I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates.
Interpretation
Safety in occult practices stems from having the right intentions and surrounding oneself with trustworthy individuals.
Dion Fortune emphasizes that in the pursuit of occult knowledge and practices, it is essential to have both pure intentions and appropriate companions. The combination of right motives and the support of like-minded, reliable people can create a secure environment for exploration of the unseen realms, suggesting a holistic approach to spiritual and mystical endeavors.
In practice
This quote can be used as a guiding principle in discussions about spiritual practice or metaphysical communities.
Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers . . . we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.
We are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.
Life is a near-death experience.
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