H. Rider Haggard Quotes

I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to.

The occult - what do you mean, Jesus? That's occult to me. It's so far-fetched, it's ridiculous.

My idea of magic doesn't have much to do with stage tricks and illusions. The whole world abounds in magic.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

From a young age I was obsessed with the mysterious, the esoteric, the paranormal.

I don't know that I have a fascination with witches per se - well, maybe I just have a fascination with everything that's weird.

I really don't believe in magic.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

I'm a storyteller, and I have really good material to work with: I've been studying magic and the occult since about 1983.

I know the difference between black magic and white magic.

Science is magic that works.

There's always moments where you creep yourself out, and you think you heard something and you convince yourself that some spirit is in the room with you, but truly, I don't believe in any of that kind of thing. A lot of my friends really do.

I think it's nice to let people know that there is an invisible part of the world. I think there are many people now who are interested in the invisible world.

The Supernatural is only the Natural disclosed.

Esoteric or inner knowledge is no different from other kinds of human knowledge and ability. It is a mystery for the average person only to the extent that writing is a mystery for those who have not yet learned to write.

I honestly do not believe in witchcraft.

I've learned a lot of sleight of hand and coin tricks, but as far as the occult is concerned, I have not dabbled. I'm sort of an internal skeptic about those things.

Yeah, I believe in all the wild, witchcraft stuff. I don't like to dabble in that, but I believe they all know something.

For a long time, the paranormal was a legitimate area of explanation for quite a lot of people.

I would like to do a role that has something to do with mysticism or even a supernatural one.

The occult stuff, I grew up having a fascination about world religion and that fascination grew into other religions and other things and I kind of dabbled my way into the occult and started reading about the occult.

I used to do a lot of ouija boards, and I asked if there was life after death. Some spirit replied, 'He who seeketh knowledge seeketh sorrow!'

I'm not, like - what's the word when you believe in a lot of magic? Superstitious.

I can't explain witchcraft.

This is, in part, why there is less magic in the world today. Magic is secret and secrets are magic, after all, and years upon years of teaching and sharing magic and worse. Writing it down in fancy books that get all dusty with age has lessened it, removed its power bit by bit.