We take spiritual initiation when we become conscious of the Divine within us, and thereby contact the Divine without us.

When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won.

A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.

Magick is the art of causing changes in consciousness to occur in accordance with the will.

Symbols are to the mind what tools are to the hand--an extended application of its powers.

What you contemplate, you touch. What you enter into in imagination, you make yourself one with.

The descent into matter must be complete before the ascent to spirit can commence.

The Scorpion connects with the Serpent through the Dragon.

In varying degrees and and upon different levels all gods and goddesses represent aspects of One God Which is both 'male' and 'female'.

I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates.

Do you believe in an invisible reality behind appearances?

Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women.

Insight occurs when, and to the degree that, one knows oneself.

It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.

You can't trust others unless you trust yourself.

Set goals not for the outcome itself, but for who you get to become in the process.

What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.

And I realized that maybe none of us ever gets to choose our lives. Our only choice is to live the life that comes to us, or go down into darkness.

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over the dignity of labor.

A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.

Every time I go to big events, it's a trip. I feel like that kid who shouldn't really be there.