"Spiritual Guide should be perfect, well versed in the vicissitude of the mystic path, and firmly established in his high state. He should be a man who has experiences both the horror of God's Majesty and the delight of His beauty."
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"Their religion is unfeasible, for one cannot richly meet the glancing present … without long discipleship and secure sustenance."
"Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion."
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