“My mother was born in the city, my dad was an immigrant. Probably from Germany. Could have been Austria, could have been Poland. The borders were changing. My dad brought over a large family of Shatners when he was very young. Scraped together the money, got 11 brothers and sisters a passage on the boat. There's a lot of Shatners in Montreal.” Has BeensTogetherYoungMotherBornCitiesBrotherDadMy DadBoatBordersGermanyImmigrantsPassagesBrothers And SistersCould Have BeenPolandMontrealAustriaLarge Family Author:William Shatner
“Like birds of passage, the instincts drift the soul adventurously beyond the horizon of sensible things, as if intent on convoying it to the mother country from whence it had flown.” IfsSoulCountryMotherBirdInstinctHorizonPassagesSensibleMother CountryBeyond The Horizon Author:Amos Bronson Alcott
“In every Magical, or similar system, it is invariably the first condition which the Aspirant must fulfill: he must once and for all and for ever put his family outside his magical circle.Even the Gospels insist clearly and weightily on this.Christ himself (i.e. whoever is meant by this name in this passage) callously disowns his mother and his brethren (Luke VIII, 19). And he repeatedly makes discipleship contingent on the total renunciation of all family ties. He would not even allow a man to attend his father's funeral!Is the magical tradition less rigid?Not on your life!” MenFirstsMotherFatherNamesChristConditionsTraditionCirclesTiesFuneralPassagesDiscipleshipBrethrenLukeRenunciationFamily Ties Author:Aleister Crowley