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
Hack writer used for journalists that are perceived to take partisan sides. For example, if a writer criticized a Republican for a position or action but then excused a Democrat who took the same position or made the same action, that writer might be accused of being a hack for the Democrats. The term "hack" has been used by some UK journalists as a form of humorous, self-deprecating self-description. The term was popularized in the UK by "Private Eye" magazine, which refers to male journalists as "hacks" and female journalists as "hackettes." Hack writer A hack writer is a pejorative term for