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Mystical doctrines have taken different forms with the consequence that some mystical writings may criticize or even contradict others. This situation is familiar enough in purely intellectual circles and to some extent in religious circles, but is less to be expected where direct communion and even union with the Supreme Truth and Reality are claimed. Access to a sufficient number of sources in five continents and a sufficient number of historical periods will uncover that this is an existent situation. One is not writing here of the charlatans, the self-aggrandizers, the mentally disturbed, and others whose claims are false, but of those who are sincere and mostly well regarded.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 9 : Inspiration and Confusion > # 2