A WORD TO THE WISE

The student should keep in mind, however, that there is no infallible revelation of this complicated subject, which includes everything under the sun and above it also.

An infallible exposition would require omniscience on the part of the writer, and even the Elder Brothers In Rosicrucian tradition, "Elder Brothers" refers to highly evolved spiritual beings who guide humanity's evolution. tell us that they are sometimes at fault in their judgment. Therefore, a book that claims to say the last word on the World-Mystery is out of the question, and the writer of the present work does not pretend to give anything but the most elementary teachings of the Rosicrucians.

The Rosicrucian Brotherhood has the most far-reaching, the most logical conception of the World-Mystery of which the writer has gained any knowledge during the many years he has devoted exclusively to the study of this subject. So far as he has been able to investigate, their teachings have been found in accordance with facts as he knows them. Yet he is convinced that the Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception is far from being the last word on the subject; he believes that as we advance, greater vistas of truth will open to us and make clear many things which we now "see through a glass, darkly" A reference to 1 Corinthians 13:12, meaning to have an obscure or imperfect vision of reality.. At the same time, he firmly believes that all other philosophies of the future will follow the same main lines, for they appear to be absolutely true.

In view of the foregoing, it will be plain that this book is not considered by the writer as the Alpha and Omega original: "Alpha and Omega"; the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, signifying the beginning and the end or the totality of something., the ultimate of occult term: "occult" here refers to hidden or esoteric spiritual knowledge rather than anything sinister. knowledge. Even though it is entitled The Rosicrucian Cosmo-conception, the writer desires to strongly emphasize that it is not to be understood as a "faith once for all delivered" to the Rosicrucians by the founder of the Order or by any other individual. It is emphatically stated that this work embodies only the writer's understanding of the Rosicrucian teachings concerning the World-Mystery, strengthened by his personal...