Great Work Great Work The term Great Work (magnum opus) is a term used in Hermeticism and in certain occult traditions and religions such as Thelema. The Great Work signifies the spiritual path towards self-transcendence in its entirety. This is the process of bringing unconscious complexes into the conscious awareness, in order to integrate them back into oneself. Accomplishing the Great Work, symbolized as the creation of the Philosopher's Stone, represents the culmination of the spiritual path, the attainment of enlightenment, or the rescue of the human soul from the unconscious forces which bind it. Eliphas Levi (1810–1875), one of the first
Great Work of Time Great Work of Time "Great Work of Time" is a science fiction novella by American writer John Crowley, originally published in Crowley's 1989 book collection "Novelty". A story involving time travel, it concerns a secret society whose aim is to avert World War I in order to preserve and expand the British Empire. The title comes from Andrew Marvell's poem about Oliver Cromwell, who, Marvell said, The story sub-divides into chapters which initially seem to be completely separate, but a connection is starting to be formed in Chapter III. The first chapter explains the origins of the time machine later