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The Asiatic mystics aptly name them "words of power." They believe that, if intoned correctly, they help to keep away the baser influences and to stimulate the finer ones. The effect is temporary, of course, but by constant repetition it may become permanent.
-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 6 : Mantrams, Affirmations > # 68