The Rite's Influence
The rite and other sex magic practices have had a strong cultural influence. Crowley's concepts have been seized on by bands as diverse as Killing Joke and Psychic TV.
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Famous quotes containing the words rite and/or influence:
“[T]he Congregational minister in a neighboring town definitely stated that ‘the same spirit which drove the herd of swine into the sea drove the Baptists into the water, and that they were hurried along by the devil until the rite was performed.’”
—For the State of Vermont, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.”
—Rachel Carson (20th century)