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It is unfortunate and regrettable, but all history bears out the fact that among religious believers and mystical followers, organization sooner or later leads to exploitation. It is more likely to happen, of course, after the prophet, teacher, guru has passed away, but in a number of recent cases it was by no means absent even during his lifetime.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 4 : Organized Groups > # 75