Originally published in 1920 Introduction: We have been asked to give a few words of explanation as to the origin of the following "Lessons." In the winter of 1917 - 18 a book called "The seven purposes" was published, giving an account of certain messages of a personal nature received in automatic writing, and also a series of what purported to be spiritual revelations.....Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.