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The Khabs is in the Khu
AL I, 8 is the first verse of many we come to in The Book of the Law that frankly looks odd. "Every man and every woman is a star"[1] we can grasp. "Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart & my tongue!"[2] is obscure, but parses without much difficulty. But "The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs"?[3] What on earth does that mean?
The answer is not complex, but is subtle, and can be difficult to grasp. But its position as verse 8 of 220 should give some clue as to its importance, and indeed in these twelve words is summed up the key message of Chapter I.
According to Budge, "Khabs" literally means "star," whilst "Khu" literally means "spirit". Another translation is "starry sky" and "spirit-soul," respectively, which is close to the same thing. In Crowley's "new comment"[4] he says:
Khabs is the secret Light or L.V.X.; the Khu is the magical entity of a man … Khabs means star … This "star" or "inmost light" is the original, individual, eternal essence. The Khu is the magical garment which it weaves for itself, a "form" for its being beyond form, by use of which it can experience through self-consciousness.
Here, "Khabs" is referred to the "individual, eternal essence" which is described in AL I, 3: "Every man and every woman is a star." "Khu" is referred to the "magical entity of a man," his being, his consciousness, his sense of identity and separateness, "by use of which it can experience through self-consciousness." This sense of identity is precisely what is normally meant by "spirit" or "soul". Note that this is, however, the exact opposite of the normal placement of the soul, which is assumed to be the "inner core". The Book of the Law, on the other hand, suggests that it is in fact the soul which is the shell, and that there is some other individual essence — the Khabs — inside that.
It is necessary to dig a little deeper in order to understand this. Crowley talked at length in various places about his "0 = 2" equation, which illustrates in simple terms the basic Thelemic cosmogony. This rather idiosyncratic use of algebra is more easily understood when written 0 = (-1) + (+1), the two terms on the right hand side of the equation cancelling each other out to equal the zero on the left hand side. Entire essays have been written devoted to this concept alone, and more detailed discussion will have to be deferred. We will settle here for remarking that it explains (in metaphysical terms, at least) how something can come from nothing, and how that same something can go back to nothing.
The Book of the Law describes these processes in AL I, 29–30:
For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.
This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.
The "division" refers to the division of zero into (+1) and (-1), the symmetrical extension from a point, whilst "dissolution" refers to the reverse process, the combination of (+1) and (-1) and their absorption back into zero. These are the two boundaries of the life-cycle of all manifest things, creation and destruction, birth and death. The infinite variety of manifest things is explained by the observation that (+438,112,329) + (-438,112,329), for instance, equals zero just as much as (+1) + (-1) does.
The equation also illustrates how — according to this theory, at least — nothing can ever be added to or removed from the universe, since the sum total of all existing things will always be zero, whether there is nothing in the universe, or whether it is teeming with life. And this observation gets us closer to not only the how of creation according to The Book of the Law, but also to the why.
According to AL I, 29–30, then, the "purpose" of creation — of division — is "for the chance of union," for the chance of dissolution, in order that those created things may be absorbed, or destroyed again. This seems like an odd concept, but is critical to understand if we are to grasp the meaning of AL I, 8.
As we have said, the 0 = 2 equation implies that nothing can ever be added to or removed from the universe. Nuit, "the circumference [who] is nowhere found,"[5] is the personification of the totality of potential, representative of everything that does exist, has existed, or may exist. This personification presents us with an immediate problem; if Nuit is the totality of potential, and nothing can ever be added to or removed from the universe, then Nuit is, on the face of it, wholly incapable of creating anything separate to herself. That being the case, it is on the face of it incredibly difficult to conceive of a reason why Nuit would ever do anything, ever create anything.
This is not a new problem, and has been recognised in all theories of deity. If the Abrahamic God, for instance, is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, why would he ever create people? If he really is all-powerful, he would merely be creating an army of drones, possessing no life or will of their own beyond what he provides for them. Playing by oneself with one's own toys gets very old very quickly. This is usually explained away by the idea that this god creates people with "free will," but if this is the case then he can hardly be omnipotent or omniscient; if he already knows what their free will is going to lead to, then it can hardly be described as "free".
Similarly, if Nuit is all of potential, and nothing can be added or removed, then what would be the point of her creating anything? If the sum total of existence always equals zero, then what is the difference between lots of things existing, and nothing existing? Why go to the trouble of creating things, when one can achieve exactly the same effect by doing nothing?
One example of where The Book of the Law succeeds where all other accounts of creation have failed is in providing a coherent and satisfying answer to this problem (although we must never forget that we are talking in metaphors, here — we must be careful not to make the elementary mistake of assuming that Nuit actually is a conscious entity that actually does have a conscious purpose and actually does "do" anything). To illustrate this answer, Crowley writes the following in The Book of the Great Auk, which he quotes in both Magick in Theory and Practice and Magick Without Tears:
All elements must at one time have been separate — that would be the case with great heat. Now when atoms get to the sun, we get that immense extreme heat, and all the elements are themselves again. Imagine that each atom of each element possesses the memory of all his adventures in combination. By the way, that atom (fortified with that memory) would not be the same atom; yet it is, because it has gained nothing from anywhere except this memory. Therefore, by the lapse of time, and by virtue of memory, a thing could become something more than itself; thus a real development is possible. One can then see a reason for any element deciding to go through this series of incarnations, because so, and only so, can he go; and he suffers the lapse of memory which he has during these incarnations, because he knows he will come through un-changed.
Here is the important element: "Therefore, by the lapse of time, and by virtue of memory, a thing could become something more than itself; thus a real development is possible." Nuit, for all her seeming impotence, has one clever trick up her sleeve: she can create beings that perceive themselves to be separate from the whole. If Nuit is the sum totality of potential, she cannot possibly perceive anything separate from herself, which is the same thing as saying she cannot perceive anything at all, since perception requires at least a perceiver and a thing being perceived that are distinct from each other. Yet a conscious subset of that potential which believes itself to be separate and distinct can perceive something different to itself. Since Nuit herself is incapable of perception, by creating self-aware individuals something new can be added to the universe, and that something is experience.
And this indeed is the explanation of AL I, 29–30. The "division" is (in part) the creation of self-aware individuals who are able to perceive and experience, and the "joy of dissolution" is the uniting of those individuals with the objects of their perception, the acquisition of experience. Hence, "For I am divided for love's sake" — self-aware individuals are created in able to allow for the possibility of the acquisition of experience adding something real to the potential of Nuit. Only through manifest creation can this occur, and this is the reason why Nuit creates; this is her motivation: "that atom (fortified with that memory) would not be the same atom; yet it is, because it has gained nothing from anywhere except this memory."
This notion also conveniently solves the "problem of evil," another niggle which has dogged theology since the dawn of religion. Briefly, this problem asks why a beneficient god would create a world in which evil is allowed to exist. The Book of the Law makes mincemeat out of this "problem". From Nuit's perspective, nothing is ever added or removed except for experience, so to her there simply is no such thing as "evil". Furthermore, her being is increased by experience; any experience. The experience of pain, for instance, whilst distressing to the individual, is not distressing to Nuit; every single experience enriches her, no matter how objectionable the individual acquiring that experience may consider it. It is only the illusion of separateness that the individual perceives that causes him to experience "evil," and this is exactly what we've described it as, an illusion.
And this brings us back to AL I, 8. The individual, in essence, is not really an individual; he is merely an arbitrary boundary around a particular subset of totality. In order to experience as an individual, he must be given the illusion that that boundary is, in fact, him. This illusion is the Khu, the spirit, the soul, "the magical garment which it weaves for itself, a "form' for its being beyond form, by use of which it can experience through self-consciousness." The actual individual, the boundary between what is perceived as self and what is perceived as not-self, is the Khabs, the star, the unit of existence that is both an integral part of totality, and the central point from which the Khu is able to perceive "everything else".
It is this sense of identity, of individuality, of self, that is responsible for all "ills," since as we have explained, without individuality, there can be no perception, and without perception, there can be no "evil". Nuit, of course, does not care about this, and neither does the Khabs, being unconscious of its individuality. But critically, the Khu does care about it, and it is to this care that religion, spirituality and magick are entirely directed.
To state more plainly, the phenomenon of individuality is only beneficial for Nuit, but can appear detrimental to the Khu. The Khu, having self-awareness, also considers itself to have self-interest, and it seeks to remedy the detriment it perceives for this reason. This seeking is the motivation behind religion and spirituality, and success in the matter represents "spiritual attainment".
The traditional approach has usually been to remedy the sense of separation by reaching out to something outside of us, whether that something is "God," nature, or anything else. And thus we see the colossal misconception that has plagued all attempts to systematically approach this task, because as AL I, 8, tells us:
The Khabs is in the Khu, not the Khu in the Khabs.
The soul which seeks outwards for its starry goal is looking precisely in the wrong direction; it should be looking inwards. This yearning for "something else" is ultimately an infantile notion of divine parenthood, a plea for something outside to come and rescue one, and there is simply nobody else "out there".
The actual solution is revealed when we consider that the Khabs, the "true" individual essence, does not feel separate to Nuit, and hence suffers no evil. What the Khu needs to do is to realise that it is not the self, and that that title properly belongs to the Khabs. Since the Khu is not the self, and it is only the Khu that suffers, then the self does not suffer, and if only the Khu could fully realise this then its troubles would be over. The suffering which "we" experience is in fact perceived only by our experiential vehicles in this particular manifestation. Logically, it is akin to feeling physical pain when our cars break down, which is of course ridiculous. More simply, we feel suffering simply because we mistake our vehicles for our real, eternal selves.
This realisation is, naturally, difficult to achieve, and for good reason. If the illusion of separation was that weak, then it would defeat the very purpose of creating individuals. It is the very fact that the nature of the self is veiled from the Khu that allows Nuit to fulfill her purpose. Crowley makes this point, again from his "new comment":
Our minds and bodies are veils of the Light within. The uninitiate is a "dark star," and the Great Work for him is to make his veils transparent by "purifying" them. This "purification" is really "simplification"; it is not that the veil is dirty, but that the complexity of its folds make it opaque. The Great Work therefore consists principally in the solution of complexes. Everything in itself is perfect, but when things are muddled they become "evil".
"Our minds and bodies are veils of the Light within," veils of the starry light of the Khabs, veils that hamper the Khu from perceiving the true nature of its individuality. The "complexity of [the veil's] folds" are what constitutes the soul, the personality, the conscious and subconscious nature of the person that provides it with a context against which to frame its experience, and every experience increases this complexity, this opacity. The "Great Work," which entails realising the true nature of the self, therefore "consists principally in the solution of complexes," or in the "smoothing of the folds" of the veil to make them "transparent".
This "Great Work," then, is to the benefit of the Khu, and at first glance appears to be in direct opposition to the purpose of Nuit, but this is in fact not so. After all, if the sum total of existence is always zero, then to perceive nothing is functionally equivalent to perceiving everything, and what experience could be more satisfactory to Nuit than a union with everything?
Thus, the essence of spiritual attainment is for the individual to "become his true self," to identify with his true nature, rather than with the Khu, with the cloak that he fancifully imagines himself to be. This turns the traditional notion of "attainment" on its head; we do not need to "attain" to something in order to be "saved," we do not need to live in a particular way, dress in a certain fashion, or adhere to any particular set of dubious "moral standards". Rather, what we need to do is to unfold the veil around our eternal individual essence, to rid ourselves of all the constructs and preconceptions that prevent us from apprehending who and what we really are. It is almost the reverse of "attainment" — we need to get back to a stage we have previously been at, but this time with awareness.
This is, of course, exactly what "discovering the true will" involves, and hence the object of magick is twofold, as Crowley makes clear in Liber II: firstly to discover your true will, and secondly, to do it. The "Great Work" can be summed up in a very crude fashion: "Everything is all right to start with; everything that is, is perfect; the Great Work involves nothing other than learning to become conscious of that." We say "nothing other" whilst recognising that the "folds in the veil" can be very opaque indeed, and that accomplishing this is usually not quite as simple as it sounds. Nevertheless, in conception things are no more complicated that has been stated. "Relief from suffering" is actually nothing to do with avoiding the situations which cause suffering, it involves merely acknowledging and realising that the suffering of our minds and bodies is actually of no concern to our true selves, which experience no suffering. "Attainment" is in fact not a "development" as we usually employ the term, but instead merely a "shaking down" of the murky veils in our mind which hide this fact from us. We have everything we need from birth; we just need to see keenly enough to perceive it. Once we can see this keenly, and the Khu is identified with the Khabs, then identification with Nuit will be achieved:
Worship then the Khabs, and behold my light shed over you![6]
This entire concept is of utmost importance; it underpins absolutely everything else. Success will be extremely unlikely without a crystal clear understanding of this matter, and correct interpretation of that success will be impossible without it. It is the most important idea in all of magical literature, and is absolutely fundamental to understanding the first chapter of The Book of the Law and the true nature of Thelema.
- Published as An Extenuation of The Book of the Law in 1926, and posthumously as The Law is for All.
- Crowley, A., The Book of the Law, Liber AL vel Legis sub figurâ CCXX, Ordo Templi Orientis/London-England, 1st edition, 1938
- Crowley, A., An Extenuation of The Book of the Law, Privately printed/Tunis-Tunisia, 1st edition, 1926
- Crowley, A., Magick in Theory and Practice, Lecram Press/Paris-France, 1st edition, 1929
- Crowley, A., Magick Without Tears, Thelema Publishing Co./Hampton-New Jersey, 1st edition, 1954
- Crowley, A., Liber II, The Message of the Master Therion appearing in The Equinox, Volume III, Number I, The Universal Publishing Company/Detroit-Michigan, 1st edition, 1919


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Tribes to respond on deer-shining dispute
Indian tribes in northern Wisconsin have until Wednesday to respond to the Department of Natural Resources' plea to stop their plans for night hunting of deer using lights, set to begin on Monday.
As of Friday, the situation remained unclear, with the possibility of intervention by a federal judge next week.
DNR spokeswoman Laurel Steffes said Friday that the western district of Federal Court in Madison had directed the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission to respond to the DNR by mid-week.
The Chippewa tribal commission had approved plans on Wednesday to let tribal members hunt deer using lights on land outside of reservations in northern Wisconsin. That almost immediately prompted the DNR to ask the court to stop the action on ceded territories that cover roughly the northern third of the state.
The tribes believe they have a right to use fixed lights to hunt deer, since the DNR allows the practice to hunt wolves. Wisconsin began its first regulated hunting and trapping season of wolves in state history.
The tribes are opposed to the season. The wolf has cultural and spiritual significance for the state's Chippewa tribes, said Susan Erickson, a spokeswoman for the commission.
"They would rather see live wolves on the landscape, rather than dead ones," she said.
The wolf season was initiated after federal authorities removed the western Great Lakes from endangered status and turned over management authority to the states.
"We are hopeful the Court will hold a hearing earlier (than Wednesday) and the secretary (Cathy Stepp) has expressly asked all six Chippewa chairpersons/presidents to refrain from issuing night hunting permits and implementing night hunting until the court has had the opportunity to rule on this issue," Steffes said in an email.
Erickson said she was not aware that the tribes had responded to Stepp's request.
"It's important for people to understand that we have been talking with the DNR about this night hunting opportunity since Aug. 1, so it has been the subject of dialogue for quite some time and should not be surprising to the DNR," Erickson said.
The state's traditional gun deer hunting season ends Sunday.
- Live web cam of great blue heron nesting at Horicon
- Air quality alert issued by DNR
- Skymmr ends record debris removal season on Milwaukee rivers
- New video on fungus on Rock River
- George Archibald, crane conservationist, worries about state's whoopers
- Peregrine falcons produced record number of young
- First group of whooping cranes take off for fall migration
- Poll shows opposition to mine
- Sturgeon stocking in Lake Michigan Saturday at Milwaukee lakefront
- Mining hearing is live on public radio
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconsin State Parks and Forests
- Milwaukee County Parks
- Milwaukee's air quality
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
- Waukesha County Park System
- Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department
- Washington County Planning and Parks Department
- The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin
- Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation
- Ozaukee Washington Land Trust
- Tall Pines Conservancy

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In a surprise move, BSE Managing Director and CEO Madhu Kannan has decided to leave the bourse and will join Tata Sons.
Interestingly, the announcement by BSE comes a day after market regulator Sebi allowed listing of stock exchanges and put curbs on salaries of key management.
BSE in a statement said: "Kannan has expressed his intention not to seek a new term at the expiry of his current term ending May 2012, to pursue another opportunity."
In a separate statement, Tata Sons said: "Madhu Kannan (38) will soon join Tata Sons as Group Head - Business Development reporting to the Deputy Chairman, Cyrus P Mistry," Tata Sons.
Kannan will work with the BSE board to ensure that there is a seamless succession process, BSE said.
He was instrumental in launching currency derivatives, SME Exchange and derivatives of four global indices trading on the exchange platform.
Sebi on Monday granted permission to list the stock exchanges, subject to certain conditions. It also put restrictions on salaries of key management and stated that it will approve the remuneration to key management personnel.
Also, the terms and conditions of the remuneration shall not be changed without the approval of Sebi and that the compensation policy may have 'clawback' arrangements.
Madhu Kannan reportedly earned a little over Rs 2.04 crore in FY11. The increase in Kannan salary at 27.5 per cent from Rs 1.6 crore a year earlier was the highest among the bourse CEOs.
Kannan joined the BSE in 2009 from Bank of America - Merrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director in the Corporate Strategy Group.
Prior to Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Kannan was Senior Vice President at NYSE Euronext.
During his stint at NYSE Euronext, he served in various roles including the Vice President, Corporate Client Group, Head of International Listings (Asia Pacific Region), and Managing Director, International Strategy and Business Development of the Exchange.
Kannan is an alumnus of BITS, Pilani and an MBA from Vanderbilt University, USA.


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I'm joining Anne and some others tonight to share a glimpse of some of our book shelves.
I have a problem loaning out books… yes, I think books are meant to be read and shared with others but now I'm missing some of my very favorites and I have no idea who I loaned them too. (Yeah, I know there is a simple solution to this to write it down first but usually I'm so giddy to be sharing a book the idea to write it down flies right out my head.) My Name is Asher Lev… where are you?
I used to want to keep all copies of all the book club books we've read… then I realized I was a bit of a crazy-head. And now the books are often on audible, my kindle or from the library.
I'm not sure I'll make it to my 3rd reading goal this year. The first was to read 20something, then I bumped it up to 60 (!!!) and now it's down to 50. Baby #3 has me all sort of mixed up on knowing how much time I have to read.
Here's a peak at my littlest man's book shelf (all ready to be primed… but I haven't picked a color yet)
His books have been well loved on by the two big kids… now to keep him from "loving" on them too much. (#booksarenotfood #wellnotLiteralfood)
Maybe another time I'll share some of our picture book collection. I'm skipping it for this link-up because they are scattered around the house! But all the better for reading them, right?!
Thanks for stopping in to take a peak. I keep my GoodReads shelves fairly up to date if you want to see more books I'm into and reading these days.
For now I'll leave you with a stack of a few of my "currently-reading" books


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Reach office late, lose pay: mayor to NMMC employees
Rule has been put in place since Jan 1; 3 late-marks to add up to loss of one day's leave or one day's pay
For once, the Navi-Mumbai Municipal Corporation's new policy comes as a breath of fresh air for those disgusted with the non-professional attitude of the organisation. Now when you visit the NMMC office, you might find all employees at NMMC office present before start of shift. The administration has taken an initiative wherein the employees' attendance has been linked to their leaves. If any employee reaches office after 10.30 am, a late-mark will be recorded against his or her name. Three late-marks will add up to loss of one day's leave. In case an employee does not have any leaves left, loss of a day's pay will be recorded.
Salary-linked biometric attendance has been made compulsory for all NMMC employees from January 1. Two biometric machines have been installed at the entrance of the office.
The Corporation's move has come on the heels of the Mayor's step to punish employees who didn't report to work on time. Sagar Naik, the mayor of Navi Mumbai, had made the defaulters stand in line for an hour, as reported in MiD DAY on November 30, last year. Annoyed with the lax attitude, he ordered the NMMC administration to take strict action against latecomers. Subsequently, the administration came up with the idea of linking salary and attendance of the employees.
"Earlier, our employees used to come late and leave the office early since there was no biometric attendance. They would come in and register by signing muster.
Although we had biometric machines installed, no one used them. However, now employees will have to use the biometric machine while stepping into office and while leaving which will create an electronic log of the attendance," said a senior NMMC official.
Keeping in mind the traffic issues during peak hours, the corporation has extended the reporting time by half an hour from the earlier 10 am to 10.30 am now. "We have relaxed the reporting time due to practical reasons. Employees can now register themselves till 10.30 am," J N Sinnarkar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (administration) of NMMC, said.
As expected, some employees have expressed their disapproval over the new system. "At times, the biometric machine does not accept our thumb expression so our entry is not recorded on time. In such cases, we don't know how will our attendance be corrected. However, now, we have no option but to use biometric machine," laments some NMMC employees.


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Roma are continuing to resist all offers for Marquinhos, even after PSG and Barcelona raised bids to €25m.
The 19-year-old defender was snapped up a year ago from Corinthians for around €1m plus an option to buy him outright for a further €4m.
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain have made no secret of their interest in the centre-back, but Roma repeatedly turned down all proposals.
According to Sky Sport Italia and the Corriere dello Sport today, Barcelona and PSG both raised their offers to €25m this week.
However, the Giallorossi's American owners are still refusing to even consider them.
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Tamara Hill-Tandquist (EESC) and Victor Villegas (ECTU) have launched a series of monthly online website training sessions.
The first session, Drupal Basics 101, was presented via Adobe Connect on Thursday, April 3, 2014. The webinar covered how to create a webpage, creating links, adding photos and videos, creating announcements, and linking to your social media pages. The session was recorded and is available on the Extension Technology Help website, along with other Drupal resources.
The trainings are geared towards Extension county, AES, and program website content editors and website managers working on Extension-themed websites, but are open to anyone and no registration is required. A list of upcoming sessions and topics is included below.
Upcoming Drupal Website Webinars
- Writing for the Web, May 1st at 10am
How to structure your content, making your pages pretty by using headings, list items, and paragraph tags. How to make your content scannable and easy to read. How to organize your menus.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO), June 11 at 10am
How to bring value, deep linking, cross linking, promoting your stuff online, frequency of posts, importance of photos and videos, and social media.
- Drupal Free-For-All, August 2014
Bring your Drupal questions, we'll try to answer them.
- Copyright Issues and Model Release Forms, September (Extension Conference)
What is legal; what is not.
- Cleaning Up Your Website, October 2014
Tips and suggestions for improving your Extension county website.
- Videos: How to Use and Create, November 2014
How to create and upload videos to MediaSpace or YouTube, link to them, and promote them on your site.
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Learn how to track website visits, popular (and not so popular) links, and file downloads.
For more information about the series, or if you need direct support, you can contact Victor Villegas.


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Podcast 125
Lots of new music from and for the family this week. New tunes from Tifa, Natalie Storm, Dynamq, Prodigal Entertainment's Star Trek Riddim, Serani & Bugle dubs, Columbian Drop riddim (Columbian), Outbreak riddim (Di Genius), and plenty more. Click on the PODCAST button to the right or subscribe directly through iTunes.
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