Richard Smoley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Theurgy is ritual magic - but magic that enacts the will of God, not of the magician. Â It brings divine energies down to earth, elevating and spiritualizing the world of matter, including the very being and substance of the participants. Â Each time the believer takes part with attention and devotion,Â he or she becomes more attuned to God.
-- Richard Smoley

#Magic #Attention #Substance
Mastering â€“ or, if you prefer, integrating â€“ the psyche is the work of a lifetimeâ€¦.This mastery is not holding the psyche in rigid subjugation (which is impossible in any case), nor is it a matter of having a maniacally religious ego lording it over the emotions and the body. Rather, it is being centered in the still, small voice that is the true 'I' of the spirit.
-- Richard Smoley

#Religious #Voice #Ego
By penetrating to the core of our own being, we can make contact with the consciousness at the center of the universe.
-- Richard Smoley

#Consciousness #Center Of The Universe #Contact
Mastering – or, if you prefer, integrating – the psyche is the work of a lifetime….This mastery is not holding the psyche in rigid subjugation (which is impossible in any case), nor is it a matter of having a maniacally religious ego lording it over the emotions and the body. Rather, it is being centered in the still, small voice that is the true 'I' of the spirit.
-- Richard Smoley

#Religious #Voice #Ego

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
Magic likes a good tragedy, too.
If you would bring the magic out of your mind - the magic which will transform everything - you must believe.
For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.
My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.
I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.
I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.
It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.
The substance of the constitution is preserved. That is a fact.

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