axiom of maria, n.Definitions

The Axiom of Maria (n.) counts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠out wholeness: one becomes two, two becomes three, and from the third comes the One as the fourth.

The Axiom of Maria (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the alchemical formula of transformation, in which one becomes two, two becomes three, and the third yields the One as the fourth; the Cabala found the same pattern in Adam Kadmon and the Tetragrammaton.

The Axiom of Maria (n.) poses ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the riddle of three and four, as in the Timaeus's opening question "where is the fourth?" — the step from three conscious functions to the fourth, inferior one that sits in the unconscious.

The Axiom of Maria (n.) says ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that out of the Third comes the One as the Fourth — the alchemists' fifteen-hundred-year riddle, answered when synchronicity joins space, time and causality as a quaternio.