Liber ab Genesis (Book of Creation)^43
many gods and goddesses themselves. The secret is that we are not alone in our grief
even when that grief is brought on by being truly alone.The Nameless One: A Creation in Separation
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“The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth”—From Tao Te ChingIn a time before time, in a place before places, there was only the Nameless One,
who was neither god nor man, neither male nor female. Because order had not yet
emerged from the Nameless One, there was no disorder. Neither was there day and
night, nor hot and cold, nor life and death. The dark was darker than the absence of
light and the cold was colder than the absence of warmth.
The Nameless One was alone in a way that none before could have known because
there were none before the Nameless One. The Nameless One was alone in a way that
none since will ever know because there would never again be such loneliness. Nor
would there be again anything darker than the absence of light, nor colder than the
absence of warmth.
Overwhelmed with the sorrow of being alone in a way that none can begin to imag-
ine, the Nameless One slipped into mania. The Nameless One found itself in that cold
dark place where most of us have visited hoping never to return. But unlike us, the
Nameless One had no other place to go. The Nameless One had no lore, no faith with
which to ease the suffering. So the Nameless One chose death in a time when there was
no death. It was the first act of love and the sacrifice from which we, this world, and all
other worlds did come.Darkness and Light: A Creation in Union
Whose Holy Formula is ( -1 ) + 1 = 2From the division of the Nameless One by the first act of love and sacrifice came
forth a single son whose name is Light and a single daughter whose name is Darkness.
With their creation, the Nameless One was no more. For a time, Light and Darkness
were the sum total of the universe, but neither was content knowing each was not whole
without the other. Just as the Nameless One felt alone for there was no other, both
Light and Darkness felt alone because they were separated from one another. Neither
whole, they were indeed alone. Desperately they tried to unite, but much to their sur-
prise, they discovered the bliss of union to be so desirous that they would bear the pain
of separation for the sake of reunion’s splendor. Thus, in the first Great Rite did Light
and Darkness discover the first mystery: We are separated for the sake of union.h WB Chap 01.p65 43 7/11/2003, 5:48 PM