The Principle of Polarity

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'Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites... opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet.'.

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Polarity is the principle behind the corpus's paired opposites — sun/moon, fire/water, king/queen — and behind the magical technique of moving a feeling along its own scale rather than fighting it.

Correspondences

Number
4

Practice

Magical Uses
BalanceTransmutation of emotionPolarity workReconciliation

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Summary

'Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites... opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet.'

Keywords
PolarityOppositesDegreesDualityExtremes meet

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