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For too many Western minds the terms "mystic" and "yoga" have either unpleasant or derisive connotations attached to them. Too many quacks, incompetents, fanatics, charlatans, fools, or lunatics have brought reproach and opprobrium on them. Only a small handful of persons employ them deliberately to express the lofty, the admirable, and the honourable meanings.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 347