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Mysticism is simply an attempt to provide a system for those whom ordinary religion has ceased to help. It says, in effect, here is a practical means and a demonstrable method whereby you may verify for yourself the essential basic truth that there is a soul in man.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 1 : Mystical Life in The Modern World > # 1