4. The elders and scribes naturally accepted only too gladly this large offering, and therewith I had a good chance of being allowed to enter into a quite exceptional discussion with the elders, and one which, for a good reason, had never taken place previously.

5. But now the first preliminary question and the one already mentioned, was out of Isaiah, the extremely mystically-veiled answer to which, now formed the basis for the following extended discussion which, will soon follow. Whosoever will read it with a good, loving, and pure heart, will gain much from it for his soul and spirit.