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He knows that it is he who stands before an altar with magic symbols,…

Quote byPetr Uspensky · 1878–1947

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913), Card XII : The Hanged Man.

English (original)

He knows that it is he who stands before an altar with magic symbols, and reaches from earth to heaven; that he also walks on a dusty road under a scorching sun to a precipice where a crocodile awaits him

— Petr Uspensky

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