Into the mystic aims and wisdom’s lore.

And when the pupils of those early seers

Could guard in worthy way the good and true,

Then those sublime instructors turned their steps

Back to their own especial realms of life.

These pupils of the gods then chose out men

Who might succeed them in the guardianship

Of spirit-treasures; and in such a way

The treasures were passed on from age to age.

Until the present time all mystic schools,