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> [The Door Without a Key is the Door of Dreams; it is the door by which the sensitive escape into insanity when life is too hard for them, and artists use it as a window in a watch-tower. Psychologists call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-door-without-a-key-is-the-door-of-dreams-it-is-the-door-by-which/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

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## More by Dion Fortune

> [I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/i-well-remember-it-being-said-to-me-by-an-occultist-of-great/)

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> [“...spirituality alone will not take a man far in the Mysteries; he must have intellectual powers as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/spirituality-alone-will-not-take-a-man-far-in-the-mysteries-he-must/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [What mathematics are to matter and force, occult science is to life and consciousness,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/what-mathematics-are-to-matter-and-force-occult-science-is-to-life/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-spirit-of-religious-persecution-is-not-the-special-failing-of-any/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and if one of the team cannot handle the forces, everybody is going to suffer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/a-chain-is-no-stronger-than-its-weakest-link-and-if-one-of-the-team/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [“The average man may be capable of benefiting by initiation, or he may not; it also depends upon his capacity; but each individual should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-average-man-may-be-capable-of-benefiting-by-initiation-or-he-may/)

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> [“...a trained occultist, especially if of high grade, has an exceedingly magnetic personality, and this is apt to prove disturbing to those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/a-trained-occultist-especially-if-of-high-grade-has-an-exceedingly/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [We live in the midst of invisible forces whose effects alone we perceive. We move among invisible forms whose actions we very often do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/we-live-in-the-midst-of-invisible-forces-whose-effects-alone-we/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [All gods are one God, and all goddesses are one Goddess, and there is one Initiator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/all-gods-are-one-god-and-all-goddesses-are-one-goddess-and-there-is/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [Magick is the art of causing changes in consciousness to occur in accordance with the will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/magick-is-the-art-of-causing-changes-in-consciousness-to-occur-in/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [The highest development was in the Egyptian and Cabalistic systems, and it was blended with Christian thought in the schools of the Neo-Platonists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-highest-development-was-in-the-egyptian-and-cabalistic-systems/)

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> [No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/no-enunciation-of-the-truth-will-ever-be-complete-no-method-of/)

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> [The driving forces of the universe, the framework upon which it is built up in all its parts, belong to another phase of manifestation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-driving-forces-of-the-universe-the-framework-upon-which-it-is/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [The true secret of natural goodness lies in the recognition of the contending rights of the Pairs of Opposites; there is no such antimony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-true-secret-of-natural-goodness-lies-in-the-recognition-of-the/)

[Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/)

> [The descent into matter must be complete before the ascent to spirit can commence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-descent-into-matter-must-be-complete-before-the-ascent-to-spirit/)

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