"Entrance into the Old Ways begins with the pricking of a finger with a rose thorn, which produces a drop of blood. This opens the way into the Thorned Path, a system, which uses five rose thorns to symbolize the five arts of Witchcraft that one should master. These arts are Herbalist, Fortune-Teller, Spirit Medium, Mystic, and Magician. We call mastering these aspects 'the gathered thorns' --thus the Thorned Path."

-- Raven Grimassi

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“But who is stronger than death? Me , evidently .”
“Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.”

Source : John Burroughs (1924). “Complete writings of John Burroughs”
“Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection.”
“So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds fascinating. It’s wonderful!” And I told my father and he literally said, “I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.””

Source : Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 13, 2016.
“Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government.”

Source : Charles Sumner (1856). “Last Three Speeches on Kansas Ad Freedom: Feb. 7th, March 6th, and May 19th & 20th, 1856”, p.619
“Don't let your negative self beliefs haunt you out of taking action. You owe it to yourself to live the life that you desire.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 17, 2017
“Every thought, good or bad, becomes concrete; it materializes and becomes a reality.”
“In the spectrum of God's mysteries, preaching is a sacrament: Because of its sacramental reality some people have never again been the same.”

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