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Quotes from The Forge and the Crucible — Mircea Eliade

d. 1986 Romania

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In virtue of this, the artisan is a connoisseur of secrets, a magician; thus all crafts include some kind off initiation and are handed down by an occult tradition. He who 'makes' real things is he who knows the secret of making them.

The Forge and the Crucible (1956)

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