“The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.”

“Some ghosts or felt presences may simply be the essence of another living person projected outward while sleeping.”

“The world is simple, I think, in its essence. Life, death, love, hate. Desire, fulfillment. Magic.”

“...it all fell into place and I simply knew, as one knows that fire is hot and sleep is sweet. It was just that sudden, that elemental, and it occurred to me then that the truth is precisely that--elemental. It is the essence of itself; it cannot be argued or winnowed down to something less than what it is.”

“If I always behave with propriety, no matter what it costs me to suppress my own desires, then that is the measure of me. Such is the essence of self-control.”

“Magick, in essence, is the ability to communicate to the universe what you want in an effective way, so that the universe can then respond and create what you desire.”