“The key of joy is disobedience.”

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poet, mountaineer, occultist 1875–1947

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Context: They are all so-called Christian nations, but... this superimposed religion... does not penetrate into the core of their souls. It has no relation to their daily experience... It is a key to open a heaven after death and not a key with which to force open the portals of this life.

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