“When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intellegence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them.” WorldChildrenReasonBloodOneselfVampireNightmareSatisfyingPhantoms Author:Eliphas Levi
“Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the principle of life, along with the dream (for those who have not yet achieved it) of accomplishing the great work, that is the reproduction by man of the divine, natural fire which creates and recreates beings.” MenWorldDreamNaturalPrinciplesFireDivineAncientSymbolsGreat WorkReproductionAncient WorldHieroglyphics Author:Eliphas Levi
“There exists in nature a force which is immeasurably more powerful than steam, and by means of which a single man, who knows how to adapt and direct it, might upset and alter the face of the world.” KnowsMenWorldMeanMightFacesForcePowerfulKnow HowDirectUpsetSteamSingle Man Book:Transcendental Magic Source: Transcendental Magic
“That great Kabbilistical association known in Europe under the name of Masonry appeared suddenly in the world when the revolt against the Church had just succeeded in dismembering Christian unity.” WorldChristianNamesChurchKnownEuropeUnityAssociationRevoltMasonryChristian Unity Author:Eliphas Levi
