“Three things the Pilgrim must avoid. The wearing of a hood, the veil which hides his face from others; the carrying of a water pot which only holds enough for his own wants; the shouldering of a staff without a crook to hold.”

Glamour: A World Problem (1950), The Six Rules of the Path (Rules of the Road)

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esoteric, theosophist, writer 1880–1949

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