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nary This continues the word "ordinary" from the previous page's final sentence: "I require more than ordinary resources." : but, without explaining those that I employ, it will suffice to say that they belong to the very nature of men, that they have always been known to some among them since the origin of things, & that they will never be totally withdrawn from the Earth, so long as there are Thinking Beings original: "Etres Pensants" — A term Saint-Martin uses to describe humans as beings defined by their capacity for spiritual reason and divine connection..

It is from this source that I have drawn the evidence & the conviction of the truths, the search for which occupies the entire Universe.

After this confession, if I were still accused of teaching an unknown Doctrine original: "Doctrine" — Likely referring to the "Doctrine of Reintegration," which teaches that humanity has fallen from a divine state and must work to recover its original nature., one could at least not suspect me of being its inventor, since if it belongs to the nature of men, not only does it not come from me, but it would have even been impossible for me to solidly establish any other.

And truly, if the Reader does not pass judgment on the Work, before having perceived its whole & its connection; if he gives himself the time to feel the weight & the sequence of the principles that I lay out for him, he will agree that they are the true key to all the Allegories & Mysterious Fables Saint-Martin follows a tradition that views ancient mythology as a "coded" language for spiritual and psychological truths.