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> [Darken your room, shut the door, empty your mind. You are still in great company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/darken-your-room-shut-the-door-empty-your-mind-you-are-still-in-great/)

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## More by Austin Osman Spare

> [And remember, you shall suffer all things and again suffer: until you have sufficient sufferance to accept all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/and-remember-you-shall-suffer-all-things-and-again-suffer-until-you/)

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> [“Quietism, Buddhism, and other religions, everything which denies the flesh—is the great inferiority to God in ourselves, an escapism seeking sanctuary through fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/quietism-buddhism-and-other-religions-everything-which-denies-the/)

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> [The more Chaotic I am, the more complete I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/the-more-chaotic-i-am-the-more-complete-i-am/)

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> [For I am I: ergo, the truth of myself; my own sphinx, conflict, chaos, vortex—asymmetric to all rhythms, oblique to all paths. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/for-i-am-i-ergo-the-truth-of-myself-my-own-sphinx-conflict-chaos/)

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> [“Belief is ever its own tempter to believe differently. You cannot believe freedom into existence, but can you free yourself from belief ? You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/belief-is-ever-its-own-tempter-to-believe-differently-you-cannot/)

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> [Embrace reality by imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/embrace-reality-by-imagination/)

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> [“Sigils are made by combining the letters of the alphabet after a process of simplification. For example, the word ‘Woman’ in Sigil form is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/sigils-are-made-by-combining-the-letters-of-the-alphabet-after-a/)

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> [“Sigils are the art of believing; my invention for making belief unconscious66 and therefore true belief. A wish to believe something is of necessity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/sigils-are-the-art-of-believing-my-invention-for-making-belief/)

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> [“The intrinsic non-existence at the heart of entity is what Spare designated the Kiã, and he strove to convey his vision in a theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/the-intrinsic-non-existence-at-the-heart-of-entity-is-what-spare/)

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> [“In what way can it act as master? Through scores of incarnations, the ‘self ’ we end up with is derived from the attributes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/in-what-way-can-it-act-as-master-through-scores-of-incarnations-the/)

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> [“Oh, you men of small pleasure and enterprise, oblivious to your purpose, fault-finding, avaricious and sinful, who cannot live without women and cannot enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/oh-you-men-of-small-pleasure-and-enterprise-oblivious-to-your-purpose/)

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> [“Oh God, thou art the stagnant environment’.12 All is quackery: these religions, whose very existence depends on their failure, are full of misery and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/oh-god-thou-art-the-stagnant-environment-12-all-is-quackery-these/)

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> [“The desire to be ‘great’can only become unconscious at a time of vacuity67 and by giving it (Sigil) form. If you become conscious of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/the-desire-to-be-great-can-only-become-unconscious-at-a-time-of/)

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> [“Know all ritual, ceremony, and conditions to be arbitrary (you have yourself to please): in the end, they are just a hindrance and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/know-all-ritual-ceremony-and-conditions-to-be-arbitrary-you-have/)

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> [“The one law of Art is its own spontaneity, its pleasure and freedom. How mystic, pure and simple is its wish; it has no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-osman-spare/the-one-law-of-art-is-its-own-spontaneity-its-pleasure-and-freedom/)

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