“We believe that man's value - as every creature's value, ultimately - lies not in the mere intellect but in the spirit: in the capacity to reflect that which, for lack of a more precise word, we choose to call “the divine,” i.e. that which is true and beautiful beyond all manifestation, that which remains timeless (and therefore unchangeable) within all changes.” MenBelieveBeautifulSpiritLyingValuesDivineCreaturesCapacityRemainsMereIntellectManifestationTimelessPreciseUnchangeable Book:The Lightning and the Sun Source: The Lightning and the Sun
“Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history - the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and other no less repulsive manifestations of Christian civilization in Europe and elsewhere - modern man is filled with pride in the progress accomplished, in one line at least, since the end of the dark ages of religious fanaticism.” MenEndsAgeChristianReligiousLinesDarkProgressModernPrideCivilizationHorrorEuropeFilledBurningManifestationAccomplishedWitchStakesElsewhereSpectacularFanaticismDark AgesHereticModern ManMassacresOne LineHeathenWholesale Author:Savitri Devi