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01Undated

The science of the spirit and its relationship to the body in which it indwells is a complex conundrum. Life is not what it appears to be. Life is wholesome, and this unison of synergistic amalgamations persuade the common view that one thing is the other. But one thing is many things - at the one time - and this simple truth goes to the essence of all life with its manifold complexities.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

02Undated

For all beings within this universal kingdom, their magnetic north rests in genuine mirth.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

03Undated

The strange thing about magic is how easily one can feel familiar with it. Much like a dream, its message can infill the senses of the soul and persuade the consciousness in a way that is undeniable. As intoxicating as the musk of romance and as enlightening as the whispers of hidden wisdom, magic can take you back into the very realm of your childhood ... and leave you there.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

04Undated

Independence' is a magic word, because nowhere in the Cosmos does it actually exist.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

05Undated

The thoughts of Man build future worlds, whilst the emotions of the Fey build up this, our Natural World.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

06Undated

Thoughts alone are potent writs of becoming.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

07Undated

True passion motivates the life forces and brings forth all things good.... desire is the poor cousin to passion, ever hungry and with no real result.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

08Undated

Men are tested and tried amongst deceptions radically and they are winning for themselves abilities to give, to deliberate, to stand fast, to choose well, to discriminate.” “They are far from the 'automata' of the Universe some think them to be. They dance the starry path and are sharpening their knowledge with every orbit of each positive thought travelled.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

09Undated

It is often thought that spirits in the after-world do not breathe as we might do - and that in being dead, one does not require inhaling and exhaling anything.Well, they do exchange ethers, and the body of a soul does in fact breathe, and talk and sing - though not with oxygen, but a rarefied vitality. And just as a newborn, the very first impulse that comes when one crosses over to the other side, past the veils of death, is to inhale deeply - and then relax.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

10Undated

When the demons of criticism have fled the thoughts, the Angels of beauty preside - oh cheerful sweet world exorcised!

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote

11Undated

Symbology and ritual, at best, can only mimic the Truth ... and cannot, and never has had, any mastery over the manifestations of Divinity.

Gabriel Brunsdon / quote