Talk:Lust of Result

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The emphasized portion of the quote from AC's commentary (It is unnatural to aim at any goal) is more likely a reference to the phrase "unassuaged of purpose" than specifically to the phrase "delivered from the lust of result."

The restrictive interpretation of "lust of result" as "expecting a specific result of an effort, ritual, or other magical action so that the pre-conceived result affects what you perceive to be the outcome" is not justified by a fair and full reading of the Old Comment, New Comment, and D Comment on AL I:44. Rather, it would appear from the commentaries that "lust of result" refers more to the concept of attachment to the potential "profit of success" from the result of a working ("like a schoolboy or a shopkeeper"), as contrasted specifically with performing the Work for its own sake ("like an artist").

The phenomenon of a working being invalidated by a bias resulting from pre-conceived notions regarding the working's desired objective is a valid one. However, it is only peripherally related to the term "lust of result." This is why I have deleted the citation from Notes to an Astral Atlas and the associated discussion. A discussion of this concept should probably be included elsewhere in Thelemapedia. --Solarmyth 13:19, 2 Oct 2005 (CDT)

"Unassuaged" means "its edge taken off by" or "dulled by". The pure student does not think of the result of the examination. (Magical and Philosophical Commentaries, p. 135)

I don't have a copy of this commentary so I'm not sure if this is a quote or if this is a Thelemapedia author's paraphrase. Assuage is to dull or take the edge off. To be "unassuaged of purpose" is to be undulled by it.

Could someone with that reference check this?