It's Been a Long Strange Trip: October 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Reason

Contrary to what people believe, sorcerers are not practitioners of obscure, esoteric rituals. Sorcerers are men of reason. They have a romance with ideas. They have cultivated reason to its limits, for they believe that only by fully understanding the intellect can they embody the principles of sorcery without losing sight of their own sobriety and integrity. This is where sorcerers differ drastically from other people. Most people have very little sobriety and even less integrity.

--- Florinda Donner ---

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sun

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. - Maori saying

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Conspiracy

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

--- The Alchemist ---

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Change

We have to change ourselves as a person in order to effect the world around us - without expecting them to change. --- Florinda Donner ---

Monday, October 3, 2011

All Ye Need to Know

"When old age shall this generation waste,

Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe,

Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all

Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

--- from Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats ---

It's Been a Long Strange Trip