“According to the oral tradition of Witches, we were once the priests and priestesses of a peasant Pagan religion. Members of this secret sect met at night beneath the full moon, for these were the "misfits" and "outcasts" who did not fit into mainstream society. Little has changed over the centuries and the Witchcraft community still embraces individuals frequently rejected in mainstream society. These include gays, lesbians, transgendered individuals, and other people with the courage to live their lives authentically in accord with who they are inside their hearts, minds, and spirits.” PeopleMindHeartLittlesStillsSpiritNightIndividualCommunitySecretCenturyChangedFitMetsGayMoonMembersTraditionEmbracePriestsWitchMainstreamRejectedPeasantsAccordWitchcraftPaganSectsOutcastMisfitsFull MoonOral TraditionPriestessesMainstream Society Author:Raven Grimassi
“What Music expresses is eternal, infinite, and ideal; she expresses not the passion, love, desire, of this or that individual in this or that condition, but Passion, Love, Desire itself, and in such infinitely varied phases as lie in her unique possession and are foreign and unknown to any other tongue...So...Here's to Victory, gained by our higher sense over the worthlessness of the vulgar! To Love, which crowns our courage...To the day, to the night!...And three cheers for Music.” LyingDesireNightPassionThreeIndividualMusicConditionsVictoryHigherEternalUniqueIdealsInfinitePossessionTongueCheerCrownsPhasesVulgarLove PassionWorthlessness Book:Pilgrimage to Beethoven and Other Essays Source: Pilgrimage to Beethoven and Other Essays
“Mystical experiences nearly always lead one to a belief that some aspect of consciousness is imperishable. In a Buddhist metaphor the consciousness of the individual is like a flame that burns through the night. It is not the same flame over time, yet neither is it another flame.” NightIndividualBeliefConsciousnessAspectMetaphorBuddhistFlamesMysticismMysticalMystical Experiences Author:Marilyn Ferguson
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds emotion as well as reason and there are long periods in the lives of all of us, and of the saints, when the truth as revealed by faith is hideous, emotionally disturbing, downright repulsive. Witness the dark night of the soul in individual saints. Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul.” WorldWellsLongDoeSoulReasonWholeSeemsNightIndividualDarkAbilityEmotionHigherPeriodsRight NowSaintWhole WorldWitnessParadoxStomachDisturbingHideousDark NightDark Night Of The Soul Author:Flannery O'Connor