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
Ludovicus a S. Carolo Ludovicus a S. Carolo Ludovicus a S. Carolo (secular name Louis Jacob, Latin form "Ludovicus Jacob") (20 August 1608 – 10 March 1670) was a French Carmelite scholar, writer and bibliographer. He published the first yearly lists of printed books. He was born at Châlons-sur-Marne (according to some at Chalon-sur-Saône), the son of Jean Jacob and Claudine Mareschal. He entered the Order of Carmelites of the Old Observance in his native town, and made his profession 11 June 1626. While in Italy (1639) he took great interest in epigraphy, regretting the wholesale destruction of inscriptions in the catacombs. A lasting