“The vice named surrealism is the immoderate and impassioned use of the stupefacient image or rather of the uncontrolled provocation of the image for its own sake and for the element of unpredictable perturbation and of metamorphosis which it introduces into the domain of representation; for each image on each occasion forces you to revise the entire Universe.” UseUniverseForceElementsSakeVicesOccasionsIntroducingRepresentationUnpredictableDomainSurrealismMetamorphosisProvocationImpassioned Author:Louis Aragon
“Because the divine goodness could not be adequately represented by one creature alone, God produced many and diverse creatures, that what was wanting in one in the representation of the divine goodness might be supplied by another. For goodness, which in God is simple and uniform, in creatures is manifold and divided. Thus the whole universe together participates in the divine goodness more perfectly and represents it better than any single creature.” WholeMightTogetherUniverseSimpleDivineCreaturesGoodnessDividedDiverseUniformsRepresentationManifold Author:Thomas Aquinas
“In magical thought the human body is the 'microcosm' (small representation) of the Earth, which is the 'macrocosm'. The Earth is also the microcosm of the Universe. In other words, we are pictures of the essence of the planet and thusly of the universe. As such, when we change ourselves, we change the Earth and the universe.” HumansBodyEarthUniversePlanetsEssenceRepresentationHuman BodyMicrocosm Book:Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic Source: Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic
“The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe .” SelfUniverseIndividualFateAnxietySignificantRepresentationAffirmationSelf Affirmation Book:The Courage To Be Source: The Courage To Be