Preface to the original “Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean” The history of the tablets translated in the following pages is strange and beyond the belief of modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some 36,000 years B.C. The writer is Thoth, an Atlantean Priest-King, who founded a colony in ancient Egypt after the sinking of the mother country. He was the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, erroneously attributed to Cheops. In it he incorporated his knowledge of the ancient wisdom and also securely secreted records and instruments of ancient Atlantis. For some 16,000 years, he ruled the ancient race of Egypt, from approximately 52,000 B.C. to 36,000 B.C. At that time, the ancient barbarous race among which he and his followers had settled had been raised to a high degree of civilization. Thoth was an immortal, that is, he had conquered death, passing only when he willed and even then not through death. His vast wisdom made him ruler over the various Atlantean colonies, including the ones in South and Central America. When the time came for him to leave Egypt, he erected the Great Pyramid over the entrance to the Great Halls of Amenti, placed in it his records, and appointed guards for his secrets from among the highest of his people. In later times, the descendants of these guards became the pyramid priests, by which Thoth was deified as the God of Wisdom, The Recorder[1], by those in the age of darkness which followed his passing. In legend, the Halls of Amenti became the underworld, the Halls of the gods, where the soul passed after death for judgment. During later ages, the ego of Thoth passed into the bodies of men in the manner described in the tablets. As such, he incarnated three times, in his last being known as Hermes, the thrice-born. In this incarnation, he left the writings known to modern occultists as the Emerald Tablets, a later and far lesser exposition of the ancient mysteries. The tablets translated in this work are ten which were left in the Great Pyramid in the custody of the pyramid priests. The ten are divided into thirteen parts for the sake of convenience. The last two are so great and far-reaching in their import that at present it is forbidden to release them to the world at large. However, in those contained herein are secrets which will prove of inestimable value to the serious student. They should be read, not once, but a hundred times for only thus can the true meaning be revealed. A casual reading will give glimpses of beauty, but more intensive study will open avenues of wisdom to the seeker. But now a word as to how these mighty secrets came to be revealed to modern man after being hidden so long. Some thirteen hundred years B.C., Egypt, the ancient Khem, was in turmoil and many delegations of priests were sent to other parts of the world. Among these were some of the pyramid priests who carried with them the EMERALD TABLETS as a talisman by which they could exercise authority over the less advanced priest-craft of races descended from other Atlantean colonies. The tablets were understood from legend to give the bearer authority from Thoth. The particular group of priests bearing the tablets emigrated to South America where they found a flourishing race, the Mayas who remembered much of the ancient wisdom. Among these, the priests settled and remained. In the tenth century, the Mayas had thoroughly settled the Yucatan, and the tablets were placed beneath the altar of one of the great temples of the Sun God. After the conquest of the Mayas by the Spaniards, the cities were abandoned, and the treasures of the temples forgotten. It should be understood that the Great Pyramid of Egypt has been and still is a temple of initiation into the mysteries. Jesus, Solomon, Apollonius and others were initiated there. The writer (who has a connection with the Great White Lodge which also works through the pyramid priesthood) was instructed to recover and return to the Great Pyramid the ancient tablets. This, after adventures which need not be detailed here, was accomplished. Before returning them, he was given permission to translate and retain a copy of the wisdom engraved on the tablets. This was done in 1925 and only now has permission been given for part to be published. It is expected that many will scoff. Yet the true student will read between the lines and gain wisdom. If the light is in you, the light which is engraved in these tablets will respond. Now, a word as to the material aspect of the tablets. They consist of twelve tablets of emerald green, formed from a substance created through alchemical transmutation. They are imperishable, resistant to all elements and substances. In effect, the atomic and cellular structure is fixed, no change ever taking place. In this respect, they violate the material law of ionization. Upon them are engraved characters in the ancient Atlantean language: characters which respond to attuned thought waves, releasing the associated mental vibration in the mind of the reader. The tablets are fastened together with hoops of golden-colored alloy suspended from a rod of the same material. So much for the material appearance. The wisdom contained therein is the foundation of the ancient mysteries. And for the one who reads with open eyes and mind, his wisdom shall be increased a hundred-fold. Read. Believe or not, but read. And the vibration found therein will awaken a response in your soul. In Cosmic Harmony, Doréal Supreme Voice of the Brotherhood [1] Thot is the Recorder, he who registers, the inventor of writing; he is the preserver of memory. The continuity of memory is life, Thoth is the eternal one who defeats death and in this consists his wisdom that brings man’s salvation. INTRODUCTION to the original “Interpretation of the Emerald Tablets” In the following pages, I will reveal some of the mysteries which as yet have only been touched upon lightly either by myself or other teachers or students of truth. Man's search for understanding of the laws which regulate his life has been unending, yet always just beyond the veil which shields the higher planes from material man's vision the truth has existed, ready to be assimilated by those who enlarge their vision by turning inward, not outward, in their search. In the silence of material senses lies the key to the unveiling of wisdom. He who talks does not know; he who knows does not talk. The highest knowledge is unutterable, for it exists as an entity in lanes which transcend all material words or symbols. All symbols are but keys to doors leading to truths, and many times the door is not opened because the key seems so great that the things which are beyond it are not visible. If we can understand that all keys, all material symbols are manifestations, are but extensions of a great law and truth, we will begin to develop the vision which will enable us to penetrate beyond the veil. All things in all universes move according to law, and the law which regulates the movement of the planets is no more immutable than the law which regulates the material expressions of man. One of the greatest of all Cosmic Laws is that which is responsible for the formation of man as a material being. The great aim of the mystery schools of all ages has been to reveal the workings of the Law which connect man the material and man the spiritual. The connecting link between the material man and the spiritual man is the intellectual man, for the mind partakes of both the material and immaterial qualities. The aspirant for higher knowledge must develop the intellectual side of his nature and so strengthen his will that is able to concentrate all powers of his being on and in the plane he desires. The great search for light, life and love only begins on the material plane. Carried to its ultimate, its final goal is complete oneness with the universal consciousness. The foundation in the material is the first step; then comes the higher goal of spiritual attainment. In the following pages, I will give an interpretation of the Emerald Tablets and their secret, hidden and esoteric meanings. Concealed in the words of Thoth are many meanings that do not appear on the surface. Light of knowledge brought to bear upon the Tablets will open many new fields for thought. "Read and be wise" but only if the light of your own consciousness awakens the deep-seated understanding which is an inherent quality of the soul. In the Threefold Light, Doréal The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean Tablet I The History of Thoth, The Atlantean I, THOTH, the Atlantean, master of mysteries, keeper of records, mighty king, magician, living from generation to generation, being about to pass into the Halls of Amenti, set down for the guidance of those that are to come after, these records of the mighty wisdom of Great Atlantis. In the great city of KEOR on the island of UNDAL, in a time far past, I began this incarnation. Not as the little men of the present age did the mighty ones of Atlantis live and die, but rather from aeon to aeon did they renew their life in the Halls of Amenti where the river of life flows eternally onward. A hundred times ten have I descended the dark way that led into light, and as many times have I ascended from the darkness into the light, my strength and power renewed. Now for a time I descend, and the men of KHEM[1] shall know me no more. But in a time yet unborn will I rise again, mighty and potent, requiring an accounting of those left behind me. Then beware, O men of KHEM, if you have falsely betrayed my teaching, for I shall cast you down from your high estate into the darkness of the caves from whence you came. Betray not my secrets to the men of the North or the men of the South lest my curse fall upon you. Remember and heed my words, for surely will I return again and require of you that which you guard. Yes, even from beyond time and from beyond death will I return, rewarding or punishing as you have requited your truest. Great were my people in the ancient days, great beyond the conception of the little people now around me; knowing the wisdom of old, seeking far within the heart of infinity knowledge that belonged to Earth's youth. Wise were we with the wisdom of the Children of Light who dwelt among us. Strong were we with the power drawn from the eternal fire. And of all these, greatest among the children of men was my father, THOTME[2], keeper of the great temple, link between the Children of Light who dwelt within the temple and the races of men who inhabited the ten islands. Mouthpiece, after the Three, of the Dweller of UNAL, speaking to the Kings with the voice that must be obeyed. Grew I there from a child into manhood, being taught by my father the elder mysteries, until in time there grew within the fire of wisdom, until it burst into a consuming flame. Naught desired I but the attainment of wisdom. Until on a great day the command came from the Dweller of the Temple that I be brought before him. Few there were among the children of men who had looked upon that mighty face and lived, for not as the sons of men are the Children of Light when they are not incarnate in a physical body. Chosen was I from the sons of men, taught by the Dweller so that his purposes might be fulfilled, purposes yet unborn in the womb of time. Long ages I dwelt in the Temple, learning ever and yet ever more wisdom, until I, too, approached the light emitted from the great fire. Taught me he, the path to Amenti, the underworld where the great king sits upon his throne of might. Deep I bowed in homage before the Lords of Life and the Lords of Death, receiving as my gift the Key of Life. Free was I of the Halls of Amenti[3], bound not by death to the circle of life. Far to the stars I journeyed until space and time became as naught. Then having drunk deep of the cup of wisdom, I looked into the hearts of men and there found I greater mysteries and was glad. For only in the Search for Truth could my Soul be stilled and the flame within be quenched. Down through the ages I lived, seeing those around me taste of the cup of death and return again in the light of life. Gradually from the Kingdoms of Atlantis passed waves of consciousness that had been one with me, only to be replaced by spawn of a lower star. In obedience to the law, the word of the Master grew into flower. Downward into the darkness turned the thoughts of the Atlanteans, Until at last in this wrath arose from his AGWANTI, the Dweller, (this word has no English equivalent; it means a state of detachment) speaking The Word, calling the power. Deep in Earth's heart, the sons of Amenti heard, and hearing, directing the changing of the flower of fire that burns eternally, changing and shifting, using the LOGOS, until that great fire changed its direction. Over the world then broke the great waters, drowning and sinking, changing Earth's balance until only the Temple of Light was left standing on the great mountain on UNDAL still rising out of the water; some there were who were living, saved from the rush of the fountains. Called to me then the Master, saying: “Gather you together my people. Take them by the arts you have learned of far across the waters, until you reach the land of the hairy barbarians, dwelling in caves of the desert. Follow there the plan that you know of.” Gathered I then my people and entered the great ship of the Master. Upward we rose into the morning. Dark beneath us lay the Temple. Suddenly over it rose the waters. Vanished from Earth, until the time appointed, was the great Temple. Fast we fled toward the sun of the morning, until beneath us lay the land of the children of KHEM. Raging, they came with cudgels and spears lifted in anger seeking to slay and utterly destroy the Sons of Atlantis. Then raised I my staff and directed a ray of vibration, striking them still in their tracks as fragments of stone of the mountain. Then spoke I to them in words calm and peaceful, telling them of the might of Atlantis, saying we were children of the Sun[4] and its messengers. Cowed I them by my display of magic-science, until at my feet they groveled, when I released them. Long dwelt we in the land of KHEM, long and yet long again. Until obeying the commands of the Master, who while sleeping yet lives eternally, I sent from me the Sons of Atlantis, sent them in many directions, that from the womb of time wisdom might rise again in her children. Long time dwelt I in the land of KHEM, doing great works by the wisdom within me. Upward grew into the light of knowledge the children of KHEM, watered by the rains of my wisdom. Blasted I then a path to Amenti so that I might retain my powers, living from age to age a Sun of Atlantis, keeping the wisdom, preserving the records. Great few the sons of KHEM, conquering the people around them, growing slowly upwards in Soul force. Now for a time I go from among them into the dark halls of Amenti, deep in the halls of the Earth, before the Lords of the powers, face to face once again with the Dweller. Raised I high over the entrance, a doorway, a gateway leading down to Amenti. Few there would be with courage to dare it, few pass the portal to dark Amenti. Raised over the passage, I, a mighty pyramid, using the power that overcomes Earth force (gravity). Deep and yet deeper place I a force-house or chamber; from it carved I a circular passage reaching almost to the great summit. There in the apex, set I the crystal, sending the ray into the "Time-Space," drawing the force from out of the ether, concentrating upon the gateway to Amenti. (See “The Great Pyramid” by Doréal.) Other chambers I built and left vacant to all seeming, yet hidden within them are the keys to Amenti. He who in courage would dare the dark realms, let him be purified first by long fasting. Lie in the sarcophagus of stone in my chamber. Then reveal I to him the great mysteries. Soon shall he follow to where I shall meet him, even in the darkness of Earth shall I meet him, I, Thoth, Lord of Wisdom, meet him and hold him and dwell with him always. Builded I the Great Pyramid, patterned after the pyramid of earth force, burning eternally so that it, too, might remain through the ages. In it, I builded my knowledge of "Magic-Science" so that I might be here when again I return from Amenti, Yes, while I sleep in the Halls of Amenti, my Soul roaming free will incarnate, dwell among men in this form or another. (Hermes, thrice-born.) Emissary on Earth am I of the Dweller, fulfilling his commands so many might be lifted. Now return I to the halls of Amenti, leaving behind me some of my wisdom. Preserve you and keep you the command of the Dweller: Lift ever upwards your eyes toward the light. Surely in time, you are one with the Master, surely by right you are one with the Master, surely by right you are one with the ALL. Now, I depart from you. Know my commandments, keep them and be them, and I will be with you, helping and guiding you into the Light. Now before me opens the portal. Go I down in the darkness of night. [1] Khem is the ancient Egypt. Khem in Egyptian means black; it was also the name of the imperishable stars that surrounds the star of the north pole. It can be interpreted as figurations of the Children of Light. [2] The name Thotme has a correspondence to the Egyptian name Thotmes meaning generated or originated by Tot. Was Thotme an Atlantean name or was it an Egyptian adaptation of a similar but not identical name? The question is relevant to the understand of the origins of the Egyptian language. Later on, in the Tablets we were known that Khem was the first and direct colony of Atlantis after its sinking beneath the waters. [3] The name Amenti has a similitude with the Egyptian name Amon, the name of the invisible god creator of the Universe in the Memphite theology. But Amon was only one aspect of a divine tetrad composed by Nun, the primordial ocean, Kek, the darkness, Het the infinity. That tetrad can be interpreted as the invisible and infinite ocean, the source of all creation, that is hidden in its manifestation. So, Amon can be considered as the hidden and invisible power of creation. Amenti could be Amon-ta (ta, the land, the place of Amon, where the power of Amon his manifested and can be accessed)? [4] Children of Light. Emerald Tablet I (Dr. Doréal interpretation) The passing of Thoth into the Halls of Amenti was not the change we call death. He merely placed his physical body beneath the ray of force, later referred to as the cold Flower of Life, where it would be preserved indefinitely. As Thoth, he would not return. But while his body rested in suspended animation, his consciousness entered many bodies and lived many lives. Keor was the city of the Priesthood of Atlantis. On Undal, the island just opposite Unal, the were two cities or rather two divisions of one great city that covered the island. The island was completed surrounded by terraced walls and divided across the center by a high wall. Keor faced Unal and was occupied by the priesthood, while the other side of the island was known as Chien and was occupied by the philosophic and scientific groups. No one was allowed on either part of the island excepting by a pass signed by the leaders of a group. The mighty ones referred to were the adepts of Atlantis and these were thirteen in number. Thotmes, Father of Thoth, was head or chief of the thirteen. They operated on the principle of what later became the Great White Lodge. They knew the way to the Halls of Amenti, where for a time they would lie beneath the Flower of Life and rejuvenate their bodies. Unlike the masters, they did not leave their bodies but only bathed in the Fire of Life and renewed their bodies. Thot himself had descended to Amenti a thousand times to renew his body. And, as this was necessary about once every fifty years. Thoth was approximately 50,000 years old at the time of writing. He was 20,000 years old at the time of the sinking of Atlantis. Therefore, the writing of the tablets must have occurred about 20,000 years ago. Thoth lay his original body beneath the Flower of Light, to be taken up again when he desires, and sends his consciousness into other bodies through birth. He says definitely that he will rise again in the flesh in a time yet to come. This time mentioned is spoken of later in the tablets where the invaders from outer space attack the earth. The secrets which he left were the great ship of war beneath the Sphinx[1] and the secrets of the Pyramids. The men of Khem or Egypt who were left as guards have faithfully fulfilled the command and still guard the secrets. The Arcane of Wisdom he gave them has enable them to protect the secrets from the people who came after. The people of Thoth were not the mass of Atlanteans but the group which lived on Undal and comprised the scientific, philosophic and priest classes. They had learned the AkhashicRecords. The Children of Light came among them at times and taught them wisdom which enabled them to take the next step forward. The power of the eternal fire was the fire of the Universal Consciousness. Thotmes, father of Thoth, was high-priest of Undal, the mouthpiece of the Children of Light and the Dweller on Unal, to the kings and people of the islands. Thoth was taught the mysteries which had been retained in the secret archives of the Temple. He had developed in the past to such degree that he readily grasped the truths which were taught him. The desire for ultimate knowledge aroused such tremendous forces and placed him on such a plane of vibration that the Dweller became conscious of them. The Dweller did not have the form or shape that man now has but occupied a body similar to the bodies occupied by consciousness during the earliest part of the first cycle, the globular body. The light and forces emitted by such a body was too great for the average human to stand. Only a consciousness on a high plane of vibration could stand it and still remain material. The Dweller could see in Thoth one who was ready to have the Spark of Light fanned into flame. The arousing of the flame brought to Thoth life stronger than the life of ordinary men. For as he grew in knowledge, he was shown the path to Halls of Amenti where the Flower of Life force of this planet is concentrated. Standing before the Lords of Life and Death, he received the key of life and death with power to take up life or lay it down at will. With the attaining of power over life and death, Thoth was able to lay down his body and at will travel to the farthermost extensions of this space-time. After tasting of the wisdom of the cosmos, he found that it was centered in the hearts or minds of men. There he found greater mysteries, for it is through man that the cosmos extends into unexplored territory. Thoth was born about 20,000 years before the sinking of Atlantis. But because he had accepted a particular work, he did not pass on as others did who had gained the First Illumination. Those who had been around him in youth passed on to Venus to be replaced by a wave of consciousness from Mars. The later wave of consciousness was such that they could not be trusted with the science and wisdom of the earlier Atlanteans for they would have misused it. The Dweller spoke The Word of Power which was heard by the Lords of the Cycles dwelling in Amenti and they, hearing, directed the balance of the earth into new channels causing the land to sink, carrying with it the science and knowledge which the mass of people had. This knowledge, thought nothing in comparison to the knowledge of the Children of Light, was yet too great to remain in the hands of undeveloped ones. The Flower of Fire is not in the Flower of the Fire of Life but the pyramid of cold fire which is the balance of the Earth. The Temple of Light was not the Temple of Unal but the outer temple of the priesthood on Undal. The Temple of Unal was never referred to as a temple but only as the gateway or place of the Dweller. Knowing of what it was composed, it was never thought of as being subject to destruction and was, therefore, not considered in the sinking. Only a few of the wise men of Undal were left living when the rest of the land sank. The land of the hairy barbarians is the land now known as Egypt. Khem was the first of learning established by the Atlanteans. From there, they latter sent emissaries to other barbarous tribes in different parts of the earth’s surface. This was the plan mentioned, to use Khem as central home of the new race-wisdom. The ship of the master was a ship capable of traveling between planets and was armed with weapons that could destroy every living thing on Earth’s surface if used at full power. In the atmosphere, it was driven by atomic motors. But outside the heavy side layer, it could be moved by thought not only between planets but into any space the mind of the pilot could visualize. Its structure was such that its materiality raised or lowered in vibration as the will of the operator commanded. As Thoth left the island of Unal (although it does not mention it, Undal had already sank), the great Temple or place of the Dweller also sank but was not destroyed. The barbarians upon meeting Thoth and his followers, the Atlanteans, attempted to kill them but were struck motionless by a paralyzing ray from Thoth’s staff or rod of power. The rod was capable of transmitting or casting forth hundreds of different manifestations of force directed by the will of the holder. The apparent supernatural power of Thoth caused the barbarians to submit to him. And his statement to them that he was a child of the sun is the basis for the worship of the sun among many ancient races. Thoth was, of course, referring to the Spiritual Sun. It too many years to establish the new seat of the Children of the Sun. But when this was completed, emissaries were sent to other races to teach and guide them. As time passed, Thoth found it necessary to open a passage to Amenti for the renewal of his body, for even though filled with power, after hundreds of years it began to disintegrate. This was necessary because his work was not yet finished. After a long period of time, the barbarians of Khem developed in consciousness until they could go forward without the aid of Thoth. Thoth plans to enter the Halls of Amenti and place his body under the Flower of Life while his consciousness goes elsewhere. The entrance to Amenti is below the Great Pyramid of Cheops (or Khufu) built by changing the atomic structure of stone until it became very light and then after it was in place changing it again. Beneath the Pyramid is the force-room connected with the apex of the Pyramid by a central shaft or well. In the upper portions of the shaft is a lens or crystal through which rays from the force chamber are directed. These are bent into time-space and curving open a dimensional pathway from beneath the Pyramid to the Halls of Amenti which, though in concurrent movement and space with the Earth, exists in its own space. The hidden chambers are the ones spoken of in the book on the Great Pyramid. The sarcophagus connects with the central shaft. When one lies in it a specified length of time, his body is transported down the shaft to the central force-chamber. The knowledge of this was preserved in later years but debased into a ritual initiation. It was first necessary to coat the body with a certain ointment for the occupant to be transported, and the knowledge of this was not retained by the later Egyptians. The Great Pyramid is indestructible. If its inner parts were disturbed, forces would be let loose by the Guardians which came against it. Thoth incarnated as Hermes and other great teachers, though not always on Earth. Thoth leaves with the statement that those to come after will, in time, be able to tread the same path. [1] The Lion (mai in egyptian, is the symbol of the fierce guardian of the ways. He symbolizes the sun power and the divine fire. He is usually figured as a lion with its right paw over a sphere representing the world which is under its protection. A lion can also figure in a bolt that closes the door to the main sanctuary in the Egyptian’s temples. The Atlantean Tablet II The Halls of Amenti Deep in Earth's heart lie the Halls of Amenti, far beneath the islands of sunken Atlantis, Halls of the Dead and halls of the living, bathed in the fire of the infinite ALL. Far in a past time, lost in the space time, the Children of Light looked down on the world. Seeing the children of men in their bondage, bound by the force that came from beyond. Knew they that only by freedom from bondage could man ever rise from the Earth to the Sun. Down they descended and created bodies, taking the semblance of men as their own. The Masters of everything said after their forming: "We are they who were formed from the space-dust, partaking of life from the infinite ALL; living in the world as children of men, like and yet unlike the children of men." Then for a dwelling place, far beneath the earth crust, blasted great spaces they by their power, spaces apart from the children of men. Surrounded them by forces and power, shielded from harm they the Halls of the Dead. Side by side then, placed they other spaces, filled them with Life and with Light from above. Builded they then the Halls of Amenti, that they might dwell eternally there, living with life to eternity's end. Thirty and two were there of the children, sons of Lights who had come among men, seeking to free from the bondage of darkness those who were bound by the force from beyond. Deep in the Halls of Life grew a flower, flaming, expanding, driving backward the night. Placed in the center, a ray of great potence, Life giving, Light giving, filling with power all who came near it. Placed they around it thrones, two and thirty, places for each of the Children of Light, placed so that they were bathed in the radiance, filled with the Life from the eternal Light. There time after time placed they their first created bodies so that they might by filled with the Spirit of Life. One hundred years out of each thousand must the Life-giving Light flame forth on their bodies. Quickening, awakening the Spirit of Life. There in the circle from aeon to aeon, sit the Great Masters, living a life not known among men. There in the Halls of Life they lie sleeping; free flows their Soul through the bodies of men. Time after time, while their bodies lie sleeping, incarnate they in the bodies of men. Teaching and guiding onward and upward, out of the darkness into the light. There in the Hall of Life, filled with their wisdom, known not to the races of man, living forever beneath the cold fire of life, sit the Children of Light. Times there are when they awaken, come from the depths to be lights among men, infinite they among finite men. He who by progress has grown from the darkness, lifted himself from the night into light, free is he made of the Halls of Amenti, free of the Flower of Light and of Life. Guided he then, by wisdom and knowledge, passes from men, to the Master of Life. There he may dwell as one with the Masters, free from the bonds of the darkness of night. Seated within the flower of radiance sit seven Lords from the Space-Times above us, helping and guiding through infinite Wisdom, the pathway through time of the children of men. Mighty and strange, they, veiled with their power, silent, all-knowing, drawing the Life force, different yet one with the children of men. Yes, different, and yet one with the Children of Light. Custodians and watchers of the force of man's bondage, ready to loose when the light has been reached. First and most mighty, sits the Veiled Presence, Lord of Lords, the infinite Nine, over the other from each Cosmic cycle, weighing and watching the progress of men. Under it, sit the Lords of the Cycles; Three, Four, Five, and Six, Seven, Eight, each with his mission, each with his powers, guiding, directing the destiny of man. There sit they, mighty and potent, free of all time and space. Not of this world they, yet akin to it, Elder Brothers they, of the children of men. Judging and weighing, they with their wisdom, watching the progress of Light among men. There before them was I led by the Dweller, watched him blend with ONE from above. Then from HE came forth a voice saying: "Great are you, Thoth, among children of men. Free henceforth of the Halls of Amenti, Master of Life among children of men. Taste not of death except as you will it, drink you of Life to Eternity's end, Henceforth forever is Life, yours for the taking. Henceforth is Death at the call of your hand. Dwell here or leave here when you desired, free is Amenti to the Sun of man. Take you up Life in what form you desired, Child of the Light that has grown among men. Choose you your work, for all should must labor, never be free from the pathway of Light. One step you have gained on the long pathway upward, infinite now is the mountain of Light. Each step you take but heightens the mountain; all of your progress but lengthens the goal. Approach you ever the infinite Wisdom, ever before you recede the goal. Free are you made now of the Halls of Amenti to walk hand in hand with the Lords of the world, one in one purpose, working together, bring of Light to the children of men." Then from his throne came one of the Masters, taking my hand and leading me onward, through all the Halls of the deep hidden land. Led he me through the Halls of Amenti, showing the mysteries that are known not to man. Through the dark passage, downward he led me, into the Hall where site the dark Death. Vast as space lay the great Hall before me, walled by darkness but yet filled with Light. Before me arose a great throne of darkness, veiled on it seated a figure of night. Darker than darkness sat the great figure, dark with a darkness not of the night. Before it then paused the Master, speaking The Word that brings about Life, saying; "Oh, master of darkness, guide of the way from Life unto Life, before you I bring a Sun of the morning. Touch him not ever with the power of night. Call not his flame to the darkness of night. Know him, and see him, one of our brothers, lifted from darkness into the Light. Release you his flame from its bondage, free let it flame through the darkness of night." Raised then the hand of the figure, forth came a flame that grew clear and bright. Rolled back swiftly the curtain of darkness, unveiled the Hall from the darkness of night. Then grew in the great space before me, flame after flame, from the veil of the night. Uncounted millions leaped they before me, some flaming forth as flowers of fire. Others there were that shed a dim radiance, flowing but faintly from out of the night. Some there were that faded swiftly; others that grew from a small spark of light. Each surrounded by its dim veil of darkness, yet flaming with light that could never be quenched. Coming and going like fireflies in springtime, filled they with space with Light and with Life. Then spoke a voice, mighty and solemn, saying: "These are lights that are souls among men, growing and fading, existing forever, changing yet living, through death into life. When they have bloomed into flower, reached the zenith of growth in their life, swiftly then send I my veil of darkness, shrouding and changing to new forms of life. Steadily upward throughout the ages, growing, expanding into yet another flame, lighting the darkness with yet greater power, quenched yet unquenched by the veil of the night. So grows the soul of man ever upward, quenched yet unquenched by the darkness of night I, Death, come, and yet I remain not, for life eternal exists in the ALL; only an obstacle, I in the pathway, quick to be conquered by the infinite light. Awaken, O flame that burns ever inward, flame forth and conquer the veil of the night." Then in the midst of the flames in the darkness grew there one that drove forth the night, flaming, expanding, ever brighter, until at last was nothing but Light. Then spoke my guide, the voice of the master: “See your own soul as it grows in the light, free now forever from the Lord of the night.” Forward he led me through many great spaces filled with the mysteries of the Children of Light; mysteries that man may never yet know of until he, too, is a Sun of the Light[1]. Backward then HE led me into the Light of the hall of the Light. Knelt I then before the great Masters, Lords of ALL from the cycles above. Spoke HE then with words of great power saying: “You have been made free of the Halls of Amenti. Choose you your work among the children of men.” Then spoke I: “O, great master, let me be a teacher of men, leading then onward and upward until they, too, are lights among men; freed from the veil of the night that surrounds them, flaming with light that shall shine among men.” Spoke to me then the voice: “Go, as yet will. So be it decreed. Master are you of your destiny, free to take or reject at will. Take yet the power, take you the wisdom. Shine as a light among the children of men.” Upward then, led me the Dweller. Dwelt I again among children of men, teaching and showing some of my wisdom; Sun of the Light, a fire among men. Now again I tread the path downward, seeking the light in the darkness of night. Bold you and keep you, preserve my record, guide shall it be to the children of men. [1] An Emissary of Light. Emerald Tablet II (Dr. Doréal interpretation) The Halls of Amenti are peculiar among hidden spaces of the Earth in that they are not in this octave of material vibration but are in a fold of space set aside from all other spaces. They have a direct connection with the positive and negative polarities of the Yarkima (not translated). Their approximate location in relationship to the Earth is beneath Atlantis but one has to move out of this space fold to enter. There are various places where this can be accomplished: Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma; Mt. Shasta, California; Mictolan, South America; Shamballa, Tibet; Great Pyramid, Egypt; Black Forest, Germany; Benares, India; Atlas Mountains, Africa. The far past time is the first cycle, which is fixed in past space-time, and is that particular period just after the negative descended on man and bound him in the material plane. The masters of that period or Children of Light formed their own bodies from the primal matter and imbued it with life. Though these bodies had the same outward form of a man, their interior structure was different, having sense organs usable only by a double unit of consciousness, male and female. They were not bound in the negative or disorder of man and were therefore free to accomplish things the rest of the mankind could not accomplish. Whereas the physical body of Thoth had to be renewed every fifty years, the primal body required renewing only once in a hundred years. It was in the first cycle that the Halls of Amenti were built by the Children of Light who descended to this planet. By the forces they controlled, they warped space and constructed Amenti and bound it to Earth. The dimensional walls around it protected it from entry by any except the highest consciousness. The great space was subdivided into smaller spaces and direct concentrations of force from the Yarkima were centered in them. There were thirty-two of these Children of Light on the Earth, having charge of the affairs of Earth. In the Halls was placed a concentration point of vital force of life which supplies the very life of the planet. When an object on Earth disintegrates, the spirit which is freed is drawn to the Flower of Life in Amenti to be called forth at need. It acts for Earth in the same capacity as the solar plexus acts for the human body. The thrones of the Children of Light were so placed that they were in the full flow of the spirit which supplied their bodies as fast as they lost their own flow. Thus, a body placed under it did not have to draw life directly from the source but bathed in its radiance. The balance was fully maintained when the consciousness was away, even though it be for centuries. The life force is so strong that the reservoir of the body, placed under it for a hundred years, was so fulfilled that it would last for a thousand years without renewal. Thus, ten years of each hundred would keep the body young and powerful. In most instances, the body was left for great periods of time, and the Children of Light entered the bodies of men through birth. But occasionally, they came forth in their original bodies, though not often. When one was attained the Third Illumination, he is made free of Amenti and can, if he desires, place his body beneath the Fire of Life and renew it from age to age. The Seven Lords are direct emanations of extensions from the seven cosmic consciousness beyond this. They work independent of, and yet in harmony with, this cosmic consciousness. They have control of certain forces from beyond such as negative disorder and have emanations on all inhabited planets in this cosmos. Other functions of the Lords are the control of time-space, separating the Four Times and the holding back of an onrush of disorder from the negative reservoir upon the flames of consciousness which have broken away from it. It is their power which draws life force into its concentration point in the Flower of Life and holds it there. The Lord of Lords is the emanation from the Ninth Cosmic Cycle and holds his or its title because it is the most highly developed and farthermost extension of his I. Yod[1]. It is the power which controls the negative in all cosmic cycles. Below him, but equal in regard to purpose and control of their own particular powers, are the Lords of the other six cycles above us. Though not of this cosmic consciousness, they are akin to it for all age formed forth from the same basic material, ordered disorder and have been born from the same source, the I.Yod, the primal source of creation. Thoth was brought before the Lords by Horlet, the Dweller on Unal, and there watched the Dweller blend with one of the Lords; in other words, enter into such harmony that they become one. From him came forth a voice. The Lords, not being of human form or vibration, could not speak in words. Their power was stepped down so that Thoth could hear. Later he became able to raise his own vibration so that he could hear the silent voice of the Lords. But this did not occur until he had passed certain tests. Thoth was given freedom of Amenti or was given the key whereby that space could be opened by him at will and having access to the Flower of Life need die only when he willed. Thoth learns the laws of creation so that he can take up any form or body he desires. Following the Law, he must now choose what particular work he will do, for attainment of illumination brings greater opportunity and power to work. The height to which Toth had attained is only a foothill of the greater mountains of transcendental light toward which all cosmic consciousness are working. As Thoth had attained one goal, he could henceforth walk with those seeking a greater goal. It was one of the thirty-two Children of Light, not one of the Lords, who conducted Thoth on his first tour of the Halls of Amenti, the places wherein the antithesis of life (which is death) reigned. This force being some-what akin to that which is called life is found in the place of life. It may seem paradoxical to call death akin to life, but if we realize that it is through the action of death on the negative that life becomes freer, we can see its kinship. The Lord of Death is not one of the Lords from cycles above but is of this cosmic cycle. He has charge of the action of death-force upon the negative which surrounds each spark of consciousness. That darkness, which is loss of consciousness or death, is called might, for in it the consciousness loses memory of that which has been. He is told not to touch Thoth with loss of consciousness. The Lord of Death is told to see and recognize Thoth as a Sun of Light, not to be held or touched by death. The hand of the Lord of Death is raised, sending forth flame, symbolical of the Light concealed in the darkness of death. Light banishes the darkness. Thoth is shown uncounted millions of flames, each a soul manifesting on this pane. The brightness or dimness of the flame showed the degree of negative disorder in which they were bound. The Lord of Death tells Thoth of the mysteries of life and death, explaining how soul incarnates in a physical body, reaches the zenith of its growth and then passes through change to leap forth again with greater light. Death comes, but only as a temporary thing. Life itself is immortal, existing from the beginning to the end. Always in the end, Life and Light must conquer death and darkness. Death desires that Light banish his power for even death came forth from Light. Thoth is shown his own soul as it drives out the darkness and flames forth into full Light. The Guide then leads Thoth into other great spaces in Amenti and elsewhere, showing him mysteries revealed only to adepts. Among others, he was shown the inner spaces of the fourth dimension. Thoth was again brought before the Lords and by the Lords who had first spoken to him was commanded to choose his work. Thoth, of his own accord, chooses to become a teacher, bringing souls from darkness into Light. He is verified in his choice by the Lord and commanded to go forth and work as he has chosen. Thoth is led upward to Earth, there fulfilling the choice he has made. He closes with statement that now again he goes to Amenti, leaving man for a time. [1] Yod is the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet meaning creative power. Yod is the graphic figuration of a germinal point and his numerical value is ten; it represents the beginning of new future life cycle of nine (represented by the hebrew letter Tet) upward steps (the number nine is a closed circle, to outrun it is necessary to change its vibrational dimension in order to generate an upward impulse; that is the meaning of the Yod, the number ten). The Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean Tablet III The Key of Wisdom I, Thoth, the Atlantean, give of my wisdom, give of my knowledge, give of my power. Freely I give to the children of men. Give that they, too, might have wisdom to shine through the world from the veil of the night. Wisdom is power and power is wisdom, one with each other, perfecting the whole. Be you not proud, O man, in your wisdom. Discourse with the ignorant as well as the wise. If one comes to you full of knowledge, listen and heed, for wisdom is all. Keep you not silent when evil is spoken for Truth like the sunlight shines above all. He who over-stepped the Law shall be punished, for only through Law comes the freedom of men. Cause you not fear for fear is a bondage, a fetter that binds the darkness to men. Follow your heart during your lifetime. Do you more than is commanded of you. When you have gained riches, follow you your heart, for all these are of no avail if your heart be weary. Diminish you not the time of following your heart. It is abhorred of the soul. They that are guided go not astray, but they that are lost cannot find a straight path. If you go among men, make for yourself, Love, the beginning and end of the heart. If one come unto you for council, let him speak freely, that the thing for which he has come to you may be done. If he hesitates to open his heart to you, it is because you, the judge, do the wrong. Repeat you not extravagant speech, neither listen you to it, for it is the utterance of one not in equilibrium. Speak you not of it, so that he before you may know wisdom. Silence is of great profit. An abundance of speech profited nothing. Exalt not your heart above the children of men, lest it be brought lower than the dust. If you be great among men, be honored for knowledge and gentleness. If you seek to know the nature of a friend, ask not his companion, but pass a time alone with him. Debate with him, testing his heart by his words and his bearing. That which goes into the store-house must come forth, and the things that are yours must be shared with a friend. Knowledge is regarded by the fool as ignorance, and the things that are profitable are to him hurtful. He lives in death. It is therefore his food. The wise man lets his heart overflow but keeps silent his mouth. O man, list to the voice of wisdom; list to the voice of light[1]. Mysteries there are in the Cosmos that unveiled fill the world with their light. Let he who would be free from the bonds of darkness first divine the material from the immaterial, the fire from the earth; for know you that as earth descends to earth, so also, fire ascends unto fire and becomes one with fire. He who knows the fire that is within himself shall ascend unto the eternal fire and dwell in it eternally. Fire, the inner fire, is the most potent of all force, for it overcomes all things and penetrates to all things of the Earth. Man supports himself only on that which resists. So, Earth[2] must resist man else he exists not. All eyes do not see with the same vision, for to one an object appears of one form and color and to a different eye of another. So also, the infinite fire, changing from color to color, is never the same from day to day. Thus, speak I, THOTH, of my wisdom, for a man is a fire burning bright through the night; never is quenched in the veil of the darkness, never is quenched by the veil of the night. Into men's hearts, I looked by my wisdom, found them not free from the bondage of strife. Free from the toils, your fire, O my brother, lest it be buried in the shadow of night! Hark you, O man, and list to this wisdom: where do name and form cease? Only in consciousness, invisible, an infinite force of radiance bright. The forms that you create by brightening they vision are truly effects that follow your cause. Man is a star bound to a body, until in the end, he is freed through his strife. Only by struggle and toiling your utmost shall the star within you bloom out in new life. He who knows the commencement of all things, free is his star from the realm of night. Remember, O man, that all which exists is only another form of that which exists not. Everything that has being is passing into yet other being and you yourself are not an exception. Consider the Law, for all is Law. Seek not that which is not of the Law, for such exists only in the illusions of the senses. Wisdom comes to all her children even as they come unto wisdom. All through the ages, the light has been hidden. Awake, O man, and be wise. Deep in the mysteries of life have I traveled, seeking and searching for that which is hidden. List you, O man, and be wise. Far beneath the earth crust, in the Halls of Amenti, mysteries I saw that are hidden from men. Oft have I journeyed the deep hidden passage, looked on the Light that is Life among men. There beneath the flowers of Life ever living, searched I the hearts and the secrets of men. Found I that man is but living in darkness, light of the great fire is hidden within. Before the Lords of hidden Amenti learned I the wisdom I give unto men. Masters are they of the great Secret Wisdom, brought from the future of infinity's end. Seven are they, the Lords of Amenti, overlords they of the Children of Morning, Suns of the cycles, Masters of Wisdom. Formed are not they as the children of men? THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE are the titles of the Masters of men. Far from the future, formless yet forming, came they as teachers for the children of men. Live they forever, yet not of the living, bound not to life and yet free from death. Rule they forever with infinite wisdom, bound yet not bound to the dark Halls of Death. Life they have in them, yet life that is not life, free from all are the Lords of the ALL. Forth from them came forth the Logos, instruments they of the power over all. Vast is their countenance, yet hidden in smallness, formed by a forming, known yet unknown. THREE holds the key of all hidden magic, creator he of the halls of the Dead; sending forth power, shrouding with darkness, binding the souls of the children of men; sending the darkness, binding the soul force; director of negative to the children of men. FOUR is he who looses the power. Lord, he, of Life to the children of men. Light is his body; flame is his countenance; freer of souls to the children of men. FIVE is the master, the Lord of all magic - Key to The Word that resounds among men. SIX is the Lord of Light, the hidden pathway, path of the souls of the children of men. SEVEN is he who is Lord of the vastness, master of Space and the key of the Times. EIGHT is he who orders the progress; weighs and balances the journey of men. NINE is the father, vast he of countenance, forming and changing from out of the formless. Meditate on the symbols I give thee. Keys are they, though hidden from men. Reach ever upward, O Soul of the morning. Turn your thoughts upward to Light and to Life. Find in the keys of the numbers I bring you, light on the pathway from life unto life. Seek you with wisdom. Turn your thoughts inward. Close not your mind to the flower of Light. Place in your body a thought-formed picture. Think of the numbers that lead you to Life. Clear is the pathway to he who has wisdom. Open the door to the Kingdom of Light. Pour forth your flame as a Sun of the morning. Shut out the darkness and live in the day. Take you, O man! As part of your being, the Seven who are but are not as they seem. Opened, O man! Have I my wisdom. Follow the path in the way I have led. Masters of Wisdom, SUN of the MORNING LIGHT and LIFE to the children of men. [1] Light is wisdom, it has power, thought and “voice” to communicate, to share and realize its implementation.. [2] Earth is a womb; a cauldron that resists to fire and under whose action renders the transformations of life it contains and preserves. Emerald Tablet III (Dr. Doréal interpretation) The key of wisdom containing some of precepts given by Thoth to the barbarians, the Children of Khem, was given to that the Keys of Light should not be lost to man. Wisdom and power walk hand in hand. Without both, either is useless and non-existent, for power is not created without wisdom, and wisdom is only attained through development and use of power. The proud person is not wise but foolish, for pride causes proud one to reject learning, for he measures all things by his own rule and standards. Silence is Golden. Talking about evil turns the creative force upon it and gives it life and actuality. To attempt to rise beyond the Law brings its own punishment for nothing is beyond Law. And the one who attempts to operate against Law breaks himself against Law. Fear should not be allowed to enter self. Neither should we create fear in another for fear is bondage. If within our hearts we have kindness, then those of like harmony are attracted to us. If this is not the case, then that one is ruled by disorder. The commands of the master within are the ones to be followed. Do not attempt to objectively do more. Riches are a means to an end, not the end. When the material needs are supplied, the mind (the hearts of the ancients) should lead into higher realms. It is necessary to have a guide while on the path. Otherwise, one is led astray attempting to find an easier way. Love is the beginning and end of the path for in love lies oneness. Thoth gave this especially to the tribes to inculcate the teachings of brotherhood and oneness. The person who comes in trouble finds relief in expressing himself. If he is hesitant, it is because the one to whom he has come has some flaw in his own nature which repulses. This statement is of great value. Extravagant speech always shows lack of balance, and it is harmful to either speak in such manner or listen, for most people are easily thrown off balance. Perfection is the only goal. You should not be satisfied with anything short of it. It is only lack of knowledge which prevents one from penetrating the veil behind which lies wisdom. Silence is the great key to advancement. Retain power within yourself in silence. Make not yourself great for all have potentially the same power. True greatness does not require self-praise. Let others acknowledge your greatness which is recognized by your attitude toward your fellowman. Each person finds a reflection of his own nature in the one before him. Therefore, listen not to the things others may say about a person. Only by examining his mind and his attitude toward his fellow can you find his true nature. If you store knowledge, do not withhold from one in need who earnestly askes. All are friends who seek the same goal. Do not let the words of an ignorant fool affect you. Only the ignorant are affected by the ignorant. The vibrations from the mind of a person are perceptible. Words are not necessary. Thoth again gives a discourse on the mysteries, giving keys and symbols for the interpretation by those who are ready. The immaterial part of man’s nature, the soul, must be separated from man’s material nature, the flesh, before it can go into the Light of the Cosmic Sun. The soul is the fire while the flesh is akin to earth. Each returns to its source. The inner fire penetrates to all planes in which the great fire manifests including the material. Earth being dense supports within a limited range even the fire of the soul. Otherwise, the soul being infinite would change finite earth to an infinite thing. It is the development of consciousness which allows the eye to see color and light. The infinite fire, developing and changing eternally, also develops the perceptions. Man is a changing fire, never the same. Thus, he ever advances from day to day until he rises above the darkness which does not change while it is still darkness. However, darkness becomes so infused with fire that it ceases to be darkness. Strife, hatred and fear are the results of darkness. Freedom from darkness eliminates these. Name and form, otherwise individual separation, cease to exist in the full Light of awakened consciousness. The creative ability comes with the opening of the third eye and are the effects of the training required to fully open that eye. Man attains only through effort and experience for such are the purifying agents which cleanse the dross of darkness from the soul. Materiality is but an unconsciousness form of manifestation of consciousness. Thus, in the final analysis, materiality and immateriality are one. Nothing that is material is fixed. It is constantly passing through change. This is its path from creation onward. Man adds a consciousness to this law of nature. Law, in its final analysis, is all that exists. All other things are fantasies and illusions formed in the minds of those without knowledge. Wisdom comes only to those who seek her. You must take the first step and then continue to walk forward. The Halls of Death beneath the Halls of the Flower of Life contained the reflection of the souls of men. It was there that Thoth could read the story of man’s advancement from darkness to Light. A seeming paradox is contained in the words “brought from the future of infinity’s end.” The Torch Bearer of Insupportable Brightness is the beginning and the end of all things. For as all things proceeded forth from it, so in the end they must return to it, thus completing the circle. In the Torch Bearer, the eventual is conceived. Thus, the plan is known to the direct emanation, the Lords. The Seven is the title of the Lords of the Cycles beyond us, each called by the number of his cycle in its relationship to the I. Yod. Coming from cycles beyond this, they are part of the absolute essence of each of these cosmic consciousness. They are bound to neither life nor death for their activity is controlled directly by the Yarkima. Thus, their life is not the life of emanations from a cosmic cycle as they are not dependent on spirit for manifestation. The Logos, meaning word or reason is an emanation from the Lords of each cycle (always remember that there is a Lord of this cycle also not included in the Seven) as it is literally an emanation of our reason from the I. Yod. As this comes along the Yarkima, they are the central cell through which it flows. They are vast in countenance for they extended into cosmic spaces yet are small because they are centered in form. Three, The Lord of the cycle just beyond us, in the custodian of those things which directly affect mankind. He is responsible for the entrance of the negative and it is through his power that the reflections of the souls of men were focused in the Halls of the Dead. The flow and direction of that force which we know as life force is controlled by the Lord of Four. Some of the greater forces such as death are drawn from Four, a cycle where life ceases to be, that is as we know life. The Lords each have their function, affording entrance into this cosmic space in powers which they have developed in their own progress through space. This is stepped down and transmitted through the Lords, each giving of what he has to those bellow. The Fifth is guardian of The Word, opening the final gate when man is ready for it. Six, Seven, and Eight have charge of certain of the fixed skeletal frameworks of future time while Nine takes the Charge of disorder after it becomes Order. In a way, they are assistants to this cosmic consciousness, carrying out aspects necessary to the development of consciousness is not as yet capable of handling. In these numbers also lie a key to the Word, but as yet this cannot be given. Attainment of it is indeed the attainment of Life and Light. The Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean Tablet IV The Space Born List you, O man, to the voice of wisdom, list to the voice of THOTH, the Atlantean. Freely I give to you of my wisdom, gathered from the time and space of this cycle; master of mysteries, SUN of the morning, living forever, a child of the LIGHT, shining with brightness, star of the morning, THOTH the teacher of men, is of ALL. Long time ago, I in my childhood, lay beneath the stars on long-buried ATLANTIS, dreaming of mysteries far above men. Then in my heart grew there a great longing to conquer the pathway that led to the stars. Year after year, I sought after wisdom, seeking new knowledge, following the way, until at last my SOUL, in great travail, broke from its bondage and bounded away. Free was I from the bondage of earth-men. Free from the body, I flashed through the night. Unlocked at last for me was the star-space. Free was I from the bondage of night. Now to the end of space sought I wisdom, far beyond knowledge of finite man. Far into space, my SOUL traveled freely into infinity's circle of light. Strange, beyond knowledge, were some of the planets, great and gigantic, beyond dreams of men. Yet found I Law, in all of its beauty, working through and among them as here among men. Flashed forth my soul through infinity's beauty, far through space I flew with my thoughts. Rested I there on a planet of beauty. Strains of harmony filled all the air. Shapes there were, moving in Order, great and majestic as stars in the night; mounting in harmony, ordered equilibrium, symbols of the Cosmic, like unto Law. Many the stars I passed in my journey, many the races of men on their worlds; some reaching high as stars of the morning, some falling low in the blackness of night. Each and all of them struggling upward, gaining the heights and plumbing the depths, moving at times in realms of brightness, living through darkness, gaining the Light. Know, O man, that Light is yours heritage. Know that darkness is only a veil. Sealed in your heart is brightness eternal, waiting the moment of freedom to conquer, waiting to rend the veil of the night. Some I found who had conquered the ether[1]. Free of space were they while yet they were men. Using the force that is the foundation of ALL things, far in space constructed they a planet, drawn by the force that flows through the ALL; condensing, coalescing the ether into forms, that grew as they willed. Outstripping in science, they, all of the races, mighty in wisdom, sons of the stars Long time I paused, watching their wisdom. Saw them create from out of the ether cities gigantic of rose and gold. Formed forth from the primal element, base of all matter, the ether far flung. Far in the past, they had conquered the ether, freed themselves from the bondage of toil; formed in their mind only a picture and swiftly created, it grew. Forth then, my soul sped, throughout the Cosmos, seeing ever, new things and old; learning that man is truly space-born, a Sun of the Sun, a child of the stars. Know you, O man, whatever from you inhabit, surely it is one with the stars. Your bodies are nothing but planets revolving around their central suns. When you have gained the light of all wisdom, free shall you be to shine in the ether - one of the Suns that light outer darkness - one of the space-born grown into Light. Just as the stars in time lose their brilliance, light passing from them in to the great source, so, O man, the soul passes onward, leaving behind the darkness of night. Formed forth you, from the primal ether, filled with the brilliance that flows from the source, bound by the ether coalesced around, yet ever it flames until at last it is free. Lift up your flame from out of the darkness, fly from the night and you shall be free. Traveled I through the space-time, knowing my soul at last was set free, knowing that now might I pursue wisdom. Until at last, I passed to a plane, hidden from knowledge, known not to wisdom, extension beyond all that we know. Now, O man, when I had this knowing, happy my soul grew, for now I was free. Listen, you space-born, list to my wisdom: know you not that you, too, will be free. List you again, O man, to my wisdom, that hearing, you too, might live and be free. Not of the earth are you -- earthy, but child of the Infinite Cosmic Light. Know you not, O man, of your heritage? Know you not you are truly the Light? Sun of the Great Sun, when you gain wisdom, truly aware of your kinship with Light. Now, to you, I give knowledge, freedom to walk in the path I have trod, showing you truly how by my striving, I trod the path that leads to the stars. Hark you, O man, and know of your bondage, know how to free yourself from the toils. Out of the darkness shall you rise upward, one with the Light and one with the stars. Follow you ever the path of wisdom. Only by this can you rise from below. Ever man's destiny leads him onward into the Curves of Infinity's ALL. Know you, O man, that all space is ordered. Only by Order are you One with the ALL. Order and balance are the Law of the Cosmos. Follow and you shall be One with the ALL. He who would follow the pathway of wisdom, open must be to the flower of life, extending his consciousness out of the darkness, flowing through time and space in the ALL. Deep in the silence, first you must linger until at last you are free from desire, free from the longing to speak in the silence. Conquer by silence, the bondage of words. Abstaining from eating until we have conquered desire for food, that is bondage of soul. Then lie you down in the darkness. Close you your eyes from the rays of the Light. Centre your soul-force in the place of your consciousness, shaking it free from the bonds of the night. Place in your mind-place the image you desired. Picture the place you desired to see. Vibrate back and forth with your power. Loosen the soul from out of its night. Fiercely must thou shake with all of your power until at last your soul shall be free. Mighty beyond words is the flame of the Cosmic, hanging in planes, unknown to man; mighty and balanced, moving in Order, music of harmonies, far beyond man. Speaking with music, singing with color, flame from the beginning of Eternity's ALL. Spark of the flame are you, O my children, burning with color and living with music. List to the voice and you shalt be free. Consciousness free is fused with the Cosmic, One with the Order and Low of the ALL. Knew you not man, that out of the darkness, Light shall flame forth, a symbol of ALL. Pray you this prayer for attaining or wisdom. Pray for the coming of Light to the ALL. “Mighty SPIRIT of LIGHT that shines through the Cosmos, draw my flame closer in harmony to you. Lift up my fire from out of the darkness, magnet of fire that is One with the ALL. Lift up my soul, you might and potent. Child of the Light, turn not away. Draw me in power to melt in your furnace; One with all things and all things in One, fire of the life-strain and One with the Brain.” When you have freed your soul from its bondage, know that for you the darkness is gone. Ever through space you may seek wisdom, bound not be fetters forged in the flesh. Onward and upward into the morning, free flash, O Soul, to the realms of Light. Move you in Order, move you in Harmony, freely shalt move with the Children of Light. Seek you and know you, my KEY of Wisdom. Thus, O man, you shall surely be free. [1] The ether is the “plastic” matter of the universe (proto-matter); as clay it suffers latter hardening that gives consistence and form durability. Emerald Tablet IV (Dr. Doréal interpretation) Thoth in this tablet gives some of his own experiences in this search for wisdom. He also gives a definite statement of his mastership. The breaking of his soul from bondage was the first projection of his consciousness. Through this developed power, Thoth was enabled to explore the mysteries of space and time. He explored other planets and ultimately reached the inner circle of light, the first dimension. The planet of beauty was one of the seven inner planets which surround the cosmic consciousness in the first dimension. The shapes moving in order were the globular bodies of illuminated ones. Thoth was able to go into all solar systems and see the different degrees of development reached on the planets closest to and farthermost from the Sun. By men are designated those forms of life activated by conscious consciousness though their forms were seldom that of Earth-man. The conquerors of ether were the dwellers on Antares, the same race that had come to Earth in past ages. They had solved the secret of interplanetary travel ages ago, for they were the most enlightened ones of their solar system. Matter and form were theirs to command. And from the Universal Mother, thewy were able to create anything they desired. Thoth learned that man was universal, existing in every part of space and an integral part of the cosmic consciousness. The form of man, so far as its materiality was concerned, was one with the basic matter of stars. As planets revolve around their sun, so the material body of man revolves around its central sun, the soul. When one has freed his consciousness from the darkness of disorder, he becomes one of those masters who work upon the negative from outside. Man’s body is formed from the primal substance, cosmic dust, and the ether in which the planets float is also cosmic dust. The solving of the mysteries of space gives the causes behind many manifestations of Law which otherwise could not be understood. Thoth now knew that he could endlessly explore the gem of truth until at last he might pass into the cosmic cycle beyond this. Thoth was free because he now knew that truth is limitless. And now through eternity, he could pursue knowledge. Man is not truly of the Earth or material but, in the final analysis, is the divine fire itself. Thoth gives the Key to the freedom of consciousness from the material, and this freedom opens the path to other worlds and planes. When this is once attained, man is no longer bound but is free. Only through knowledge comes the ability to rise from the earthly body and become one with the Light. As space is ordered and follows Law, so man must also cause order to arise within his own being. When this order and harmony of all parts of his being is perfect, then he no longer is bound to the material plane. And rising through his harmony with Law, he can ascend to the cosmic plane. In freeing the consciousness from the body, it is best to expand the solar plexus (the Flower of Life of the body) and send the life force flooding through it so that the body is vitalized in preparation for the consciousness to leave, otherwise the consciousness is reluctant to leave it. Then comes the shutting off outside sensory impressions which should be precluded by a short fast. After the silence induced by the will is complete, the consciousness should be centered in the pineal and the image thought or picture of the place you desire to go should be formed. Then an intense effort of will directed in the proper curves (see “College Lessons of the Brotherhood”), and you are released from the body. The Cosmic Consciousness is literally speaking in the first dimension or plane. And its harmonies and order are such that man, while still of the material, cannot realize its perfect movement. The soul of man is a divine fire, a flame cast forth from the great fire yet still one with it. Light in darkness is man, yet separate in power and order. The prayer is really a command and for the purpose of establishing a harmony or connection between the soul or consciousness and the cosmic consciousness. When man has fully freed his soul from bondage to the material, then he is no longer subject to disorder or negativity and can seek wisdom at the source of wisdom. The Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean Tablet V The Dweller of Unal Oft dream I of buried Atlantis, lost in the ages that have passed into night. Aeon on aeon you existed in beauty, a light shining through the darkness of night. Mighty in power, ruling the earth-born, Lord of the Earth in Atlantis' day. King of the nations, master of wisdom, LIGHT through SUNTAL, Keeper of the way, dwelt in his TEMPLE, the MASTER of UNAL, LIGHT of the Earth in Atlantis' day. Master, HE, from a cycle beyond us, living in bodies as one among men. Not as the earth-born, HE from beyond us, SUN of a cycle, advanced beyond men. Know you, O man, that HORLET the Master, was never one with the children of men. Far in the past time when Atlantis first grew as a power, appeared there one with the KEY of WISDOM, showing the way of LIGHT to all. Showed he to all men the path of attainment, way of the Light that flows among men. Mastering darkness, leading the MAN-SOUL, upward to heights that were One with the Light. Divided the Kingdoms, HE into sections. Ten were they, ruled by children of men. Upon another, built HE a TEMPLE, built but not by the children of men. Out of the ETHER called HE its substance, molded and formed by the power of YTOLAN into the forms HE built with His mind. Mile upon mile it covered the island, space upon space it grew in its might. Black, yet not black, but dark like the space-time, deep in its heart the ESSENCE of LIGHT. Swiftly the TEMPLE grew into being, molded and shaped by the WORD of the DWELLER, called from the formless into a form. Builded HE then, within it, great chambers, filled them with forms called forth from the ETHER, filled them with wisdom called forth by His mind. Formless was HE within his TEMPLE, yet was HE formed in the image of men. Dwelling among them yet not of them, strange and far different was HE from the children of men. Chose HE then from among the people, THREE who became his gateway. Choose HE the THREE from the Highest to become his links with Atlantis. Messengers they, who carried his council, to the kings of the children of men. Brought HE forth others and taught them wisdom; teachers, they, to the children of men. Placed HE them on the island of UNDAL to stand as teachers of LIGHT to men. Each of those who were thus chosen, taught must he be for years five and ten. Only thus could he have understanding to bring LIGHT to the children of men. Thus, there came into being the Temple, a dwelling place for the Master of men. I, THOTH, have ever sought wisdom, searching in darkness and searching in Light. Long in my youth I traveled the pathway, seeking ever new knowledge to gain. Until after much striving, one of the THREE to me brought the LIGHT. Brought HE to me the commands of the DWELLER, called me from the darkness into the LIGHT. Brought HE me, before the DWELLER, deep in the Temple before the great FIRE. There on the great throne, beheld I, the DWELLER, clothed with the LIGHT and flashing with fire. Down I knelt before that great wisdom, feeling the LIGHT flowing through me in waves. Heard I then the voice of the DWELLER: "O darkness, come into the Light. Long have you sought the pathway to LIGHT. Each soul on earth that loosens its fetters, shall soon be made free from the bondage of night. Forth from the darkness have you arisen, closer approached the Light of your goal. Here you shall dwell as one of my children, keeper of records gathered by wisdom, instrument you of the LIGHT from beyond. Ready by you made to do what is needed, preserver of wisdom through the ages of darkness that shall come fast on the children of men. Live you here and drink of all wisdom. Secrets and mysteries unto you shall unveil." Then answered I, the MASTER OF CYCLES, saying: "O Light, that descended to men, give you to me of your wisdom that I might be a teacher of men. Give you of your LIGHT that I may be free." Spoke then to me again, the MASTER: "Age after age shall you live through your wisdom, Yes, when over Atlantis the ocean waves roll, holding the Light, though hidden in darkness, ready to come when ever you shall call. Go you now and learn greater wisdom. Grow you through LIGHT to Infinity's ALL." Long then dwelt I in the Temple of the DWELLER until at last I was One with the LIGHT. Followed I then the path to the star planes, followed I then the pathway to LIGHT. Deep into Earth's heart I followed the pathway, learning the secrets, below as above; learning the pathway to the HALLS of AMENTI; learning the LAW that balances the world. To Earth's hidden chambers pierced I by my wisdom, deep through the Earth's crust, into the pathway, hidden for ages from the children of men. Unveiled before me, ever more wisdom until I reached a new knowledge: found that all is part of an ALL, great and yet greater than all that we know. Searched I Infinity's heart through all the ages. Deep and yet deeper, more mysteries I found. Now, as I look back through the ages, know I that wisdom is boundless, ever grown greater throughout the ages, One with Infinity's greater than all. Light there was in ancient ATLANTIS. Yet, darkness, too, was hidden in all. Fell from the Light into the darkness, some who had risen to heights among men. Proud they became because of their knowledge, proud were they of their place among men. Deep delved they into the forbidden, opened the gateway that led to below. Sought they to gain ever more knowledge but seeking to bring it up from below. He who descends below must have balance, else he is bound by lack of our Light. Opened, they then, by their knowledge, pathways forbidden to man. But, in His Temple, all-seeing, the DWELLER, lay in his AGWANTI, while through Atlantis His soul roamed free. Saw HE the Atlanteans, by their magic, opening the gateway that would bring to Earth a great woe. Fast fled His soul then, back to His body. Up HE arose from His AGWANTI. Called HE the Three mighty messengers. Gave the commands that shattered the world. Deep beneath Earth's crust to the HALLS of AMENTI, swiftly descended the DWELLER. Called HE then on the powers the Seven Lords wielded; changed the Earth's balance. Down sank Atlantis beneath the dark waves. Shattered the gateway that had been opened; shattered the doorway that led down below. All of the islands were shattered except UNAL, and part of the island of the sons of the DWELLER. Preserved HE them to be the teachers, Lights on the path for those to come after, Lights for the lesser children of men. Called HE then, I THOTH, before him, gave me commands for all I should do, saying; "Take you, O THOTH, all of your wisdom. Take all your records, Take all your magic. Go you forth as a teacher of men. Go you forth reserving the records until in time LIGHT grows among men. LIGHT shalt you be all through the ages, hidden yet found by enlightened men. Over all Earth, give WE you power, free you to give or take it away. Gather you now the sons of Atlantis. Take them and flee to the people of the rock caves. Fly to the land of the Children of KHEM." Then gathered I the sons of Atlantis. Into the spaceship I brought all my records, brought the records of sunken Atlantis. Gathered I all of my powers, instruments many of mighty magic. Up then we rose on wings of the morning. High we arose above the Temple, leaving behind the Three and DWELLER, deep in the HALLS beneath the Temple, Down beneath the waves sank the great Temple, closing the pathway to the LORDS of the Cycles. Yet ever to him who has knowing, open shall be the path to AMENTI. Fast fled we then on the wings of the morning, fled to the land of the children of KHEM. There by my power, I conquered and ruled them. Raised I to LIGHT, the children of KHEM. Deep beneath the rocks, I buried my spaceship, waiting the time when man might be free. Over the spaceship, erected a marker in the form of a lion yet like unto man. There beneath the image rests yet my spaceship, forth to be brought when need shall arise. Know you, O man, that far in the future, invaders shall come from out of the deep. Then awake, you who have wisdom. Bring forth my ship and conquer with ease. Deep beneath the image lies my secret. Search and find in the pyramid I built. Each to the other is the Keystone; each the gateway that leads into LIFE. Follow the KEY I leave behind me. Seek and the doorway to LIFE shall be yours. Seek you in my pyramid, deep in the passage that ends in a wall. Use you the KEY of the SEVEN, and open to you the pathway will fall. Now unto you I have given my wisdom. Now unto you I have given my way. Follow the pathway. Solve you my secrets. Unto you I have shown the way. Emerald Tablet V (Dr. Doréal interpretation) This perhaps is the most mystical of the tablets, containing also information hitherto withheld from man. Thoth is musing on the glories of Atlantis at its zenith as compared to the world around him at that time. The Dweller on Unal, the Master Horlet, was ruler of all the Earth (through the cosmic power he wielded) though he did not intervene in the government of nations unless it was absolutely necessary. Horlet was not entirely of this cycle but was one of the extensions of one of the Lords of the Cycles, manifesting on Earth’s surface to fulfill certain necessary functions: helping to establish knowledge and harmony among men. He established the kingdoms of Atlantis, dividing them among the races and placing the highest developed ones as kings over the rest of men. He then built the Temple on Unal from the ether or primal substance, molding it to form by his will, using the power of Ytolan[1] (not translated) to hold it in form. The Temple was square and had three miles to a side and was a mile high. It did not truly rest in third-dimensional space but in the ninth dimension, therefore the blackness. No weapon from the third dimension could harm or even touch it, for anything cast against it would be lost in the curves of the ninth dimension. It had within its heart the essence of Light for there was the gateway to Amenti where the Flower of Life burns eternally. The dweller used The Word in molding the form of the Temple, The Word being then expressed as Ytolan. Within the Temple, the Dweller erected mighty machines of many kinds, forming them out of primeval matter and started them in motion by his will. Thus actuated, they would run forever, for the will which supplied their motive power is an eternal thing. In the Temple, the Dweller was at most times unmanifest: that is, the physical body which he occupied from time to time remained in the Temple while the consciousness which he was manifested elsewhere. Three from among the highest developed of men were chosen to be messengers of the Dweller. They were carefully trained in their work by the Dweller, while through them he chose others and had them placed on Undal opposite Unal to be teachers and priests to Atlantis. These later were the priests, scientists and philosophers. Each of them was taught for fifteen years by the Three before they were allowed to teach others. Thoth made his first contact with the Dweller through one of the three messengers. He was led before the Dweller in the Temple in the place of the great fire. This fire was not the Fire of Life, but the radiation caused by the junction of the space of the Temple with the space of Amenti. Thoth was led before the Dweller who, seated on the throne, reflected the light from the gateway. To Thoth, he appeared to be literally clothed with fire. He was informed by the Dweller that he was chosen to be the keeper of the records, for the Dweller could look into man’s future knowing the changes in consciousness would eventually bring a wave of units of consciousness of low development to Earth. He also knew the destruction of parts of Earth’s surface must come. So, steps must be taken so that nothing would be lost. Thoth had earned this great privilege by his own effort. The reference to the Dweller as Master of Cycles is a reference to Earth cycles, not cosmic cycles. He was the guardian of man’s progress from one Earth cycle to another. Thoth asks for wisdom to be given him so that he can pass the knowledge he is to be given to man. Thoth is promised eternal life so that he may fulfill his purpose. He remained in the Temple until he received his full illumination. Thoth uses the knowledge given to him to penetrate the secrets of space, time and matter and in these discovers ever more and greater secrets. In the latter days of Atlantis, the great wave of consciousness which had once occupied the bodies of earth men had passed to Venus, and the consciousness which occupied the bodies of the masses were from Mars. These were more materialistic than the preceding consciousness; and looking to the darkness instead of the Light opened Yog-Sog-Thoth, the gateway to the cycle below. Some of the consciousness of the preceding wave were attracted by material power and entered into the plane. It was perhaps this part of their nature which had kept them from going on with their fellows. The one who opens the door to the cycle below must be a master else he will not be so balanced in power that he can keep those from below from coming up. While men were doing this, the Dweller was detached from his body and projected to where it was taking place. When the Dweller saw what was taking place, he returned to his body and called the messengers and sent them through Atlantis, bringing certain ones to Undal. The Dweller then descended to Amenti and passed from there to force chambers opening into the channel through which Earth’s balance passes (see “Inner Earth”). When the pyramid of force[2] passed, he drew upon the power of the Seven and changed the balance of Earth from one channel to another and closed the old channel. The resulting sinking of Atlantis shattered the opening by destroying the space-warping machines setup by the Atlanteans. Thoth is called before the Dweller and commanded to go forth to the lands still above water, taking those from Undal and removing the records of ancient wisdom. He is commissioned as teacher or conveyor of Light. Thoth gathered together the records, scientific instruments and machines and with the wise men of Atlantis entered the spaceship and flew to Khem. The motive power of the spaceship was energy extracted from the sun and stored. Electricity is one form of this force but qualified by emanations from the pyramid of force. When the spaceship had left, the Dweller sealed the Temple and sank it and Undal beneath the waves. He and Three then went elsewhere. Thoth arrived in Egypt and conquered the barbarians. He then buried the spaceship and certain implements of warfare beneath a great rock which was then carved as the Sphinx. When the time arrives that invaders from space attack the Earth, it will be brought forth to repel them. Thoth gives a key for opening the hidden passage from the Pyramid to the Sphinx. The same key will open the doorway to the room from which opens the path to Amenti. [1] Ytolan is an atlantean word not translated. If the Atlantis civilization was really inspired by the Children of Light their language was then closer to creative sounds which could assumed a value similar to those of mantras in Hinduism. In Egypt those words were designated as heka, words of power, that possessed an inherent creative power commonly interpretated as magic. The primordial sounds have their correspondence to the divine powers of sacred letters in Sanskrit, Hebrew and Arabic alphabets and in a certain way with Greek and Phoenician. [2] The of meaning this expression is not perfectly clear. Further on we are told that with the sinking of Atlantis the warp space machines were destroyed. Could be that those distortions are here traduced by using this expression, the pyramid of force? In Egyptian pyramid was known by the word mir; mir was also a designation for plow and love. As a plow it symbolized the powerful instrument that opens deep grooves in soil to received seed and causes its fruitification and consequent harvest. Love, mainly physical love, was also symbolized by the labor of land by using a stick realizing the fecundation act that brings life. Could the “pyramid of force” be an allusion to the same power, but in a greater meaning? Credits to Nuno Barbieri for giving us all this information.

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