Eliphas Levi Quotes

The Placer Is An Enemy Who Must Necessarily Become Our Lord Or Our Slave; One Doesn't Enjoy If It's Not Defeated.

Doubt Is Really A Groping Ignorance.

Passing Beauties Are Only The Fugitive Reflectios Of The Eternal.

In Olden Times Gold Was Manufactured By Science; Nowadays Science Must Be Renewed By Gold. We Have Fixed The Volatile And We Must Now Volatilize The Fixed—in Other Words, We Have Materialized Spirit, And We Must Now Spiritualize Matter.

Succeed In Not Fearing The Lion, And The Lion Will Fear You.

That Great Kabbilistical Association Known In Europe Under The Name Of Masonry Appeared Suddenly In The World When The Revolt Against The Church Had Just Succeeded In Dismembering Christian Unity.

Mistress Of Love Or Of Hate, Occult Science Can Dispense Paradise Or Hell At Its Pleasure To Human Hearts; It Disposes Of All Forms And Confers Beauty Or Ugliness; With The Wand Of Circe It Changes Men Into Brutes And Animals Alternately Into Men.

Renounce To The Desire Of Possessing Worldly Things: This Is The First Step In The Path Of Perfection; By Mean Of This Absolute Untie Is How The Passions Can Be Fought.

Father, Forgive Them,' Said Jesus, 'for They Know Not What They Do' -- People Of Good Sense Whoever You May Be, I Will Add, Do Not Listen To Them, For They Know Not What They Say.

Up To One's Last Breath, One May Retain The Simple Joys Of Childhood, The Poetic Ecstasies Of The Young Person, The Enthusiasms Of Maturity. Right To The End, One May Intoxicate One's Spirit With Flowers, With Beauty And With Smiles.

It Is Necessary To Dare What Must Be Attempted.

An Iron Chain Is Less Difficult To Break Than A Chain Of Flowers.