WOMAN AND THE FUTURE
the Nature of Woman {KAN} in her human function
(not {KUN}).
She will demand freedom to flow whither she will, and the right to seek her Pleasure.
This will lead at first to sterility and neglect of men, with blindness and narrowness, which will cause pain.
The household system will break up, causing domestic inconvenience. The frustration of natural desires will lead to a deadlock. Woman’s obstinacy will further estrange the sexes and lead to evil. Sex is now seen to be a Magickal act—a sacrament.
The gradual reconciliation which now begins is hampered by the industrial conditions of this age of machines. After many disasters, a way out is found.
These tendencies have been hateful to the ruling classes, who have tried severe repression. But the unconscious will of the race, moving leisurely from event to event, and its satisfaction with the trend of evolution, proves irresistible. It is a deep and sincere religious movement.
The dangers of restriction, and of idealism, are now at last fully understood. Women resolve to abjure their former errors on sexual questions, and establish a positive system on Thelemic lines which proves satisfactory to all.
This Work was never completed; it entailed a journey to Egypt, and he was unable to raise the necessary funds to go. Phyllis Schlafly and the Rev. Jerry Falwell never had this kind of problem.
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