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Those who follow one of these insane guides will in the end be led close to insanity themselves. But, with the cunning which so often is allied to madness, the guide may present them with great revelations and grand visions of the past, present, and future evolution of mankind, all of which may seem in accord with the teachings of the seers whose reputations time has established. From this impersonal level, there will then be an abrupt descent into tremendous personal aggrandizement on the part of the guide and magnificent promises of mystical experiences to the disciple. Both are nothing more than wild vagaries of a disordered brain.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 11 : Fanaticism, Money, Powers, Drugs > # 32