Magnum opus

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• Great Work
• Greatest work
• Magnus opus
• Opus magnum
• The Great Work
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1. from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best, the greatest, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer

   

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2. an artist or author's best or most renowned work

   

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4. sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera

   

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5. The term is also used in several spiritual traditions, such as Qabalah, Thelema, and alchemy, with a complex meaning that mainly refers to the philosopher's stone

   

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6. " does not exist in classic Kabbalistic texts such as the Zohar or Sepher Yetzirah

   kabbalah qabalah

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7. 

   Honoré de Balzac's magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively titled La Comédie Humaine

   

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8. However, the concept appears in the writings of Kabbalists throughout the Renaissance

   kabbalah qabalah

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9. Eliphas Levi (1810-1875), one of the first modern ceremonial magicians and predecessor to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, discussed the Great Work at length

   1810 hermeticism

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10. defined it as such

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11. Within Thelema, the Great Work is generally defined as those spiritual practice leading to the mystical union of the Self and the All—"The Great Work is the uniting of opposites

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12. Although to be true to the Latin, the plural of magnum opus would be magna opera and is likely to be preferred by traditionalists, many dictionaries such as the OED regard magnum opuses as quite acceptable

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