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So many persons make the mistake of confusing not only religion with mysticism but also occultism with mysticism. The true mystic possesses in himself all that is best in religious feeling but does not necessarily show any outward signs of being religious.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 1 : Mystical Life in The Modern World > # 17