6 quotes
Faculty X is simply that latent power in human beings possess to reach beyond the present.
The Occult: A History (1971)
The real importance of Swedenborg lies in the doctrines he taught, which are the reverse of the gloom and hell-fire of other breakaway sects.
The Occult: A History (1971)
Its founder may have not been a great occultist, but he was a great man.
The Occult: A History (1971)
God is Divine Goodness, and Jesus is Divine Wisdom, and Goodness has to be approached through Wisdom.
The Occult: A History (1971)
Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious.
The Occult: A History (1971)
Religion, mysticism and magic all spring from the same basic 'feeling' about the universe: a sudden feeling of meaning, which human beings sometimes 'pick up' accidentally, as your radio might pick up some unknown station.
The Occult: A History (1971)