Quotes Tagged "magick"

There is no part of one’s beliefs about oneself which cannot be modified by sufficiently powerful psychological techniques. There is nothing about oneself which cannot be taken away or changed. The proper stimuli can, if correctly applied, turn communists into fascists, saints into devils, the meek into heroes, and vice-versa. There is no sovereign sanctuary within ourseles which represents our real nature. There is nobody at home in the internal fortress. Everything we cherish as our ego, everything we believe in, is just what we have cobbled together out of the accident of our birth and subsequent experiences. With drugs, brainwashing, and other techniques of extreme persuasion, we can quite readily make a man a devotee of a different ideology, the patriot of a different country, or the follower of a different religion.

The perplexity, the potential— God’s own crucible was not for angels.

There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess.

All is as if the world did cease to exist. The city's monuments go unseen, its past unheard, and its culture slowly fading in the dismal sea.

She was remembering His gaze, those deep pools of blue, crystalline in nature, peering deep into her soul. She remembered the first night she had looked into that darkness – no, into that light in his eyes – they were level and straight, kind and compassionate, without any ado, Her hands in His, offerings of comfort and concern for Her station, the concern she felt for those close to Her, each to their own heaven or hell, and the law of attraction began to build.

Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments, in particular your ego attachments to identity and who you are. If you can get over your attachment to labeling yourself and your cherishing of your identity, you can be virtually anybody. You can slip in and out of different shells, even different animal forms or deity forms.

if you live a happy full life and spread love and kindness wherever you go, the naysayers will get drowned out by your light.

Then every man would be as a god, you see. The result of this, of course, would be that there would no longer be any gods, only men. We would give them knowledge of the sciences and the arts, which we possess, and in so doing we would destroy their simple faith and remove all basis for their hoping that things will be better—for the best way to destroy faith or hope is to let it be realized.

I have always allowed the wind to blow me in the right direction.

You don’t have to wander around in silk robes burning sage with crystals tied to your head to find the power within.

When you’re outnumbered by trees your perspective shifts.

Fate is waiting. She can heal. She is unpredictable but not unkind.

In dreams we accept truth much quicker than in the waking world.

In a society of painkillers, people seem to forget that pain has a purpose. It is there to tell us when we’re ailing so we can pinpoint the issue and potentially alleviate it.

People who are seeking emotional support find it in the craft because instead of looking to a savior or prophet, we are taught to save ourselves.

Death comes for everyone. It’s a natural part of life. We’re all on loan.

Never ask for too much. It’s sabotage.

A house is not defined by how many rooms or stories it has. I always judge a place by what kind of energies it gives off.

Plants are the ultimate symbols of life.

Everyone’s journey is their own. It would never be right of me to tell others what methods work best for them.