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Card #c317IR // #c317Synthesis

The Spirit is the master, imagination the tool; and the body the plastic material.

— In our words · Source: A Short Enquiry concerning the Hermetic Art (A Lover of Philalethes (Vol. III))

[Use when]

When designing (or diagnosing) a creative system that conflates tool with master.

[Why it matters]

Three-layer workshop: will owns, imagination shapes, body receives.

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