The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the willing suspension of dis…

- Doreen Valiente

If that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find without.

- Doreen Valiente

The birth and rebirth of all nature, / The passing of winter and spring, / We share with the life universal, / Rejoice in the magical ring.

- Doreen Valiente

'All the gods are one god and all the goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator.' The one initiator is one's own high self, with which th…

- Doreen Valiente

All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals

- Doreen Valiente

This planet is our home. Our life and hers are interdependent.

- Doreen Valiente

Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.

- Doreen Valiente

And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not, unless thou know this mystery: that if that which thou seek…

- Doreen Valiente

For two are the mystical pillars, that stand at the gate of the shrine, And two are the powers of Nature, the forms and the forces divine.

- Doreen Valiente