Note to the ReaderThis monograph on the subject of the Holy Grail as a path of ascension is not intended to be comprehensive by any means. Subsequent volumes will expound on certain subjects that are left, so to say, "hanging." The subject is so vast, so complex, that one could start at any point and go in a dozen different directions ad infinitum. What is more, one's understanding of the subject can often change dramatically, in an instant, with the addition of a single datum. I therefore leave it open to the reader to carry the clues further, or to insert pieces of the puzzle that they have found in their own quest. With that in mind, let me also say that, as I have learned in my research on these subjects, the truth can only be reached with a more or less spiraling approach. In this sense, it is very much like a labyrinth - which is an entirely appropriate metaphor - and we will follow the threads that lead from one item to another, finally arriving at the center, facing the monster, and then hopefully finding our way out again.About the CassiopaeansThe term "Cassiopaeans? appears in several places in this book. While the information contained in this book could as well be given without referring to this term, it is better to point out the source of the inspiration. The name Cassiopaea was given by a channeled "source" which LKJ contacted in 1994, identifying itself by saying "we are you in the future." Modern physics does not provide us with practical means for this type of communication and theories on this subject are not well developed; they are, in fact, inconclusive and controversial. When interpreting "we are you in the future" in an oversimplified way, we are faced with causal paradoxes. On the other hand, from the theoretical papers published in physics journals we can learn that, with a proper and careful interpretation, and taking into account quantum uncertainties, communication into the past cannot be dismissed as impossible. Improbable perhaps is the right word, but there are many things that are improbable and yet happen. The more improbable is a given phenomenon, the more information is carried by its occurrence. The more we can learn by its study. That is why we did not dismiss the "we are you in the future" as impossible and therefore ignorable. Instead we decided to continue the "communications" as a form of a "controlled experiment in superluminal thought transfer" ? even if it was clear that the term should be considered as a tentative indication of only one out several possible interpretations. The information received from this experiment is presented in the context of broad ranging historical and other metaphysical material and offers the clues that have led to the world view and inferences presented by us in our numerous publications on the Web and in print. Perhaps it is only our own "subconscious mind? that presents itself as a "source,? but even if it is so, does that tell us more? Do we really know what "unconscious mind? is and of what is it capable? ...