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The ecstasy of the mystic is psychologically akin to the ecstasy of the artist. It is not metaphysically the same, however. For the mystic, inasmuch as he has been prepared to renounce all external things in its pursuit, is freer and has gone farther. He has not to depend on such things as a stimulus to his effort or as a focus for his method.

-- Notebooks Category 14: The Arts in Culture > Chapter 3 : Art Experience and Mysticism > # 10