This is a dangerous book. If you wish to experience an awakening, be warned: this book has no railings. You will never see the World the same way. Your eyes will be forever opened and everything you have been taught about Religion will be understood as “cowardly evasions” at best. You will never be able to be fooled again. Hereafter it will be your choice to be fooled. The universal reflex to keep the eyes shut in a time of fear will no longer be an option.
Great teachings emphasize that all knowledge must come from the quest for the truth. No matter what the consequences, the truth must be told. The truth does hurt, and this one will leave a mark—like a child who stood in the midst of a most beautiful forest and upon return later in life sees that a vast city now stands in its place. Like the child, the viewer/reader will be perplexed. The scar is upon the heart and the loss of Eden will never go away. The enlightened adult can forgive, but the child within will remember.
We will not have to wait long to see consequences from this work, because the speed of the Internet is in place. The shock wave from this book will travel like a tsunami and will wash upon every shore where false temples have been built. The astounding collection of knowledge in these chapters contains the parallel impact of the revelation in Cosmology, that we see only one percent of what we call the Universe. Ninety-nine percent is invisible to us. The cosmological conundrum mirrors the metaphysical crisis of belief.
The daunting hunt of our Species will continue even after all the temples are gone. As with the concept of Zero … nothing does matter. The Enigma is the energy of this book. The Query is “God.” The Walkabout is the journey to the rim of the abyss. Only the courageous will embark on such a dangerous quest.
So be it. Our being was made flesh to take on such a task. This guide, like Saint Michael’s Sword, certainly improves our chances.
—Rev. Richard Emmanuel
Pastor of the Theosophist Church
East Gloucester, Massachusetts