63. Document from Barr, Alsace II

The initiation of Manes, who in 1459 initiated Christian Rosenkreuz, is regarded as a “higher degree” within this whole current: it consists in the true knowledge of the function of evil. This initiation and its background must remain hidden from the masses for a long time to come. For wherever even the slightest ray of light from it has found its way into literature, it has caused disaster, as with the noble Guyau, whose disciple Friedrich Nietzsche became.