I regard physics as that subset of magic that works fairly reliably. I regard magick, in the traditional sense, as a kind of physics that we strive to understand and render more reliable. So it all comes down to the same thing, a quest to understand and manipulate the world with a self-consistent and coherent theory .
Peter J. CarrollScience has brought us power and ideas but not the wisdom or responsibility to handle them.
Peter J. CarrollIn a stagnant environment the body-mind creates its own adversity – disease and fantasy.
Peter J. CarrollThat which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.
Peter J. CarrollCan we find "The Universe in a grain of sand"? Well perhaps, but a stone seems easier to visualize.
Peter J. CarrollSo many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just end up bored with themselves, bereft of any depth of inner resources, suffocated by the inhibitions that defend their own monolithic identities.
Peter J. Carroll