FOREWORD IT is once more my privilege to usher into the world, for the
helping of the thoughtful, another volume of the series on the hidden
side of things written by Bishop Charles W. Leadbeater. True Mason that
he is, he is ever trying to spread the Light which he has received, so
that it may chase away the darkness of Chaos. To look for the Light, to
see the Light, to follow the Light, were duties familiar to all Egyptian
Masons, though the darkness in that Ancient Land never approached the
density which shrouds the West today. This book will be welcomed by all
Freemasons who feel the beauty of their ancient Rite, and desire to add
knowledge to their zeal. The inner History of Masonry is left aside for
the present, and the apprentice is led by a trustworthy guide through
the labyrinth which protects the central Shrine from careless and idle
inquirers. Places that were obscure become illuminated; dark allusions
are changed to crystal clarity; walls which seem solid melt away;
confidence replaces doubt; glimpses of the goal are caught through rifts
in the clouds; and the earth-born mists vanish before the rays of the
rising sun. Instead of fragments of half-understood traditions, confused
and uninterpreted, we find in our hands a splendid science and a
reservoir of power which we can use for the uplifting of the world. We
no longer ask: “What is the Great Work? We see “that it is nothing less
than a concerted effort to carry out the duty that is laid upon us, as
those who possess the Light, to spread that Light abroad through the
World, and actually to become fellow-labourers with T.G.A.O.T.U. in His
great Plan for the evolution of our Brn”. The detailed explanations of
the ceremonies are profoundly interesting and illuminative, and I
commend them very heartily to all true Freemasons. Our V .·.·. I .·.·.
Brother has added a heavy debt of gratitude by this book to the many we
already owe him. Let us be honest debtors. Adyar ANNIE BESANT December
25, 1925
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