The true secret of natural goodness lies in the recognition of the contending rights of the Pairs of Opposites; there is no such antimony as between Good and Evil, but only balance between two extremes, each of which is evil when carried to excess, both of which give rise to evil if insufficient for equipoise.

The true nature of the gods is that of magical images shaped out of the astral plane by mankind's thought, and influenced by the mind.

There is a life behind the personality that uses personalities as masks. There are times when life puts off the mask and deep answers unto deep.

It is one of the strictest conditions of initiation that occult knowledge may never be sold or used for gain.

We live in the midst of invisible forces whose effects alone we perceive. We move among invisible forms whose actions we very often do not perceive at all, though we may be profoundly affected by them.

I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates.

Symbols are to the mind what tools are to the hand--an extended application of its powers.