Gleanings of a Mystic BY MAX HEINDEL [Illustration: Colophon] A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON PRACTICAL MYSTICISM FIRST EDITION THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP International Headquarters Mt. Ecclesia Oceanside, California London: L. N. Fowler & Co., 7 Imperial Arcade Ludgate Circus COPYRIGHT, 1922. BY MRS. MAX HEINDEL. FELLOWSHIP PRESS OCEANSIDE, CALIF. Foreword The contents of this book are among the last writings of Max Heindel, the mystic. They contain some of his deepest thoughts, and are the result of years of research and occult investigation. He, too, could say as did Parsifal: “Through error and through suffering I came, through many failures and through countless woes.” At last he was given the living water with which he was able to quench the spiritual thirst of many souls. He also developed to their depths pity and love, and could feel the heart throbs of suffering humanity. Strong souls are usually endowed with great energy and impulse, and through these very forces, they forge to the front ranks though they often suffer much. As a result they are filled with compassion for others. The writer of these lessons sacrificed his physical body on the altar of service.