I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
Scully: Mulder, you been spreading rumors?
Mulder: Why? Hear any good ones lately?
Mulder: Well go ahead, Scully. Nay say me. The body of an FBI agent gets disinterred only to climb out on its own and disappear into the Yuletide night.
Scully: See, you had me up until there.
Skinner: Necromancy aside, this magic circle you mentioned. What if it looked something like this?
Mulder: It’s an Ouroboros, possibly. Definitely a mystical symbol. The alchemists favored it. They believed that it represented all of existence.
Skinner: I’m thinking more The Millennium Group. It was their symbol as well.
Skinner: They operated in extreme secrecy. Rumors abounded that they had their own agenda which was less than altruistic if not improper or illegal.
Mulder: And that it was in fact a cult based upon Judeo-Christian endtime prophecies concerning the coming millennium.
Skinner: Owing to the group’s former ties with the Bureau, this matter is sensitive, to say the least. Investigate them. Keep a low profile.
Mulder: I think I know where to start.
Scully: Sir, we’ve been having a really difficult time gleaning any information whatsoever about the group. About its membership, its practices. I believe you can help us.
Frank Black (Lance Henriksen): No thank you. I’m retired.
Scully: Mulder, if you’re going to tell me that he stopped by the side of the road to raise the dead—which I hope you’re not—I ‘ve got two things to say to you. One, is that his previous circles were made of blood, not salt. And, two—
Mulder: And they were large enough to contain a body. This is a protective circle. It’s just big enough for one man to stand inside.
Mulder: “I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
Deputy (Colby French): Book of Revelation. Chapter 1, verse 18.
Mulder: Go Fighting Irish.
Scully: Mulder, these people—even when they were alive—mangled biblical prophecy to the extent that it’s unrecognizable. The year 2000 is just their artificial deadline. And besides, 2001 is actually the start of the new millennium.
Mulder: Nobody likes a math geek, Scully.
Mark Johnson (Holmes Osborne): You’ve paid so dearly, Frank. They’ve taken your daughter, murdered your wife. There’s no justice in this world. But there will be in the next.