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“Through ignorance, movements of the waters are attributed to the reflected moon dancing on it. Likewise agency of action, of enjoyment and other limiting adjuncts—which really belong to the mind—are delusively misunderstood as the nature of the Self: Ātman.”
― Adi Shankaracharya, Atma Bodha & Aparoksha Anubhuti: Die Erkenntnis des Selbst & Die direkte Verwirklichung des Selbst

“Any act, if in accordance with the will, is an act of magic.”
― Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice

“There is a single main definition of the object of all magical Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm. The Supreme and Complete Ritual is therefore the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of Mysticism, Union with God. All other magical Rituals are particular cases of this general principle.”
― Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice

“Recall to mind some person whom you may have observed when he was filled with desire for some object. Direct your attention to this desire. It is best to recall to memory that moment when the desire was at its height, and it was still uncertain whether the object of the desire would be attained. And now fill your mind with this recollection, and reflect on what you can thus observe. Maintain the utmost inner tranquillity. Make the greatest possible effort to be blind and deaf to everything that may be going on around you, and take special heed that through the conception thus evoked, a feeling should awaken in your soul. Allow this feeling to rise in your soul like a cloud on the cloudless horizon. As a rule, of course, your reflection will be interrupted, because the person whom it concerns, was not observed in this particular state of soul for a sufficient length
of time. The attempt will most likely fail hundreds and hundreds of times. It is just a question of not losing patience. After many attempts you will succeed in experiencing a feeling in your soul corresponding to the state of soul of the person observed, and you will begin to notice that through this feeling, a power grows in your soul, that leads to spiritual insight into the state of soul of the other.”
― Rudolf Steiner, How to Know Higher Worlds