Religion Quote by Anonymous

“Magic is that paganistic reversal of the process of religion, in which man, instead of letting himself be used by God for the divine…

— Geerhardus Vos

Magic is the divinity of man achieved in union with faith...

— Eliphas Levi

"Magic is the first and last religion of the world. It has the power to make us whole, to open our eyes to the…

— Clive Barker

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things,…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Both magic and religion are based strictly on mythological tradition, and they also both exist in the atmosphere of the miraculous, in a constant…

— Bronislaw Malinowski

“I believe in the magic and in the authority of words”

— René Char

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love;…

— Drummond Money-Coutts

“Magical beliefs are revelatory and fascinating not because they are ill-conceived instruments of utility but because they are poetic echoes of the cadences that…

— Michael Taussig

Magic and religion are ultimately experiential in nature and should be treated as such.

— Nevill Drury

“You got to understand the god thing. It’s not magic. Not exactly. It’s about focus. It’s about being you, but the you that people…

— Neil Gaiman

“Magic exists in the minds of those who believe in it, not in its actual influence on reality.”

— Thomas Olde Heuvelt

“Divinity is accident of nature, magic is the work of an art.”

— Amit Kalantri