to point out the right way which will lead men from dreaded night to joyous light, to true health and complete happiness,—those purblind and deluded men who no longer understand nature and who abuse her marvelous goodness to their own destruction. The mere thought of devoting my life entirely to nature and her great truths was indeed blessedness.
I soon began to write this book.
But I also founded "Jungborn," in the Hartz, between Isenburg and Hartzburg. This is, first of all a model institution for the true natural life, where these who wish to make arrangements for such a life at home in their own gardens can find the pattern. It was also meant to show, from the start, how the most intimate communion with nature can be re-established, and at the same time to demonstrate in practice how easy and what a blessing such communion is.
In the meantime the Jungborn has fulfilled its purpose completely. After its pattern many have already made the requisite arrangements in their own homes or gardens.
Other similar institutions are coming into life.
The Jungborn has now also practically demonstrated the correctness of the return to nature methods and its significance for the welfare and salvation of man.
For the rest it has always been my aim to show how we can lead a natural life at home, under ordinary circumstances, and establish a relationship with nature, for in this way alone can my book be of service to the masses.
It was necessary to mention the Jungborn here, as I shall have occasion to refer to it.
A detailed description of the Jungborn and its arrangements will be found at the end of this volume.
