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
What Work Is in Detroit. The cadence of many of the poems in the collection are simple free verse. The rhythm and dictation of much of the collection is normal and easily accessible. Though "What Work Is" takes on many sophisticated subjects such as death, love, loss, and struggle, the collection maintains an easy-to-access feeling. Levine's work in this collection is not to obscure or make grandiose, but instead to reveal and show plainly matters that are important. Levine's structures and word choices reflect this mood of his poetry as he rarely uses complicated punctuation or rhythms. Instead of using highly symbolic words