I pen these last words on the deck of the ‘Dream’ with my Beloved beside me.  The sun is sinking in a glory of crimson—­we are about to anchor in still waters.  A rosy light flashes on our wonderful white sails, which will be presently furled; and we shall sit together, Rafel and I, watching the night draw its soft dark curtain around us, and the stars come out in the sky like diamonds embroidered on deep purple velvet, and listening to the gentle murmur of the little waves breaking into a rocky corner of the distant shore.  And the evening will close on a day of peace and happiness,—­one of the many unwearying, beautiful days which, like a procession of angels, bring us new and ever more perfect joy!

More than a year has elapsed since my ‘Probation’ in the House of Aselzion,—­since we, my Beloved and I, knelt before the Master and received his blessing on our eternal union.  In that brief time I have lost all my ‘worldly’ friends and acquaintances,—­who have, if I may so express it, become afraid of me.  Afraid, chiefly, because I possess all that the world can give me without their advice and assistance—­and not only afraid, but offended, because I have found the Companion of my Soul with whom they have nothing in common.  They look upon me as ‘lost to society’ and cannot realise how much such loss is gain!  Meanwhile we, Rafel and I, live our own radiant and happy lives, in full possession of all that makes life sweet and valuable, and wanting nothing that our own secret forces cannot supply.  Wealth is ours—­one of the least among the countless gifts Nature provides for those among her children who know where to find her inexhaustible riches—­and we also enjoy the perfect health which accompanies the constant inflowing of an exhaustless vitality.  And though the things we attain seem ‘miraculous’ to others, so that even while accepting help and benefit at our hands, they frown and shake their heads at the attitude we assume towards social hypocrisies and conventions, we are nevertheless able to create such ‘influences’ around us, that none come near as without feeling stronger, better and more content,—­and this is the utmost we are permitted to do for our fellow-creatures, inasmuch as none will listen to argument, and none will follow advice.  The most ardent soul that ever dwelt in human form cannot lead another soul in the way of lasting life or lasting happiness if it refuses to go,—­and there is no more absolute truth than this—­That each man and each woman must make his or her own destiny both here and hereafter.  This is the Law which changes not and which can never be subject to the slightest variation.  Forgiveness of sins there is none—­since every trespass against law carries its own punishment.  Necessity for prayer there is none,—­since every faithful wish and desire of the Soul is granted without parley.  Necessity for praise there is much!- -since the Soul lives and grows in the glory of its Creator.  And the whole Secret of Everlasting Life and Happiness is contained in the full possession and control of the Divine Centre of ourselves—­this ‘Radia’ or living flame, which must be dual in order to be perfect, and which in its completed state, is an eternal Force which nothing can destroy and nothing can resist.  All Nature harmonises with its action, and from Nature it draws its perpetual sustenance and increasing power.