Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I

At the entrance to the monastery is the symbol, the cross entwined with roses, [Plato says:] the world cross of matter, on which the world soul is crucified. More than ever, the necessity of self-knowledge weighs on us. We must solve this riddle of man's past, man's present and man's future. This self-examination is to be practised in order to then speak publicly about it in the language that was given at the first stage of secret learning.