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In the mystical cults of our time, of which there is an abundant variety, the followers generally take an extremely hostile attitude towards the teacher, writer, or prophet who is not the one favoured with their personal allegiance. He is a devil in disguise, an arch-sinner, a black magician, and so on. The attitude taken toward their own guide is equally exaggerated. He is God on earth, an angel in the flesh, omniscience personified, and so on. A more moderate, more reasonable attitude rarely enters their heads. This is possibly one reason why these cults are hotbeds of gossip, criticism, envy, and bickering.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 11 : Fanaticism, Money, Powers, Drugs > # 18