Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune – Plato
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
― In Defense of Women
― In Defense of Women
“There is nothing worse than self-deception – when the deceiver is at home and always with you – Plato”
― Disciples of the Mysterium: An Inquiry into Selfhood
― Disciples of the Mysterium: An Inquiry into Selfhood
“at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light – Joseph Campbell”
― Disciples of the Mysterium: An Inquiry into Selfhood
― Disciples of the Mysterium: An Inquiry into Selfhood
“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim – Gustave Le Bon (The Crowd)”
― Disciples of the Mysterium: An Inquiry into Selfhood
― Disciples of the Mysterium: An Inquiry into Selfhood
Jesse Walker’s 2025 Year in Books
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