Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.

Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.

When an idea is important to a person or culture it will find its way into imagery.

There is no greater privilege in life than being yourself.

The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.