A WORD TO THE WISE

investigations of the inner worlds The invisible spiritual realms that exist alongside the physical world, the ante-natal before birth and post-mortem after death states of man, and so on. The responsibility that falls upon someone who—whether intentionally or unintentionally—leads others astray is clearly understood by the writer. He wishes to protect himself as much as possible against that risk, and also to protect others against the possibility of going wrong by mistake.

Therefore, what is said in this work is to be accepted or rejected by the reader according to his own judgment. Every effort has been made to understand the teachings; great pains have been taken to express them in words that are as easy to understand as possible. For that reason, only one specific term has been used throughout the work to convey each idea. The same word will have the same meaning wherever it is used. When any word describing an idea is first introduced, the writer provides the clearest definition possible. Only English terms and the simplest language have been used. The writer has constantly endeavored to give descriptions of the subject under consideration that are as exact and definite as possible, to eliminate all confusion, and to make everything clear.

How far he has succeeded must be left to the student to judge. However, having used every possible effort to convey the teaching, he feels compelled to also warn against the possibility of this work being taken as an official or authoritative statement of the Rosicrucian A legendary and secretive spiritual brotherhood claiming esoteric wisdom from the past teachings. Neglecting this precaution might give this work too much weight in the minds of some students. That would not be fair to the Brotherhood The Order of the Rose Cross nor to the reader. It would tend to blame the Brotherhood for the mistakes that are bound to happen in this work, as they do in all other human writings. Hence the warning above.

There is an Indian story which says that anyone who has