Man is the subject of the Ancient Scriptures.
Perfect Man is the Hero of the Ancient Scriptures.
Deportment in harmony with Cosmic Law was the ancient standard of Perfect Man.
According to the principles of the Ancient Masters, complete self-mastery was their standard of Perfect Man. For he who conquers himself is greater than he who conquers a city.
He that overcometh the desires of the flash and the passions of the blood, and obeyeth the commandment not to eat of the “forbidden fruit”, the same shall inherit all things good in life; and I, Perfection, will be his Guide, and he shall be my Son (Gen. 2:17; Rev. 21:7).
The first book and the last book of the Bible deal with the “forbidden fruit”. The last book describes, in symbol and parable, the nature of the man who heeds the commandment not to eat of the “forbidden fruit”, and defines the great reward inherited by him for obedience. For such is the only man who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof (Rev. 5).
Also, in the last book of the Bible there is concealed the greatest of all secrets of the Human Body, the Microcosm. This secret, hidden in symbol and parable, is so strange and obscure that as yet modern science knows nothing about it, and the priests and preachers have never discovered it.
The purpose of this work, which is presented in two parts, is to uncover and reveal that carefully guarded secret, and to provide a summary of the hidden teachings of the Apocalypse, the last book of the Bible, by chapter and verse—from the original Greek, with an interpretation of the symbols and parables, based on the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient Masters.
