“Our first task therefore must be to persuade people.”
Errico Malatesta (1853–1932) Italian anarchist
An Anarchist Programme (1920)
“The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.”
Source: Magick Book IV : Liber ABA, Part III : Magick in Theory and Practice (1929), Ch. 13 : Of the Banishings and of the Purifications.
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Ich bin so aufgeregt wie in meiner ersten Sendung. Da schließt sich der Kreis. Der Teufelskreis.
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