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title: "1 Cryptic Quotes By Scott Cunningham"
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> [Seek wisdom in books, rare manuscripts, and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones, and fragile herbs, and in the cries of wild birds. Listen to the whisperings of the wind and the roar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/seek-wisdom-in-books-rare-manuscripts-and-cryptic-poems-if-you-will/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

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## More by Scott Cunningham

> [The power is neutral. It cannot be divided into positive and negative energies. Power is power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/the-power-is-neutral-it-cannot-be-divided-into-positive-and-negative/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Call upon the Goddess and God to protect you and teach you the secrets of magic. Ask stones and plants to reveal their powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/call-upon-the-goddess-and-god-to-protect-you-and-teach-you-the/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Magic is the projection of natural energies to produce needed effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/magic-is-the-projection-of-natural-energies-to-produce-needed-effects/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Wicca has been, up until the past decade or so, a closed religion, but no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/wicca-has-been-up-until-the-past-decade-or-so-a-closed-religion-but/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [The power is that which generated and maintains the universe... the life-force, the stuff of creation. It is the very substance of existence itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/the-power-is-that-which-generated-and-maintains-the-universe-the-life/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Books can lift our spirits, heal our wounds, steel our courage and strengthen our religious resolve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/books-can-lift-our-spirits-heal-our-wounds-steel-our-courage-and/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Eventually, ritual was developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/eventually-ritual-was-developed-as-a-means-of-contacting-and/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [If you would be a magician, honor the Earth. Honor life. Love. Know that magic is the birthright of every human being, and wisely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/if-you-would-be-a-magician-honor-the-earth-honor-life-love-know-that/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Seek wisdom in books, rare manuscripts, and cryptic poems if you will, but seek it out also in simple stones, and fragile herbs, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/seek-wisdom-in-books-rare-manuscripts-and-cryptic-poems-if-you-will/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Magic is our birthright...and should be available to all who wish to utilize it as a tool of personal transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/magic-is-our-birthright-and-should-be-available-to-all-who-wish-to/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/trees-have-from-time-immemorial-been-closely-associated-with-magic/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Magic is the practice of causing change through the use of powers as yet not defined or accepted by science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/magic-is-the-practice-of-causing-change-through-the-use-of-powers-as/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [The earth is one tiny part of a vast energy net work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/the-earth-is-one-tiny-part-of-a-vast-energy-net-work/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [Magic is not always serious or solemn. It is a joyous celebration and merging with the life-force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/magic-is-not-always-serious-or-solemn-it-is-a-joyous-celebration-and/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

> [We can't point at an image of an evil god, such as Satan, and blame it for our faults and weaknesses. We can't blame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-cunningham/we-can-t-point-at-an-image-of-an-evil-god-such-as-satan-and-blame-it/)

[Scott Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-cunningham/)

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