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
Principle of no-work-no-pay (dies non) long run. Principle of no-work-no-pay (dies non) According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, Dies non is a part of the Latin phrase literally meaning "a day when courts do not sit or carry on business". Dies non juridicum is the full Latin phrase literally meaning "Day without judiciary. According to Webster's New World College Dictionary,the expression "dies non (juridicus)" was used for defining a day which is not a (court) day or a day on which no legal business is carried on. Literally, dies non (juridicus) is "a not juridical day". Dictionary.com estimates that the word might have originated in