INTRODUCTION.

Besides, how shall I make myself heard by the men of the torrentoriginal: "hommes du torrent." A metaphorical term for people swept away by the rush of worldly passions, material interests, and the fleeting fashions of the time, leaving them no space for spiritual reflection.!

I have only principlesoriginal: "principes." In this mystical context, principles refer to the foundational, unchanging laws of spiritual reality, rather than mere rules of conduct or abstract logic. to offer them; and they will answer themselves with opinions, if not with insane illusions, whose glamor will not even let them perceive their own bad faith.

I cannot raise any edifice that does not have as its base their imperishable beingA reference to the immortal soul or the divine spark within every human, which the author believes persists despite physical death., all radiant with eternal splendor; and the final limit of their science is to liken themselves to inert and powerless dust.

I would wish, by reviving in them the pride of their title, to animate them with the glorious desire to renew their alliance with the universal unity; and they have armed themselves against this unity, and seem to watch only to erase it from the count of beings.

I would desire, by using only the word of lifeoriginal: "parole de vie." Likely a reference to the Logos or a spiritualized form of speech that has the power to create and transform, as opposed to empty or mechanical human language. with them, to lead them to not employ a single word of their own that was not vivified by that inexhaustible power which vivifies everything; and by dint of having misunderstood this word of life, and having wanted to do without its help, they have transformed all their languages into so many instruments of confusion and death.

But above all, must I not purge myself of my own stains! Must I not solemnly pronounce my divorce from my infidelities! Must I not cleanse and divinizeoriginal: "diviniser." To restore or awaken the divine nature within oneself through spiritual purification and alignment with God. myself before thinking of cleansing and divinizing others!

What does truth answer him? "Timidity is also a...