No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
I eat too much. I drink to much. A greedy selfish such-n-such. But when I wrap my turban on my mind is clear, I'm 'Baba Lon'.
No matter what system the magician chooses, in order to make it work most effectively he or she must first become attuned to that system's particular way of viewing of the universe.
Religion exalts mystery as an unknowable secret that must be sealed in glass like the corpse of an enchanted princess and fearfully worshipped from afar. Initiation, on the other hand, requires direct participation and demands each of us to smash the casket and press mad lips to mystery, wooing her as a lover who will offer up her treasurers in a succession of sweet surrenders. This she will do, but only in exact ratio to our evolving ability and worthiness to receive them.
Make no mistake about it, magick is an art form, and every true magician is an artist.
It's all in your head -- you just have no idea how big your head is.
The gods of one age become the devils of the age to follow. The priests look forward to the age to come and see only the end of the world.
I can't hear what Jeremy says because my ears are blocked with my two Stanley Cup Rings.
May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we call out for God; and, at times, even if we do not hear Thy voice, may there be the form of a hand resting upon us, and that shall be enough; for we shall take hold of it, though it be in the dark, and it shall guide us to the growing light; for the day shall come, and the release and triumph.
If then it be possible that one contrary should exist, or be called into existence, the other contrary will also appear to be possible.
The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.