Inferno & From an Occult Diary Quotes

“Both life and nature are black.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“Budući da ništa nisu odgovarali,kapnuo sam na mikroskop kap kiseline. Mrtva se materija nadula, nemirno se pokretala amo-tamo, počela je i živeti, ispuštala vonj truleži, ponovo se umirila i umrla.
Bez sumnje, mogu probuditi mrtve, ali neću to ponoviti još jednom, jer mrtvi imaju neugodan zadah poput bludnika nakon probančene noći.
Zar ne spavaju čvrsto tu dole čekajući uskrsnuće?”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“Dreamt [. . .] of a grey hen who came rubbing against me, wanting to be stroked. She was afraid of me, thought I was dangerous, but I stroked her and then she flew up and settled on the roosting-bar or shelf in the hen-house.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“she seeks me like roses in my mouth.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“she wants me to embrace her, but I do not want to abuse eros, or her.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“I bought flowers this morning: needed some light but got darkness that grew blacker towards the evening.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“I have wept outwardly so that my eyes have paled, and inwardly so that my soul is washed clean!”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“I got up at 5 o'clock and saw the sun rise in a marvelous sky. A bright heart of light with a green rim fell on my bed three times.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary

“Having a naturally resilent mind and being armed with a deep-rooted scepticism, I managed to shake my spirit free of these dark imaginings and, after reading certain occult works, I persuaded myself that I was being persecuted by elemental and elementary spirits, incubi, lamias, who were trying with all their might to prevent me from finishing my great work on alchemy. In accordance with the instructions of the initiated, I obtained a Dalmatian dagger and felt myself well armed against evil spirits.”
― August Strindberg, Inferno & From an Occult Diary