The God-Enlightened Guide

...has called, which are hidden from the wise and the self-important righteous original: "Eigenheits-vollen Gerechten"; refers to those who are full of their own "selfhood" or spiritual pride rather than being emptied for God.

Just as the manuscripts which have been entrusted to us to be made known through printing also contain many other letters written by other no less enlightened persons, which also deal with these same paths and had likewise not yet been made public through printing, it was believed right to publish these letters together with Mr. Bertot’s writings. This is done for the comfort and benefit of those who are so blessed and are drawn by grace to faithfully run toward the death of their selfhood a central mystical concept of "dying to the self" to allow God to act within the soul, and through such a death strive for pure union and the enjoyment of GOD even in this life.

From this, one will be able to judge why these writings have been given the title of Directeur Mistique Directeur Mistique: French for "Mystic Director," a spiritual guide who leads a soul through the "secret" or internal ways of prayer (that is, a guide in mystical theology original: "geheimen Gottes-Gelehrtheit," literally "secret God-scholarship"). These have been divided into four volumes; the first of these contains various explanations and treatises by Mr. Bertot, which [deal] from...