Arcane Knowledge Quotes

The Devil' is, historically, the God of any people that one personally dislikes... This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation. He is 'The Devil' of the Book of Thoth, and His emblem is BAPHOMET, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection... He is therefore Life, and Love.

I was on the verge of something numinous and profound and in one more second the universe was going to crack open and arcana would rain down on my head like grace and all the cosmic mysteries were going to be revealed.

Magic is the cheat codes for the world.

Magic--that's just a label, you know. Completely meaningless. It wasn't so very long ago that people were saying that electricity was magic.

I'm a wizard and I know it.

I should tell you that honestly, on my honour of a Nearwicked, I always think in a wordworth's of that primed favourite continental poet, Daunty, Gouty and Shopkeeper, A.G., whom the generality admoyers in this that is and that this is to come.

The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson.

To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.

What is merely a hypothesis to anyone else is an overwhelming temptation to a wizard.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.

Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.

All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.

The central opposition between magic and science is the opposition between power and knowledge.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

Anything that is secret and mysterious in this system of Yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In spirituality, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you. Have nothing to do with it. Mystery-mongering weakens the human brain. It has well-nigh destroyed Yoga, one of the grandest of sciences

It is curious and we magicians collect curiosities, you know.

They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it.

Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.

You see only the productions of second-rate folk who are in a hurry to get wealth and fame. The true knowledge, the deadly knowledge, is still kept secret. But, believe me, my friend, it is there.

Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language.

'California Bones' is the first volume in my trilogy about Daniel Blackland, a wizard trying to survive in a world that eats wizards. It's a book about friends and family, trust and betrayal, the love of power and the power of love.

Magic is really difficult to learn, and it requires sort of a fanatical eye for detail.