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“If magic is to be defined as the employment of ineffective techniques to allay anxiety when effective ones are not available, then we must recognize that no society will ever be free from it.”
― Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
― Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
“Why, it has often occurred to me to ask myself, do I so frequently choose death, transience, and the grave as subjects for my paintings? One must submit oneself many times to death in order some day to attain life everlasting.”
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“The basis of peace is for people to understand the pain of others.”
― Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
― Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
“The waking have one world
in common. Sleepers
meanwhile turn aside, each
into a darkness of his own.”
― Fragments
in common. Sleepers
meanwhile turn aside, each
into a darkness of his own.”
― Fragments
“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produces no concept; therefore, it is dumb.”
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Kastel’s 2025 Year in Books
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