: Re: ATDTDA (14) p 398: General Spoilers re the Chums' ending in ATD
Monte Davis
monte.davis at verizon.net
Fri Aug 3 14:25:51 CDT 2007
Robin writes:
> This reminds me of a line someone told me came from Crowley:
> "In this ritual action it does not matter whether or not you
> believe in Venus, you are to invoke her at this particular
> moment in the ritual in order for the action to have the
> intended result."
Or Nils Bohr, when a physicist friend visiting his home saw a good-luck
horseshoe over a door and expressed surprise that Bohr could believe in such
things:
"They say it works whether you believe in it or not."
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