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The definitions of mysticism vary as widely as the standpoints of the definers themselves vary. Thus we arrive at a curious situation. A Theosophist like Annie Besant could applaudingly call it "esoteric religion," whereas a theologian like Karl Barth could only disgustedly call it "esoteric atheism."

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 1 : Mystical Life in The Modern World > # 13