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Mysticism and meditation are but stages on the way up; their value lies in forming the fineness of mind, concentration of thought, and abstractedness of mood which are required to reach the higher stage. Of themselves they cannot bring us into truth or realization. If correctly practised they shape the mental instrument, or if incorrectly done they damage it. Hence all visions, psychic experiences, and occult initiations experienced in this stage are not only transient but of no real worth in themselves, while many are quite imaginary or the result of suggestion, however real to the experience for the moment.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 12 : The Intermediate Zone > # 27