4.  Constantine became sole Emperor in 323 A.D. The Athenian schools of philosophy were suppressed by Justinian in 529 A.D.

5.  To whose book, The Wisdom of Plotinus (Rider, 3s. 6d. net) I must acknowledge my indebtedness.

6.  Plotinus on The Nature and Origin of Evil (Taylor’s Translation).

7.  I.e., prior in the sense that cause precedes effect.

8.  The Indian conception of the inbreathing and outbreathing of Brahma may help us here, but it does not entirely get over the difficulty.

9.  Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound.”

10.  Church property being free from taxation.

11.  See Life of Emanuel Swedenborg. By George Trobridge. London: Frederick Warne & Co. To which book I must acknowledge my great indebtedness.

12.  There are not a few of the communications recorded, notably in the “Spiritual Diary,” which might be advanced to support the hypothesis of a disordered brain; and we must not lose sight of the fact that Swedenborg’s tireless activities taxed his intellectual faculties beyond the powers of any but the most exceptional human organism.

13.  The Christian name of Balsamo’s wife was Lorenza, of Cagliostro’s Seraphina. But the story is itself of doubtful authenticity.

14.  It is perhaps almost superfluous to state that Joseph Balsamo got his wife locked up in jail, beside compelling her to lead a life of immorality.

15.  Unless indeed we accept the (doubtful) story of his transmuting metals for De Rohan.

16.  Grimm.