...Among the stormy waves of the all-consuming ocean of time, the great Monument of the long past stands motionless. Where he comes from, where his homeland is, what superhuman genius gave him the strength to resist everything - we do not know and probably will not know. But its antiquity, fabulous antiquity in comparison with the pitiful fragment of history known to us, should already inspire reverence towards it. How immeasurably his greatness grows, how powerful a giant he turns into, when it is revealed before our admiring gaze that, in addition to the very antiquity of his life, in this Monument, in mysterious ways, the beginnings of all the threads from all the deeds of mankind throughout his planetary life are hidden?! - This monument to us, Europeans, is known under the name of the Sacred Book of Thoth - the Great Arcana of the Tarot. Many tens of centuries ago, the white race now reigning on earth received from its predecessor this great heritage, this great synthesis of human knowledge and the Divine Revelation accessible to its genius. She appreciated it, and this Monument of Divine Wisdom formed the essence of all Initiations. This great foundation manifests itself in every religion insofar as it rises above differential particulars, rises above the conditions of life and time of its people and reveals from its essence a reflection of the absolute doctrine of eternal truth.