PREFACE
TO
1971
EDITION
The
original
volume
of
THESECRET
OF
LIGHT
was
published
in
1947
.
This
currentpublicationincludes
somemodi-
fications
and
amplifications
that
Doctor
Russellmadewithregardtothisparticularvolumepriortohisrefoldingin1963.
SinceTHESECRET
OF
LIGHTwas
released
by
Walter
Russell,our
year's
HomeStudyCourseinUniversalLaw,Nat-uralScienceandLiving
Philosophy-and
alloftheotherbookslisted
herein-have
beenwrittenandreleased,fortheworldisnowfullyreadyandingreatneed
of
the'newandbasicknowledgecontainedinallofthesewritings.
LAO
RUSSELLVI
CO
NCERNING
THE
DI
VINE
ILIAD
THE
DIVINEILIAD
isthebasis
of
thisbook.
THE
DIVINE
ILIAD
isaninspiredmessagefromtheCreatortogivemantheneededcomprehension
of
hisrelationtohisuniverse,toman,andtoGod,forthecomingcycle.Manprogressesincycles
of
approximatelytwenty-fivehundredyears.
At
thebeginning
of
eachcycle
of
hisgrowingawareness
of
theLightwithinhim,Godsendsmessagesthrough
prepared
'messengersto
furtherhis
comprehension
of
theLight.Comprehension
of
thesecosmicmessagesgraduallyexalts
mankindintohigherbeings,andthuseachcycleisonemorestepformantowardfullawareness
of
theLight,and
of
hisOnenesswithGod.
THE
DIVINE
ILIAD
cannotbefullypublishedformanyyears.
As
much
of
itascannowbepublishedwillappearinthesepages.Further
portions
of
itwillbereleasedastheworldisreadytoreceivethem.
WALTER
RUSSELL
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