker who wishes to unite faith and transformative action.
Read essay →An essay on the philosophical and ethical distinctions between theurgy and goetia in ceremonial magic, and what each path reveals about the soul that walks it.
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