“Alea iacta est’ Julius Caesar proclaimed as he marched his legions across the River Rubicon into the lands of Rome. And truly was his die cast, as he did so in contravention of all rules governing the conduct of returning generals. And just like Caesar, every life-voyager must understand there can be no return from the world he has entered either, unless he has conquered it, or it has conquered him. But the odds against his success are formidable, for he has entered a place where the rules of behavior are different, the cost of infraction far greater, and where potential danger awaits him round every corner. Nor can he yet even see the enemy he came here to help battle, for he is still but a shadowy specter satisfied to remain hidden from view while accomplices do his bidding for him. Thus the first task to which the voyager must set himself is distinguishing those accomplices from any others who may be trusted as recruits to his master’s cause. But this new world is not at all like the one he left where it was easy to know friends from adversaries. In this one many of the inhabitants seem like shape shifters unwilling to make clear where their loyalties lie at all. But distinguish amongst them he must, for every person he will encounter in this new world now represents a potentiality for his own new self, a role model to be copied or shunned. But even when he has identified his potential allies correctly those he has chosen may still feel little regard for him. Thus the young life voyager must be examined, so they may determine if they should. Perhaps there are as yet no gladiatorial combats he is required to enter, no crowds baying for his blood as he battles some three-headed monster, but this examination must still be arduous or it will prove nothing to anyone about his true worth, least of all to himself.’