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Work #657 · Late

A Vision

W.B. Yeats
1925 (1st edn); 1937 (rev. 2nd edn) · English
Esoteric philosophical-poetic system · Irish modernist-occult literature

Yeats's 1925/1937 foundational esoteric-philosophical synthesis — the 28 phases of the moon and the gyres of history

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Attribute A Vision (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

A Vision

Central — the cyclical-gyric historical time.

Space

A Vision

The cosmic-symbolic space of the 28 phases.

Matter

A Vision

The embodied human within the 28 phases.

Observer

A Vision

The phase-determined human personality.

Energy

A Vision

Energies of the dual gyres.

Information

A Vision

Foundational esoteric-symbolic philosophical framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

A Vision

A Vision was the symbolic-philosophical background of Yeats's mature poetry; contested in scholarship.