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Many seekers are simply looking for a modern version of the ancient witch-doctor, wizard, or magician when they look for a teacher. The thirst for occult powers or for the demonstration thereof--a thirst doomed in nearly every case to disappointment--rather than the thirst for truth is their dominant motive.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 4 : Those Who Seek > # 138