231 quotes found
“Above all, we new pagans must learn to know and honor the Many as they manifest in our own time and place. While the ways of the ancestorsthe Received Traditionmust always inform our thought and ac...”
“Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eon of the gods.”
“If you can't feel the touch of the gods on your own, it greatly behooves you to work on that before some lecher tells you his touch is just as good.”
“Atal felt a spectral change in the air, as if the laws of earth were bowing to greater laws.”
“And if the earth Gods wreak vengeance on the sinless and the sinful alike, then this further destruction cannot be punishment for sins, but is in the way of all nature.”
“Natural polytheism embraces the science of ecology as a basic metaphor for theological inquiry. In other words, natural polytheism seeks to understand our relationship with the gods as an aspect of...”
“The gods preferring their libations diluted with rainwater and mixed with freshly cut grass.”
“Prophecy of Balance (Year of the Cat)There must be balance, Source repeated,For mankind to flourish on the Earth-Throne hes seated.His life is a gift from the gods, they created,And the power to wi...”
“The gods speak to us, and irony is their language.”
“All the gods know is destinations.”
“Think of them like gods, Janice said, because thats what they are. The nape of a human neck is especially easy to see through thats why they love it when we bow our heads. It doesnt have anything ...”
“Note to self," Joel commented. "When you go into Arious it's a 'no touchee, no zappee' situation! Paelen tapped Emily. "I suggest we try it again, just so I can see Joel's face when he gets zapped!...”
“Everyone you meet is an aspect of the gods and has a lesson to teach you.”
“The reindeer are immortal. They are, in fact, the eight demiurges of reindeer-kind, and this accounts for their flying. Their names might sound whimsical, but they are the closest the human tongue ...”
“The gods are cruel not because they make us work. They are cruel because they allow us to hope.”
“The death of one god is the death of all.”
“Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity.”
“Gods, like men, can die. They just die harder, and smite the earth with their passing.”
“At a great distance appeared with the same pomp the sheep of Thebes, the dog of Bubastis, the cat of Phoebe, the crocodile of Arsinoe, the goat of Mendes, and all the inferior gods of Egypt, who ca...”
“The gods are nothing more than the creations of humans needing something to blame for their problems.”
