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> [“Conventional, organized religion, in its most decadent form, is an inert parody of the genuine religious experience as much as modern occult organizations are degenerate parodies of forgotten religions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/conventional-organized-religion-in-its-most-decadent-form-is-an-inert/)

[Zeena Schreck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeena-schreck/)

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## More by Zeena Schreck

> [“Many secular observers and spiritual practitioners alike mistake mystical chanting as a kind of anthropological curiosity or interesting musical diversion from secular mainstream entertainment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/many-secular-observers-and-spiritual-practitioners-alike-mistake/)

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> [“Zeena Schreck believes that the right-hand path and the left-hand path have traditionally had the same end goal; it is only the method that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/zeena-schreck-believes-that-the-right-hand-path-and-the-left-hand/)

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> [“Conventional, organized religion, in its most decadent form, is an inert parody of the genuine religious experience as much as modern occult organizations are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/conventional-organized-religion-in-its-most-decadent-form-is-an-inert/)

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> [After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. In other words, you can't go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/after-you-ve-seen-behind-the-facade-of-a-stage-set-you-can-t-take-the/)

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> [A unifying factor between the different traditions and lineages of Tantra, is that it is feminine in nature. It acknowledges the feminine as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/a-unifying-factor-between-the-different-traditions-and-lineages-of/)

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> [Sex is like an atom bomb. A potent weapon which fascinates and frightens. We're afraid to let it loose, yet we all have our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/sex-is-like-an-atom-bomb-a-potent-weapon-which-fascinates-and/)

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> [Environmentalists and secular humanists insist that humans will destroy the planet. Corporate capitalists and many religious fundamentalists have no regard for wildlife and nature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/environmentalists-and-secular-humanists-insist-that-humans-will/)

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> [To the non-initiate, whose experience of sexuality and bodily pleasure may be distorted by negative cultural conditioning, the introduction of sexuality into a sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/to-the-non-initiate-whose-experience-of-sexuality-and-bodily-pleasure/)

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> [Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break the rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/nothing-could-be-easier-than-disturbing-a-status-quo-instituted-by/)

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> [Always remember, wherever you are, whether near or far, you had a mother who really, really loved you. The original mother. Once you've found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/always-remember-wherever-you-are-whether-near-or-far-you-had-a-mother/)

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> [“One example of an uniquely Sethian approach towards initiation is for the initiate to regard his or her own life with the same urgency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/one-example-of-an-uniquely-sethian-approach-towards-initiation-is-for/)

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> [“A certain amount of native skill and training can allow many individuals to be fairly successful magicians, achieving a surprisingly high ratio of positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/a-certain-amount-of-native-skill-and-training-can-allow-many/)

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> [The core practice of magic is: The execution of a willed intent to create change in the material world, which either defies, hastens or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/the-core-practice-of-magic-is-the-execution-of-a-willed-intent-to/)

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> [“If you have strength of character, you can use that as fuel to not only be a survivor but to transcend simply being a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/if-you-have-strength-of-character-you-can-use-that-as-fuel-to-not/)

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> [When all that’s left of us is the pure untainted consciousness without form, we’ll know what it means when the last human breath expires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/when-all-that-s-left-of-us-is-the-pure-untainted-consciousness/)

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