Eliphas Levi, born on February 8, 1810, and died on May 31, 1875, was a French author, mystic, and researcher of Jewish mysticism. His works have had a profound impact on the subsequent mysticism and Western esotericism.
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“Passing beauties are only the fugitive reflectios of the eternal.”
Source: The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled
“Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you.”
“If you wish to seduce an angel, you must play the part of a devil.”
Source: The Dogma of High Magic
Source: The Ritual of Transcendental Magic
“A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.”
Source: The Great Secret, Or, Occultism Unveiled
“When we love, we see the infinite in the finite. We find the Creator in the creation.”
Source: Transcendental Magic
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“To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.”
Source: The Paradoxes of the Highest Science
“Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith.”
“Judge not; speak hardly at all; love and act.”
Source: The Key of the Mysteries
“One can only define the unknown by its supposed and supposable relations with the known.”
Source: The Key of the Mysteries
“Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.”
Source: Transcendental Magic
“An iron chain is less difficult to break than a chain of flowers.”
“It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.”
Source: The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled
“Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.”
“There is nothing more to controlling demons than to do good and fear nothing.”
Source: Transcendental Magic
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“Doubt is really a groping ignorance.”
Source: The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled