nd condemned us. The Holy Order of the
Fathers of Jesus is lifeless before the world, but not before God.
Jesuits do not die, for they bear eternal life in them, and there will
a day come when they will burst forth from darkness into light. Go, my
son, and help prepare the day, help smooth the way, that we may walk
therein. Have you obeyed?"

"I have consecrated my whole life to it, your eminence. I have wandered
around the world, and everywhere striven to disseminate the doctrine of
the Invisible Fathers, and win disciples and adherents to the order. The
Brothers of the Egyptian Masons, the Brothers of the Rosicrucians, are
the disciples which I have won, and you know well there are many mighty
and illustrious men among them."

"I know it, and I am satisfied you are an active and useful tool. This I
came to tell you, that I might stimulate and advise you. Great deeds you
shall perform, great achievements the holy Ignatius Loyola announces by
my mouth. The world lies in sin, and the devil strides victorious over
it, since the holy order has been proscribed and persecuted by the
wicked. The devil is arrogant progress and boasting reason. They who
listen to him think themselves wise when they are fools, and speak of
their enlightenment while they still wander in the dark. To combat this
reason, to oppose this intelligence, is the task of our order, which
will never die. For God Sent it forth to the world to fight the devil
of progress, who is the ruler of darkness. I have observed you, I have
followed you, and I am satisfied. But I await still greater things from
you."

"What shall it be? Speak, O master; command, and I obey!"

"You shall strive throughout Europe for the restitution of the holy
order. You shall subject to it all minds; make the rich, the powerful,
the eminent and great, serviceable to it. Into the Orders of the
Rosicrucians and Egyptian Masons you shall gather all the stray and
isolated sheep into a flock, to await with longing the coming of the
shepherd, and prepare a place for him. To the holy Church you shall
consecrate the band of brothers, the only blessed Church, which is the
lofty abode of the father of our order. To us belongs the world; you
shall assist to reconquer it. Unbelievers shall be fought with every
weapon. Every deception, slander, persecution, and murder, are holy if
used for the benefit of the holy order. You shall shrink from nothing
which is useful and beneficial for the sublime