There is a true and a false science, a Divine and an Infernal Magic – in other words, one which is delusive and tenebrous. (Eliphas Levi)

There is a true and a false science, a Divine and an Infernal Magic – in other words, one which is delusive and tenebrous.

Eliphas Levi

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