--- title: "1 Magic Like Quotes By Albert Pike" description: "1 Magic Like quotes by Albert Pike. Plus more from Albert Pike and more Magic Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/albert-pike-4863_absolutes_magic-is-that-which-it-is-it-is-by-itsel_869271.jpg" --- > [Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and its laws . Magic is the science of the Ancient Magi: and the Christian religion, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/magic-is-that-which-it-is-it-is-by-itself-like-the-mathematics-for-it/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/albert-pike-4863_absolutes_magic-is-that-which-it-is-it-is-by-itsel_869271.jpg) ## More by Albert Pike > [A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/a-war-for-a-great-principle-ennobles-a-nation/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/the-doctrines-of-the-bible-are-often-not-clothed-in-the-language-of/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves, then must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/if-the-soul-sees-after-death-what-passes-on-this-earth-and-watches/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [The double law of attraction and radiation or of sympathy and antipathy, of fixedness and movement, which is the principle of Creation, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/the-double-law-of-attraction-and-radiation-or-of-sympathy-and/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [Death is the inseparable antecedent of life; the seed dies in order to produce the plant, and earth itself is rent asunder and dies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/death-is-the-inseparable-antecedent-of-life-the-seed-dies-in-order-to/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [We are all naturally seekers of wonders. We travel far to see the majesty of old ruins, the venerable forms of the hoary mountains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/we-are-all-naturally-seekers-of-wonders-we-travel-far-to-see-the/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [The Blue Degrees are but the outer court...of the temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/the-blue-degrees-are-but-the-outer-court-of-the-temple-part-of-the/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/virtue-is-but-heroic-bravery-to-do-the-thing-thought-to-be-true-in/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [“The freest people, like the freest man, is always in danger of re-lapsing into servitude. Wars are almost always fatal to Republics. They create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/the-freest-people-like-the-freest-man-is-always-in-danger-of-re/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [Know thou the self (spirit) as riding in a chariot, The body as the chariot. Know thou the intellect as the chariot-driver, And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/know-thou-the-self-spirit-as-riding-in-a-chariot-the-body-as-the/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [There are great truths at the foundation of Freemasonry, truths which it is its mission to teach and which is constituting the very essence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/there-are-great-truths-at-the-foundation-of-freemasonry-truths-which/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/that-which-causes-us-trials-shall-yield-us-triumph-and-that-which/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [That which we say and do, if its effects last not beyond our lives, is unimportant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/that-which-we-say-and-do-if-its-effects-last-not-beyond-our-lives-is/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/war-is-a-series-of-catastrophes-which-result-in-victory/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) > [“Religion would, in many points, not be comprehended by the ignorant, nor consolatory to them, nor guiding and supporting for them. The doctrines of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/religion-would-in-many-points-not-be-comprehended-by-the-ignorant-nor/) [Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/magic-like/albert-pike/#itemlist", "name": "1 Magic Like Quotes By Albert Pike", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and its laws . 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