"Every intentional act is a magical act."
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"May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early!"
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"What is it in absinthe that makes it a separate cult? The effects of its abuse are totally distinct from those of other stimulants. Even in ruin and in degradation it remains a thing apart: its victims wear a ghastly aureole all their own, and in their peculiar hell yet gloat with a sinister perversion of pride that they are not as other men."
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"Repeal all laws which assume that mankind is a herd of cattle"
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"Love is the only principle which makes life tolerable."
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"It will be seen that the formula - 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law' has nothing to do with 'Do as you please.' It is much more difficult to comply with the Law of Thelema than to follow out slavishly a set of dead regulations."
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"People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn't, for the most part' on the contrary, it's a mechanical dodge of the body to relieve oneself of the strain of thinking, just as exercising the muscles helps the body to become temporarily unconscious of its weight, its pain, its weariness, and the foreknowledge of its doom."
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"Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life."
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"I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated."
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"She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed her. She gave him a thousand opportunities; she fought to turn his words to serious things. He baffled her with his shallow smile and ready tongue, that twisted all topics to triviality. By six o'clock she was morally on her knees before him; she was imploring him to stay to dinner with her. He refused."
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"Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it."
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"Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another."
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"Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one's conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in action."
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"The man who denounces life merely defines himself as the man who is unequal to it."
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"I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner."
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"This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation."
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"I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a definition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every relation with every other human being and every circumstance, depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right application thereof."
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"This Universe is a wild revel of atoms, men, and stars, each one a Soul of Light and Mirth, horsed on Eternity."
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"What is the meaning of Initiation? It is the Path to the realisation of your Self as the sole, the supreme, the absolute of all Truth, Beauty, Purity, Perfection!"
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"Light, Life and Love are like three glow-worms at thy feet: the whole universe of stars, the dewdrops on the grass whereon thou walkest!"
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