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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET X |
| The Key of Time |
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| List ye, O man. Take of my wisdom. Learn of
the deep hidden mysteries of space. Learn of
the Thought that grew in the abyss, bringing
Order and Harmony in space. |
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| Know ye, O man, that all that exists has being
only because of the Law. Know ye the Law and
ye shall be free, never be bound by the fetters
of night. |
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| Far, through strange spaces, have I journeyed
into the depth of the abyss of time, learning
strange and yet stranger mysteries, until in
the end all was revealed. Know ye that mystery
is only mystery when it is knowledge unknown
to man. When you have plumbed the heart of all
mystery, knowledge and wisdom will surely be
thine. |
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| Seek ye and learn that Time is the secret whereby
ye may be free of this space. |
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| Long have I, Thoth, sought wisdom; aye, and
shall seek to eternity's end for know I that
ever before receding shall move the goal I seek
to attain. Even the Lords of the Cycles know
that not yet have They reached the goal, for
with all of their wisdom, they know that Truth
ever grows. |
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| Once, in a past time, I spoke to the Dweller.
Asked of the mystery of time and space. Asked
him the question that surged in my being, saying: "O
Master, what is time?" |
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| Then to me spoke He, the Master: "Know
ye, O Thoth, in the beginning there was void
and nothingness: a timeless, spaceless, nothingness.
And into the nothingness came a thought, purposeful,
all-pervading, and It filled the Void. There
existed no matter, only force, a movement, a
vortex of vibration of the purposeful thought
that filled the Void." |
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| And I questioned the Master, saying: "Was
this thought eternal?" And answered me the
Dweller, saying: "In the beginning, there
was eternal thought, and for thought to be eternal,
time must exist. So into the all-pervading thought
grew the Law of Time. Aye, time which exists
through all space, floating in a smooth, rhythmic
movement that is eternally in a state of fixation.
Time changes not, but all things change in time.
For time is the force that holds events separate,
each in its proper place. Time is not in motion,
but ye move through time as your consciousness
moves from one event to another. Aye, by time
ye exist, all in all, an eternal One existence.
Know ye that even though in time ye are separate,
yet still are One in all times existent." Ceased
then the voice of the Dweller, and departed I
to ponder on time. For knew I that in these words
lay wisdom and a way to explore the mysteries
of time. |
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| Oft did I ponder the words of the Dweller.
Then sought I to solve the mystery of time. Found
I that time moves through strange angles. Yet
only by curves could I hope to attain the key
that would give me access to the time-space.
Found I that only by moving upward and yet again
by moving to right-ward could I be free from
the time of this movement. |
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| Forth I came from out of my body, moved in
the movements that changed me in time. Strange
were the sights I saw in my journeys, many the
mysteries that opened to view. Aye, saw I man's
beginning, learned from the past that nothing
is new. |
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| Seek ye, O man, to learn the pathway that leads
through the spaces that are formed forth in time. |
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| Forget not, O man, with all of thy seeking
that Light is the goal ye shall seek to attain.
Search ye ever for Light on thy pathway and ever
for thee the goal shall endure. Let not thine
heart turn ever to darkness. Light let thine
Soul be, a sun on the way. Know ye that in the
eternal brightness, ye shall ever find thy Soul
hid in the Light, never fettered by bondage to
darkness, ever it shines forth a Sun of the Light. |
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| Aye, know, though hidden in darkness, your
Soul, a spark of the true flame, exists. Be ye
One with the greatest of all Lights. Find at
the Source, the End of thy goal. |
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| Light is life, for without the great Light
nothing can ever exist. Know ye, that in all
formed matter, the heart of Light always exists.
Aye, even though bound in the darkness, inherent
Light always exists. |
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| Once I stood in the Halls of Amenti and heard
the voice of the Lords of Amenti, saying in tones
that rang through the silence, words of power,
mighty and potent. Chanted they the song of the
cycles, the words that opened the path to beyond.
Aye, I saw the great path opened and looked for
an instant into the beyond. Saw I the movements
of the cycles, vast as the thought of the Source
could convey. |
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| Knew I then that even Infinity is moving on
to some unthinkable end. Saw I that the Cosmos
is Order and part of a movement that extends
to all space, a part of an Order of Orders, constantly
moving in a harmony of space. Saw I the wheeling
of cycles like vast circles across the sky. Knew
I then that all that has being is growing to
meet yet other being in a far-off grouping of
space and of time. Knew I then that in Words
are power to open the planes that are hidden
from man. Aye, that even in Words lies hidden
the key that will open above and below. |
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| Hark ye now, man, this word I leave with thee.
Use it and ye shall find power in its sound.
Say ye, the word: "Zin-Uru" and power
ye shall find. Yet must ye understand that man
is of Light and Light is of man. |
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| List ye, O man, and hear a mystery stranger
than all that lies 'neath the Sun. Know ye, O
man, that all space is filled by worlds within
worlds; aye, one within the other yet separate
by Law. |
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| Once in my search for deep buried wisdom, I
opened the door that bars Them from man. Called
I from other planes of being, one who was fairer
than the daughters of men. Aye, I called her
from out of the spaces to shine as a Light in
the world of men. |
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| Used I the drum of the Serpent. Wore I the
robe of the purple and gold. Placed on my head,
I, the crown of Silver. Around me the circle
of cinnabar shone. Raised I my arms and cried
the invocation that opens the path to the planes
beyond, cried to the Lords of the Signs in their
houses: "Lords of the two horizons, watchers
of the treble gates, stand ye One at the right
and One at the left as the Star rises to his
throne and rules over his sign. Aye, thou dark
prince of Arulu, open the gates of the dim, hidden
land and release her whom ye keep imprisoned. |
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| Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, dark Lords and Shining
Ones, and by their secret names, names which
I know and can pronounce, hear ye and obey my
will." |
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| Lit I then with flame my circle and called
Her in the space-planes beyond. "Daughter
of Light return from Arulu. Seven times and seven
times have I passed through the fire. Food have
I not eaten. Water have I not drunk. I call thee
from Arulu, from the realm of Ekershegal, I summon
thee, Lady of Light." |
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| Then before me rose the dark figures; aye,
the figures of the Lords of Arulu. Parted they
before me and forth came the Lady of Light. Free
was she now from the Lords of the night, free
to live in the Light of the earth Sun, free to
live as a child of Light. |
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| Here ye and listen, O my children. Magic is
knowledge and only is Law. Be not afraid of the
power within thee for it follows Law as the stars
in the sky. |
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| Know ye that to he without knowledge, wisdom
is magic and not of the Law. But know ye that
ever ye by your knowledge can approach closer
to a place in the Sun. |
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| List ye, my children, follow my teaching. Be
ye ever seeker of Light. Shine in the world of
men all around thee, a Light on the path that
shall shine among men. |
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| Follow ye and learn of my magic. Know that
all force is thine if thou wilt. Fear not the
path that leads thee to knowledge, but rather
shun ye the dark road. |
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| Light is thine, O man, for the taking. Cast
off the fetters and thou shalt be free. Know
ye that thy Soul is living in bondage fettered
by fear that holds ye in thrall. Open thy eyes
and see the great Sun-Light. Be not afraid for
all is thine own. Fear is the Lord of dark Arulu
to he who has never faced the dark fear. Aye,
know that fear has existence created by those
who are bound by their fears. |
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| Shake off thy bondage, O children, and walk
in the Light of the glorious day. Never turn
thy thoughts to the darkness and surely ye shall
be One with the Light. |
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| Man is only what he believeth, a brother of
darkness or a child of the Light. Come thou into
the Light my Children. Walk in the pathway that
leads to the Sun. |
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| Hark ye now and list to the wisdom. Use thou
the word I have given unto thee. Use it and surely
thou shalt find power and wisdom and Light to
walk in the way. Seek thee and find the key I
have given and ever shalt thou be a Child of
the Light. |
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