Theodore

“One need not fear the devil, but rather the perverse tendencies in oneself!”
― Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

“Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.”
― Padre Pio

“Once you achieve the certainty that happiness will not be found by getting more sensory pleasures or thinking more interesting thoughts, your commitment to inner exploration will deepen,”
― Shaila Catherine, The Jhanas: A Practical Guide to Deep Meditative States

“We bow with respect and gratitude before all the great human souls of the past and present - the sages, the righteous, the prophets, the saints of all continents and all epochs throughout the whole of human history - and we are ready to learn from them all that they wish and are able to teach, but we have only one sole Initiator or Lord; we are obliged to reiterate this for the sake of certainty.”
― Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism