Which Latin phrase translates into English as 'great work', refers to the largest, greatest, or most famous work of an artist, writer, or composer?
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
The Artist at Work one critic, this signifies that his painting has turned to writing. 1. William F. Birdsall. Albert Camus's Jonas, or the Artist at Work: Deciphering a Painting, Solving a Contradiction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275968728_Albert_Camus'_Jonas_or_the_Artist_at_Work_Deciphering_a_Painting_Solving_a_Contradiction. 3. William F. Birdsall. Albert Camus's Jonas, or the Artist at Work: Deciphering a Painting, Solving a Contradiction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275968728_Albert_Camus'_Jonas_or_the_Artist_at_Work_Deciphering_a_Painting_Solving_a_Contradiction. The Artist at Work "The Artist at Work" ("Jonas, ou l'artiste au travail") is a short story by the French writer Albert Camus from "Exile and the Kingdom" ("L'Exil et le royaume"). It has been described as "a satirical commentary on Camus’ personal experience among the Paris intellectual elite of the