Initiation means the Journey Inwards: nothing is changed or can be changed; but all is trulier understood with every step.

The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.

The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!

Sex is the sacred song of the soul; Sex is the sanctuary of Self.

There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running the slightest risk, and what you say when you want it is, 'Garcon! Un Pernod!'

I have been accused of being a ‘black magician.’ No more foolish statement was ever made about me. I despise the thing to such an extent that I can hardly believe in the existence of people so debased and idiotic as to practice it.

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.