Philip Carr-Gomm quotes
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“The songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children”
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“When we know about our ancestors, when we sense them as living and as supporting us, then we feel connected to the genetic life-stream, and we draw strength and nourishment from this.”
-- Philip Carr-GommSource : Philip Carr-Gomm (2011). “Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century”, p.110, Random House
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“Ultimately, the purpose of magic is to free our potential, not bind us to ideas.”
-- Philip Carr-GommSource : Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate (2010). “The Book of English Magic”, p.48, The Overlook Press
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“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”
-- Philip Carr-GommSource : Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate (2010). “The Book of English Magic”, p.400, The Overlook Press
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“Naturism offers a way of being that dares to suggest that who we are without any additions or covering up is all we need to be.”
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“When we let go of believing we are superior, we open ourselves to the experience of living in the community of Nature.”
-- Philip Carr-GommSource : Philip Carr-Gomm, Stephanie Carr-Gomm (1996). “The Druid Animal Oracle”, p.5, Connections Book Publishing
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“Modern humanity's sense of alienation lies in the fact that we have cut ourselves adrift from both the natural world and from the roots of our past.”
-- Philip Carr-GommSource : Philip Carr-Gomm (2011). “Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century”, p.61, Random House
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“Nakedness means freedom, and although dancing on a sun-kissed hillside with shorts on seems pretty similar to dancing with shorts off, there is all the difference in the world. It is as if your clothes take on the weight of your worries and concerns - they come to embody your defences against the world, and if you can feel confident enough and safe enough, then taking them off evokes a powerful sense of liberation, of joy and freedom; and more than that - of innocence and of openness to the world.”
-- Philip Carr-GommSource : Philip Carr-Gomm (2012). “A Brief History of Nakedness”, p.48, Reaktion Books
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“Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.”
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“Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.”
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“The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'”
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“Each time we plant a seed, we become ancestors for the generations to come.”
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“Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead.”
Source : Lynne Tillman (2014). “Motion Sickness”, p.113, Red Lemonade
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