an imperfect picture of the organization which, unknown to the world generally, links physical life with the Higher States of Consciousness. Letters which I received lamented a vagueness which to a certain extent was inevitable, but for that reason I am tempted to draw aside the veil a little more and open what for some may be a clearer path.

The important points of the article referred to lay in the actual existence of “The Watchers” and the fact that our world’s evolution does not proceed in any sense upon haphazard lines. It may now be said that the six Great Brotherhoods or Councils, with the supreme Council of Fifteen, are not in direct touch with Humanity at all. As I wrote previously, no untrained individual could retain physical consciousness in the presence of one of these very advanced “Adepts.” The cloud which always interposed between Moses, himself an Initiate, in the wilderness, when in communion with the High Adepts, is an indication of the gulf which lies between the Orders. The Great Councils are secluded in remote mountainous regions, and veils of mental matter render any unwelcome interference quite impossible.

But even as the Great Councils dwell in more senses than one between Earth and Heaven, so they have more accessible links between themselves and the world of Humanity.

In touch with the Great Councils are what may be termed Occult Colleges or Communities. They too are difficult of access, but more by reason of natural obstacles. They are composed of men and women, mainly of the racial family which is the particular care of the Council to which the Community is affiliated. The Great Councils themselves are the relics of, and are located in, the lands which once belonged to past great civilizations, including