John Matthews > Quotes

“There is a common language, a mode of consciousness, almost a secret sign which can be read and recognized by all who are similarly engaged. Such realizations help fend off the feeling of isolation which can dog the steps of those who seek the Grail.”
― John Matthews, At the table of the Grail: Magic and the use of the imagination

“The way to restore the Wasteland is to embrace it with compassion, to become identified with it in exactly the same way that the lover identifies with the beloved: for what wounds the beloved wounds the lover.”
― John Matthews, Arthurian Magic: A Practical Guide to the Wisdom of Camelot

“Ancient fears of merging with, surrendering to, or being invaded by unfamiliar concepts, alien cultures, or different religions result in a kind of fundamentalism that causes spiritual evolution to become petrified.”
― John Matthews, Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus

“Shamanic abilities are generally brought on by a personal crisis,”
― John Matthews, The Shamanism Bible: The definitive guide to Shamanic thought and practice

“Man is frail. Man is prone to fallacies, errors, vice, and greed, but good iron never fails. Combine hard iron with a good man and you have the makings of a legend or a myth.”
― John Matthews, Arthurian Magic: A Practical Guide to the Wisdom of Camelot

“The Roman Apuleius in his treatise Deo Socratis”
― John Matthews, The Great Book of King Arthur: and His Knights of the Round Table

“Strange and terrible were the adventures they undertook with a merry heart”
― John Matthews, Arthurian Magic: A Practical Guide to the Wisdom of Camelot