Universal Doctrines
“Behind the veil of all mystical allegories of ancient doctrines [teachings], behind the darkness and strange ordeals of all initiations, under the seal of all sacred writings…in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practiced at reception by all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same.”
–Eliphas Levi (a.k.a. Alphonse Louis Constant, French Writer, Historian and Magician, 1810-1875)
