Peter J. Carroll

All Philosophy is Biography

— Peter J. Carroll

“[A] competent magician should have the ability to stand still at a bus stop with closed eyes and have the entire universe…

— Peter J. Carroll

“Conspiracy theory, like causality, works fantastically well as an explanatory model but only if you use it backwards. The fact that we…

— Peter J. Carroll

Indeed, linear extrapolations make no large-scale sense in a universe that has spatial and temporal curvature.

— Peter J. Carroll

In a stagnant environment the body-mind creates its own adversity – disease and fantasy.

— Peter J. Carroll

That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.

— Peter J. Carroll

The only clear view is from atop the mountain of your dead selves.

— Peter J. Carroll

The conscious mind is a maelstrom of fleeting thoughts, images, sensations, feelings, conflicting desires, and doubts; barely able to confine its attention…

— Peter J. Carroll

Only through absolute loyalty to each other can the few control the many.

— Peter J. Carroll

Science has brought us power and ideas but not the wisdom or responsibility to handle them.

— Peter J. Carroll

Careful observation will confirm that virtually all spontaneous parapsychological events occur through some form of sleight of mind. It is invariably something…

— Peter J. Carroll

So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them.…

— Peter J. Carroll

“Drugs have a long history of use in magic in various cultures, and usually in the context of either ecstatic communal rituals…

— Peter J. Carroll

No left wing parties have any respect for liberal economic values; and most centre and right wing parties merely promote a paternalistic…

— Peter J. Carroll

It has taken us two million years to elevate politics from the level of a monkey squabble, to a level comprehensible to…

— Peter J. Carroll

Always consider the qualifications of anyone who assumes or professes authority, what do they really know? Authorities on spirituality can rarely give…

— Peter J. Carroll

We doubt that any facts actually exist. We only have observations and interpretations. Most of the interpretations remain questionable.

— Peter J. Carroll

“There is no part of one’s beliefs about oneself which cannot be modified by sufficiently powerful psychological techniques. There is nothing about…

— Peter J. Carroll

Magic doesn't suit everyone. Only those prepared to take full responsibility for themselves should apply.

— Peter J. Carroll

In certain tantric rituals the candidate is first beaten by his guru, hashish forced down him, and he is taken at midnight…

— Peter J. Carroll

Chaos, the life force of the universe, is not human-hearted. Therefore the wizard cannot be human-hearted when he seeks to tap the…

— Peter J. Carroll

Ideas about a person's place in society, his role, lifestyle, and ego qualities will lose their hold as the cohesive forces in…

— Peter J. Carroll

We can only escape the bloody and ignorant nightmare of history by exploring alternatives which today look frighteningly weird.

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Enforcing equality to compensate for the monstrous unfairness of nature destroys liberty. But total liberty leads to various forms of "aristocracy" and…

— Peter J. Carroll

An old joke puts its thus, "when a man speaks to a god its prayer , when a god speaks to a…

— Peter J. Carroll