"Its [religion's] single function is to give man access to the powers which seem to control his destiny, and its singl…"

"In its pure and simple form religion is not often encountered today. It is almost as rare, indeed, as pure democracy …"

"Within all great religions there arise, from time to time, cults, which seek to rid worship of formalization and arti…"

"The essence of mysticism is that it breaks down all barriers between the devotee and his god, and thereby makes the a…"

"Open any treatise upon pastoral theology and you will find the author warning his sacerdotal readers against old wome…"

"If all the faithful inclined to mysticism, and had a talent for it, there would be empty pews in the churches and the…"

"...there is really no need for the gentlemen of the cloth to be alarmed, for not too many human beings... are fit for…"

"Protestantism itself, in its early phases, was plainly a movement toward mysticism: its purpose, at least in theory, …"

"It is highly probable that the first priest appeared to the world simultaneously with the first religion; nay, that h…"

"The ancient and curious thing called religion, as it shows itself in the modern world, is often so overladen with exc…"