Hopper quoting what the local vicar once said of Neuburg, the occult poet. Neuburg was the village eccentric and openly unbelieving, but every Christmas he threw a party at his cottage for the poorest children in town. Hopper's own view is that Neuburg's magic gave power away rather than hoarding it.
Okay, yeah, yeah, that would be useful perhaps for people. I also think that they can, you know, a lot of that is now, a lot of those Vine Press books, particularly the ones, certainly the ones Newberg wrote, you can find online through the Texan publisher 100th Monkey Press these days.
Okay.
…that was said about him that I always think is really telling is despite the fact that. The Reverend, whose name was Reverend Cox at the time, um, Reverend Cox knew about Newberg, knew about his past, knew what he believed, so to speak, knew about his famous agnosticism, if not atheism in certain terms, and his repulsion, a lot of ideas of Christianity. And yet, uh, Cox said of him once, um, say what you will about the agnostic Victor Neuburg, but if Jesus Christ were to return today, I do actually think that his would be the only door that would open up in the whole town. Um, which is sort of like this beautiful thing that said, you know, I recognize that this guy doesn't believe the things, these things, and yet in some ways he lives it more than some of the ones who do. Um, and I think that's the kind of magic that he really believed in. He didn't have any money, he just had a few pence that his uncles gave him every now and then, and he gave it all
away. Oh, there we go.
So, it's a
beautiful place to finish up.