Quotes by W. Y. Evans-Wentz

“The hour has come when energy and pure love are needed.””

“O nobly-born, when thou art driven [hither and thither] by the ever-moving wind of karma, thine intellect, having no object upon which to rest, will be like a feather tossed about by the wind, riding on the horse of breath. Ceaselessly and involuntarily wilt thou be wandering about. To all those who are weeping [thou wilt say], ‘Here I am; weep not.’ But they not hearing thee, thou wilt think, ‘I am dead!’ And again, at that time, thou wilt be feeling very miserable. Be not miserable in that way.””

“O nobly born…. Be not daunted…nor terrified, nor awed. That is the radiance of thine own nature. Recognize it.””

“O nobly-born, listen on distractedly. On the Second Day [of death] the pure form of water will shine as a white light.””

“When by the power of evil karma, misery is being tested, may the tutelary deities dissipate the misery.””

“The great majority of men in cities are apt to pride themselves on their own exemption from ‘superstition’, and to smile pityingly at the poor countrymen and countrywomen who believe in fairies. But when they do so they forget that, with all their own admirable progress in material invention, with all the far-reaching data of their acquired science, with all the vast extent of their commercial and economic conquests, they themselves have ceased to be natural. Wherever under modern conditions great multitudes of men and women are herded together there is bound to be an unhealthy psychical atmosphere never found in the country”