Sorina

“For thousands of years ago it was known to the sorcerers of ancient India, Babylon, and Egypt, as well as of Greece and Rome, and at this day it is still resorted to by cunning and malignant savages in Australia, Africa, and Scotland.”
― James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (10 volume set)

“Let it be again understood that the crystal possesses no magical or super-normal powers.”
― Ra Mayne, Six Lessons in Crystal Gazing : A Complete Course of Instruction for the Beginner

“A Magician must have the proper instruments of Art.”
― Gerald B. Gardner, High Magic's Aid

“What is striking about both Neo-Paganism and the mystery traditions (from our limited information about them) is that both assume that human beings can become as gods…the idea expressed is that we are the gods, only some of us (perhaps all of us) have not realized it. In other traditions the idea expressed is that we are gods in potential…many Neo-Pagan groups have kept to this tradition, which is one reason why most of them have been blessed by a relative absence of authoritarianism, as well as a lack of “gurus,” “masters,” and so forth.”
― Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America