Army Quote by Mark Helprin

“A vision of the Shining One swirling into our world, a monstrous, glorious flaming pillar of incarnate, eternal Evil--of people passing through its radiant…

— A. Merritt

The spirits are an age-old theme, a story from darkest history, and therefore a presentational anchor that can be used with many different magic…

— Eugene Burger

Celebrations infuse life with passion and purpose. They summon the human spirit.

— Terrence E. Deal

Those forms we fancy shadows, those strange lights That flash on dank morasses, the quick wind That smites us by the roadside—are the Night's…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald dogs, put…

— John L. Parker Jr

The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a…

— Plato

On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists,…

— Starhawk

“Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“If there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, instead of being like victims…

— Antonin Artaud

“In fireworks are released, all the explosive pyrotechnics of a dream. The inflammable desires, dampened by day under the cold water of consciousness, are…

— Kenneth Anger

“Rituals are like electrically powered transmitters sending stimulating sparks of electric current or inspirational feelings that connect us to our inner being or soul.”

— Wes Adamson

“Yes, this sudden transmutation in the order of things seems to enhance our pleasure, as if consecrating the unchanging nature of a ritual established…

— Muriel Barbery