As a great master once observed: "There are two methods of becoming god, the upright or the averse." Let the mind become as a flame or a pool of still water.

Magic doesn't suit everyone. Only those prepared to take full responsibility for themselves should apply.

If only one fifth of your spells work you have real power. If only one fifth of your divinations work you have a serious disability.

Flat Earth theory serves well enough for a trip from the cave to the water hole and back, and a third dimension going up into the sky and down underground serves to accommodate gods and devils A lot of people still think like that, believe it or not.

If someone claims to have free will, ask them, free from precisely what?

Only through absolute loyalty to each other can the few control the many.

An old joke puts its thus, "when a man speaks to a god its prayer , when a god speaks to a man its schizophrenia"... Many people hear voices without suffering any of the debilitating and dysfunctional effects associated with schizophrenia, some treat these as sources of inspiration of develop religious ideas around them, others become mediums or occultists.