“Entrance into the Old Ways begins with the pricking of a finger with a rose thorn, which produces a drop of blood. This opens the way into the Thorned Path, a system, which uses five rose thorns to symbolize the five arts of Witchcraft that one should master. These arts are Herbalist, Fortune-Teller, Spirit Medium, Mystic, and Magician. We call mastering these aspects 'the gathered thorns' --thus the Thorned Path.” WayShouldArtUseSpiritPathFiveBloodProduceMastersAspectRoseFortuneFingersMediumsMagicianWitchcraftMysticThornsEntrancesOld WaysFortune Teller Author:Raven Grimassi
“When the Divine Artist would produce a poem, He plants a germ of it in a human soul, and out of that soul the poem springs and grows as from the rose-tree the rose.” HumansSoulPoetryArtistGrowsTreeProduceDivineSpringRosePlantHuman SoulGerms Author:James A. Garfield
“We are thinking about bad only those who are worse than we are, and those who are better than us ... I'm just not up to us ... One does not follow it than smell roses. Another of the bitter herbs will produce honey. Give bread to one - will remember forever. Another life donation - do not understand.” ThinkingGivingDoeRememberForeverProduceRoseSmellBreadBitterHoneyHerbsDonationAnother Life Author:Omar Khayyam
“If you wish to produce a perfect rose, you must cut off the other buds which are spoiling the growth of the perfect flower.” IfsWishGrowthPerfectCuttingProduceFlowerRoseBud Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti