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PREFACE
The work which we offer to the
public must not be confused with a collection of reveries and errors
to which their authors have tried to give credence by announcing
supernatural feats; which the credulous and the ignorant siezed with
avidity. We only quote the most respectable authorities and most
dignified in faith. The principles which we present are based on the
doctrines of the ancients and modern, who full of respect for the
Divinity, were always the friends of mankind, endeavoured to recall
them to virtue, by showing them vice in all its deformity. We have
drawn from the most pure sources, having only in view the love of
truth and the desire to enlighten those who desire to discover the
secrets of Nature and the marvels which they unfold to those who
never separate the darkness which surrounds them. It is only given to
those who are favoured by The Great Being, to raise themselves above
the terrestial sphere, and to plan a bold flight in the etheric
regions; it is for these priviledged men that we write.
To us no importance is given to the
splenetic Voices which are raised against us. The silence and the
smile of disdain will be the only answer with which We shall oppose
them, and we shall follow with firm Sustained steps the route which
indicates to us the luminous stars which fill the heavens, which
cover our heads, and which light these thousands of worlds, which
bless every day with our Sovereign Master of the Universe, which He
has created, also ourselves, and whose Will maintains this admirable
order, Which commands our admiration, our respect and our love.