''naturally we cannot expect all weird tales to conform absolutely to any theoretical model. creative minds are uneven and the best of fabrics have their dull spots... moreover, much of the choicest weird work is unconcious; appearing in memorable fragments scattered through material whose massed effect may be of a very different cast... therefore we must judge a weird tale... by the emotional level which it attains at its least mundane point... if the proper sensations are excited, such a "high spot" must be admited on its own merits as weird literature,''
h.p.lovecraft, super natural horror in literature.
"i have'nt read enough magic spells. last night i was captivated by the atharvaveda, the indian book of magic. uncanny things in that book--nowhere are human wishes expressed more openly. it is a completely elementary world, and if we really want to learn about human-kind, then we should look not only at myths but also at spells, which are naked."
elias canetti, notes from hampstead, english by john hargraves.
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