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“Every creative act is magical. And every magical act is creative.”
― Donald Tyson, Ritual Magic: What It Is & How To Do It

“The yogi
tends to work inwardly, focusing on the body, whereas the magus directs the will
outwardly upon the objects of the greater world. This apparent distinction is misleading,
since inner world and outer world have no dividing boundary, but are an
indivisible universe perceived by a single human mind. The ultimate goal is similar
in both practices-to master the personal universe and yoke it to the higher aspirations.”
― Donald Tyson, The Magician's Workbook: Practicing the Rituals of the Western Tradition

“The runes are a set of symbols that concisely embody the most potent magical system of the ancient world.”
― Donald Tyson, The Truth About Runes

“In magical works the runes are always marked in red to symbolize the blood of sacrifice...The ritual should be performed on Wednesday, the day sacred to Odin, father of the northern gods and mythic discoverer of runes.”
― Donald Tyson, The Truth About Runes

“The forces set in motion by runes are primal. This is what makes them dangerous. It also makes them effective.”
― Donald Tyson, The Truth About Runes

“It is important for occult writers to make a clear distinction between their informed speculations about ancient rune magic and their own innovations and attempts to synthesize runes into the framework of modern occultism; too often this is not done.”
― Donald Tyson, The Truth About Runes

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly that magic acts in and through the mind. The external elements of ritual are only sensory aids for the benefit of the magician.”
― Donald Tyson, Ritual Magic: What It Is & How To Do It

“Turn not your mind from fears, but embrace them as your lover. Let terror posses your body and course through your veins.”
― Donald Tyson, Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred

“People who seem very weak physically and emotionally may be very strong on the unconscious level.”
― Donald Tyson, Ritual Magic: What It Is & How To Do It

“A
human being who has mastered the self cannot be dominated by any other person;
to the contrary, there is a strong tendency for others to seek to emulate and follow
such a master, because they intuitively recognize the value of self-control.”
― Donald Tyson, The Magician's Workbook: Practicing the Rituals of the Western Tradition

“Each rune is the occult name and sigil of one of the most fundamental forces of existence. They touch the very roots of the world tree, Yggdrasill, that lie far beneath the topsoil of human perceptions. By working the runes, the magus is able to shake the utmost foundations of the universe.”
― Donald Tyson, The Truth About Runes