Great Work what it has repressed in order to integrate what has been repressed into itself. The term also appears in the Benediction at the end of Crowley's Gnostic Mass, where the Priest blesses the congregation with the words: The LORD bring you to the accomplishment of your true Wills, the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. 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
Sambo (racial term) language sources. "Webster's Third International Dictionary" holds that it may have come from the Kongo word "nzambu" (monkey). Note that the "z" of (Latin American) Spanish is pronounced like the English "s" rather than as the "z" in the word "nzambu". The Royal Spanish Academy gives the origin from a Latin word, possibly the adjective "valgus" or another modern Spanish term ("patizambo"), both of which translate to "bow-legged". The equivalent term in Portuguese-speaking areas, such as Brazil, is "cafuzo". Examples of "Sambo" as a common name can be found as far back as the 19th century. In Thackeray's novel "Vanity