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1 " War, Plague, Famine and Death. We all know what happened the last time those four terrible entities were unleashed to cloud the brains of statesmen and rulers.’ ‘You’re referring to the Great War I take it.’ Rex said soberly. ‘Of course, and every adept knows that it started because one of the most terrible Satanists who ever lived found one of the secret gateways through which to release the four horsemen. "
― Dennis Wheatley , The Black Magic Series
2 " Are you sure of that? Baptism into the Christian Faith doesn’t ensure one going to Heaven, why should this other sprinkling be a guarantee of anyone going to Hell?’ ‘It’s such a big question, Rex, but briefly it is like this. Heaven and Hell are only symbolical of growth to Light or disintegration to Darkness. By Christian, or any other true religious baptism, we renounce the Devil and all his Works, thereby erecting a barrier which it is difficult for Evil forces to surmount, but anyone who accepts Satanic baptism does exactly the reverse. They wilfully destroy the barrier of Astral Light which is our natural protection and offer themselves as a medium through which the powers of Darkness may operate on mankind. "
3 " Half the people in our asylums may be suffering from a physical lesion of the brain but the others are unaccountably insane. The real reason is demoniac possession brought about by looking upon terrible things that they were never meant to see. "
4 " And as far as metals are concerned, they are all composed of sulphur and mercury and can be condensed or materialised by means of a salt. "
5 " Why within limits? You apparently consider levitation impossible, but wouldn’t you have considered wireless impossible if you had been living fifty years ago and somebody had endeavoured to convince you of it? "
6 " Interfering Englische schweine! For you very soon now it is curtains, and a death very painful. "
7 " One was a full-blooded Negro, the other mixed, with pale skin, thick lips and crinkly hair. "
8 " Speak now! A full account! Attempt to hide nothing, or I will send fire to consume your testicles. "