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Reich was not only thrown in prison, but they chopped up all the scientific equipment in his laboratory with axes and burned all of his books in an incinerator.

— Robert Anton Wilson

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Yates thinks Bruno may have had a role in the invention of either Rosicrucianism or Freemasonry or both.

Everything Is Under Control (1998)

The fallacy is that one can judge the part in isolation from the whole is "the Lie that all men believe."

There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world.

The A∴A∴ must rank as the most secretive secret society in the world.

Everything Is Under Control (1998)

You simply cannot invent any conspiracy theory so ridiculous and obviously satirical that some people somewhere don't already believe it.

Everything Is Under Control (1998)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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