My views of the HGA are reflective of fairly modern western esoteric belief, and as such I do not interpret the term literally. I think of the HGA as that which connects 'you' to the divine, possibly viewed as a 'higher self' of sorts. and I view the magnum opus as being basically a merger with this divine self.
all of which I am sure some would agree with and some would not. really it's all a matter of paradigm, which is almost like a semantic difference of opinion, in that it's an approach to an interaction, a way of modeling and understanding it... but it's always, in part, an abstraction, like all paradigms. hehe, musta ate my chaote wheaties today
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‘Εκατερινη γνῶθι σεαυτόν Audaces fortuna iuvat
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