Preface.

...obligated to provide information and a warning here regarding their highly dangerous and still-ongoing plans. This completes the sentence from the previous page: "In the secret principles of the Society of Jesus, [I feel] obligated..." I received the letter concerning Freemasonry from the hands of an old, genuine member of this society, which is so often misunderstood. Furthermore, regarding today's so-called German Rosicrucians Rosicrucians: A secret brotherhood (the "Rosencreuzer") that claimed ancient mystical knowledge and was often associated with alchemy and the occult during the 18th century., if anyone should doubt what I have presented in the essay on that subject, I am able to publish documents; however, I would prefer to withhold original: "unterdrücken," meaning to suppress or keep back. them unless I am specifically challenged to produce them.

In general, however, one will find that the secret internal organization of these three societies is not so much revealed here as they are judged according to the previously established rules—in the same way that anyone can judge them by their "outward fruits." This is a biblical allusion to Matthew 7:16: "Ye shall know them by their fruits," suggesting that the merit of a secret society should be measured by its impact on the world rather than its private rituals.