This is the Opus work of Ernst Oscar Bernhardt (1875 – 1941) who was born, worked and lived in Germany. He used the pen name of Abdrushin for a reason that was very personal to him. This name with which he is now commonly associated is also used in the blogs and references on this site.

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Abdrushin travelled extensively during his early adulthood, visiting countries in Europe, the Middle East (which was then part of the Ottoman Empire), the United State of America, as well as countries in the Far East. In the course of his travels, he got to witness and experience the human condition in various societies.

All of that experience, plus his own inner transformation, gave rise to this unique work that looks at Life and existence from a completely holistic perspective. Holistic meaning Historical, Social, Philosophical and Scientific perspective. He also traces how all of these have affected the development of the inner person, and stamped the cultural attributes of societies.

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In all of this he continually stresses the importance of the experiences of Life for the maturity of the inner person. He calls this inner essence Spirit, and explains how it manifests in our daily lives, thus answering the fundamental question of “Who is the actual Human being” as well as other burning questions like “What is, or where is Man’s Free?”.

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Through this work, we learn to recognize that the concept of Spirit is much broader than the religious/occultist association commonly given to it today. Spirit, as Abdrushin explains is just another but very important form of Energy that exists in Creation. In effect, he foreshadowed the now commonly accepted scientific principle that everything is, at its most fundamental, a manifestation of an essence that we call Energy. Going beyond that, Abdrushin explains the purpose of Spirit, its role in Creation, which as Jesus Christ already said is made up of Many Mansions. Finally, he addresses in a definitive and clarified way the nature and many parts of Creation and the Omnipotence that gave rise to it all (.i.e., The Creator). In so doing he brings to the reader's attention the Laws and Principles that maintain the Creations. These Laws manifest here on earth as the physical laws that govern balance,, motion and all other interchanges of energies. Man, being Spirit which is a form or energy, is also governed by Spiritual laws which in effect hold man responsible and accountable for his every action. But, he also explains and emphasizes that all experiencing, arising from responsibility and accountability, is meant to serve one single purpose - to lead to the Spiritual development of the Spirit so that it too can one day begin to play its real role in Creation, from its higher plane of origin. Again giving the seeker definitive answers to the questions: "Why was I born", Where did I come from" and "What happens when I die"  

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​The breath and enlightenment offered in this work traces, in a logical and intuitive manner, the interconnectedness of everything,  and makes it possible for anyone to pursue their own investigation. Abdrushin stresses that such investigation must be conducted by each for themselves. Should people who have found value in the book choose to join together to pursue a common goal, he advises that such association must then be operated as a fraternity of free individuals who still bear personal responsibility for their actions and thinking. A plausible guide for such association, which, no doubt could be supportive of the individual effort, could perhaps be the modus operandi of Academies of Science, where the focus is individual pursuit of knowledge, and not the hierarchy.

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It is only in that spirit that we have undertaken the task of bringing this knowledge to as many as are seeking. Abdrushin made it clear that The Grail Message speaks to the individual, and is NOT meant to be the basis for any new religion or group.