“In the United States those bits of our history that remain are paved over, sanitized, packaged for easy consumption. At those sites not already lost to commercial development, we walk between velvet ropes, herded by guides, warned not to touch. Our icons are preserved under glass, their magic demystified in glossy brochures.” StatesLostEasyBitsWalksUnitedHistoryUnited StatesMagicDevelopmentGlassesGuidesConsumptionSiteRopeIconsVelvetBrochures Author:Biloine W. Young
“The work of adult life is not easy. As in childhood, each step presents not only new tasks of development but requires a letting go of the techniques that worked before. With each passage some magic must be given up, some cherished illusion of safety and comfortably familiar sense of self must be cast off, to allow for the greater expansion of our distinctiveness.” SelfLife IsGivenEasyStepsGreaterMagicChildhoodDevelopmentLetting GoIllusionAdultsTasksSafetyCastsTechniqueFamiliarPassagesExpansionGiven UpSense Of SelfLife Is Not Easy Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“The purpose of ritual is to change the mind of the human being. It's a sacred drama in which you are the audience as well as the participant, and the purpose of it is to activate the parts of the mind that are not activated by everyday activity ... 'Magic' becomes the development of techniques that allow communication with hidden portions of the self, and with hidden portions of all other islands in this 'psychic sea.'” MindHumansWellsSelfPurposeHuman BeingsAudienceMagicSeaCommunicationDevelopmentDramaActivitySacredEverydayTechniqueIslandsRitualPortionsPsychicsPaganismParticipantsActivate Author:Margot Adler
“It is not advisable to hasten development, because everything needs time. Patience, perseverance and tenacity are fundamental conditions of the development. The pains taken in one's development will be amply rewarded.” NeedsPainTakenMagicConditionsDevelopmentFundamentalsPerseveranceMysticismTenacityTime Of NeedAdvisableTime Patience Author:Franz Bardon
“Vegetarianism is not implicitly important for the mental progress or the intellectual development, unless it is supposed to be a remedy to clean the body from slag. A temporary abstinence from meat or animal food is indicated only for very specific magic operations as a sort of preparation, and even then only for a certain period. All this is to be considered with respect to sexual life.” ImportantBodyCertainAnimalProgressMagicDevelopmentPeriodsIntellectualCleanSupposed To BePreparationOperationsMeatMysticismTemporaryRemedyVegetarianismAbstinenceAnimal FoodIntellectual DevelopmentSlag Author:Franz Bardon
“If knowledge and wisdom keep the same pace in development, the adept is enabled to grasp all the laws of the microcosm and the microcosm, not only from the point of view of wisdom, but also from the intellectual side, that is, in a bipolar way, to perceive and utilize them for his own development.” IfsWayLawSidesViewsMagicDevelopmentIntellectualPoint Of ViewPerceiveMysticismPaceBipolarAdeptMicrocosmKnowledge And Wisdom Author:Franz Bardon
“Knowledge and wisdom must go hand in hand. The adept will therefore endeavour to get on in knowledge as well as in wisdom, for neither of the two must lag behind in development.” WellsTwoHandsBehindsMagicDevelopmentMysticismHand In HandEndeavourAdeptKnowledge And WisdomLag Author:Franz Bardon
“Wisdom does not depend on mind and memory but on the maturity, purity and perfection of the individual personality. ... Therefore, insights are not passed on through the mind, but - and this particularly - through intuition or inspiration. The degree of wisdom is therefore determined by the state of development of the individual.” MindDoeStatesInspirationIndividualMemoriesMagicPersonalityDependsDevelopmentDegreesPerfectionInsightIntuitionDeterminedMaturityPurityMysticismIndividual Personality Author:Franz Bardon
“... All these preparations clearly show that a human being must perfect himself in the physical world through his magical development in order to be prepared for the higher astral world after death.” WorldHumansShowsOrderHuman BeingsPerfectMagicDevelopmentHigherPreparedPreparationMysticismBe PreparedAfter Death Author:Franz Bardon
“Alchemy and Kabbalah are later developments in my thinking. I think the primary interest has been the relationship of magic and mystery to logic and understanding. Those are the primary driving forces of my life. I have this ability, for some reason, to be able to hold both the Magical MysteryTour we're on in conjunction with the logical rigor of understanding theoretical physics, which makes me kind of a rare bird, because usually you're one or the other.” ThinkingKindHas BeensReasonAbleForceUnderstandingInterestAbilityMagicMysteryDevelopmentBirdLogicPhysicsDrivingPrimariesLogicalTheoreticalAlchemyDriving ForceRigorConjunctionsKabbalahTheoretical Physics Author:Fred Alan Wolf
“It's the unlikely juxtaposition of creativity and logic which causes the wooliness and confusion around the term 'innovation'. Everybody wants to be innovative; many companies and ideas are proclaimed to be innovative and no one doubts that innovation is a money spinner. And, thus, we are all looking for the magic formula. Well, here you go: Creativity + Iterative Development = Innovation.” WantWellsIdeasCausesTermCompanyCreativityDoubtMagicDevelopmentLogicInnovationConfusionFormulasUnlikelyInnovativeJuxtapositionSpinner Author:James Dyson
“People agree to say that it is rationality and science which have eliminated what is called magic and religion. But ultimately, the ironic outcome of this techno-scientific development is a renewed need for the idea of God.” PeopleNeedsIdeasMagicDevelopmentAgreeOutcomesIronicRationalityTechno Author:Paul Virilio
“Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.” WorldMindHas BeensSaidBookHumanityChangeTeacherImpossibleMagicSeaPoetDevelopmentCivilizationWindowTreasureCompanionPrintEnginesMagicianBankersLighthouseStandstill Book:101 Facts of life Source: 101 Facts of life