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Card #c297IR // #c297Synthesis

God is not a Mind, but the Cause that the Mind is; not a Spirit, but the Cause that the Spirit is; not Light, but the Cause that Light is.

— In our words · Source: The Divine Pymander (Hermes Trismegistus (tr. Everard))

[Use when]

Use when a system confuses the source with the first emanation.

[Why it matters]

Apophatic brake: even Hermetic Mind-language must not collapse God into a faculty.

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