Through three tales spread across centuries, the path to unlocking the world of the spirit within you and its unfathomable powers is opened up to the reader.

"You must be modest, that is, you must set yourself only one goal, but not several! Then seek the desires which incline towards that goal, give yourself over to them, and you will see how easily it will go."

"Then indeed the task of achieving a high goal is not difficult if our nature itself draws us to it."

"So it is. The matter itself is not difficult, but the struggle to mediate the desires, to select those which should be active, and to bring the others to rest, that is difficult, that is a struggle which only the clever and brave fighter succeeds at."