Top 12 Quotes by Doreen Valiente

Magic, indeed, is all around us, in stones, flowers, stars, the dawn wind and the sunset cloud; all we need is the ability to see and understand.

Magic, indeed, is all around us, in stones, flowers, stars, the dawn wind and the sunset cloud; all we need is the ability to see and understand.

Doreen Valiente

Stars, Flower, Sunset

Doreen Valiente (2018). “Natural Magic”, p.10, The Crowood Press

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

Doreen Valiente

Ifs

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

Doreen Valiente

Home, Paganism, Planets

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

Spring, Loss, Winter

Doreen Valiente (2018). “Witchcraft for Tomorrow”, p.165, The Crowood Press

'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 the personality becomes more and more integrated as the path of spiritual evolution is followed.

Doreen Valiente

Spiritual, Self, Personality

Doreen Valiente (2018). “Witchcraft for Tomorrow”, p.25, The Crowood Press

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Therefore, let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

Doreen Valiente

Heart, Humility, Compassion

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 disbelief, the feeling that, within the circle, or in the presence of the magical shrine, anything may happen.

Doreen Valiente

Circles, Feelings, Atmosphere

Doreen Valiente (2018). “An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present”, p.372, The Crowood Press

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

Doreen Valiente

Heart, Paganism, Worship

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 seekest thou findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee

Doreen Valiente

Mystery, Thee, Yearning