Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas

The totality of the psyche can never be grasped by the intellect alone.

Instead of being at the mercy of wild beasts, earthquakes, landslides, and inundations, modern man is battered by the elemental forces of his own psyche. This is the World Power that vastly exceeds all other powers on earth. The Age of Enlightenment, which stripped nature and human institutions of gods, overlooked the God of Terror who dwells in the human soul.

In some way or other we are part of a single, all-embracing psyche, a single 'greatest man. . . .'

It will seem as if you were making the visions banal — but then you need to do that — then you are freed from the power of them Then when these things are in some precious book you can go to the book and turn over the pages and for you it will be your church — your cathedral — the silent places of your spirit where you will find renewal. If anyone tells you that it is morbid or neurotic and you listen to them — then you will lose your soul — for in that book is your soul.

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp life excessively.