“The true Mystic, realising God, has no need of any Scriptures, for he has touched the source whence all Scriptures flow.”

—  Annie Besant

The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant http://books.google.co.in/books?id=eIrD4GQFCPIC&pg=PT437

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British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, wr… 1847–1933

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