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On the religious and religio-mystical levels it is necessary to keep in the foreground the Prophet's name and to demand unlimited faith in what he says. Theosophy started with a universal outlook but degenerated with time into a sect, because Theosophists made the mistake of basing their doctrines on the say-so of certain persons.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 8 : Christian Science, Other Spiritual Movements > # 89