“Man's experience tells him that wherever there are signs of life, death in in the offing. The more alive this life becomes, the nearer death draws, until the supreme moment - the enchanted moment when something new is created -… — Walter Friedrich Otto Copy Share Image
“In this way all violent bonds and orders are cancelled as if the freedom of the primal world had been restored with one blow. Man, too, is made open and true by this freedom. Wine, as Plutarch says so nicely, frees the soul of subservience, fear, and insincerity; it teaches men how to be truthful and candid with one another.… — Walter Friedrich Otto Copy Share
“He who begets something which is alive must dive down into the primeval depths in which the forces of life dwell. And when he… — Walter Friedrich Otto Copy Share Image
“Man's experience tells him that wherever there are signs of life, death in in the offing. The more alive this life becomes, the nearer… — Walter Friedrich Otto Copy Share Image
