Contents

Preface, ‘The Keymaker’ by Timothy Morton

Introduction

1 Technic’s world

Crisis of reality

Technic

Measure and infinity

No outside

Crisis of action, crisis of imagination

2 Technic’s cosmogony

Defining terms

First hypostasis: Absolute language

Second hypostasis: Measure

Third hypostasis: Unit

Fourth hypostasis: Abstract general entity

Fifth hypostasis: Life as vulnerability

Upper and lower limits: Ego absconditus and double affirmation

Conclusion

   Intermission – What is reality?

   Between India and the West

Why seek reality?

3 Magic’s cosmogony

Defining terms

First hypostasis: The ineffable as life

Second hypostasis: Person

Third hypostasis: Symbol

Fourth hypostasis: Meaning

Fifth hypostasis: Paradox

Upper and lower limits: Double negation and Deus absconditus

Conclusion

4 Magic’s world

Outside within

Secret

Initiation

As if

Happy ending

Bibliography

Index