When it comes to the question of the mummy’s curse, I am afraid that my sympathies are entirely with the mummy.

The occultist does not try to dominate Nature, but to bring himself into harmony with these great Cosmic Forces, and work with them.

Phantasms of the Living,” by Gurney and Podmore.

You want to wake the Old Gods, don’t you?” “Yes.” “Well then, go where the Old Gods are accustomed to be worshipped.

He had a sudden twinge of conscience concerning his responsibilities at the seaside villa, but dismissed it as quixotic. What he was doing was harming no one, and the blessing and peace of it all was so great a boon. He had tried cutting it off drastically once, and the result had been an explosion of emotion he had no mind to precipitate again. What earthly need was there to give up his dream-woman who harmed nobody and helped him so tremendously?

There is something very intimate and personal about one’s books. They reveal so much of one’s private soul.

No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more than mark out the little plot of infinity which he intends to cultivate, and thrust in the spade, trusting that the soil may eventually be fruitful and free from weeds so far as the bounds he has set himself extend...

I can best compare my life to a vitaminless diet – plenty of nutritive bulk, but the little something that meant health was lacking. I suppose my trouble was really spiritual scurvy.

In brief, the Tree of Life is a compendium of science, psychology, philosophy and theology.

In his imagination he performed the ‘composition of place’ reconstructing the scene from what he could remember of the classics, so laboriously and unprofitably rammed into his head at Harrow.