permanent insanity. Many cases of hypochondria (imaginary illness) grow out of
habits developed in ignorance of the true function of sex.
From these brief references to the subject, it may be readily seen that
ignorance on the subject of sex transmutation, forces stupendous penalties upon
the ignorant on the one hand, and withholds from them equally stupendous benefits,
on the other.
Widespread ignorance on the subject of sex is due to the fact that the subject
has been surrounded with mystery and beclouded by dark silence. The conspiracy of
mystery and silence has had the same effect upon the minds of young people that the
psychology of prohibition had. The result has been increased curiosity, and desire to
acquire more knowledge on this "verboten" subject; and to the shame of all
lawmakers, and most physicians—by training best qualified to educate youth on that
subject-information has not been easily available.
Seldom does an individual enter upon highly creative effort in any field of
endeavor before the age of forty. The average man reaches the period of his
greatest capacity to create between forty and sixty. These statements are based upon
analysis of thousands of men and women who have been carefully observed. They
should be encouraging to those who fail to arrive before the age of forty, and to
those who become frightened at the approach of "old age," around the forty-year
mark. The years between forty and fifty are, as a rule, the most fruitful. Man should