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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET XI |
| The Key of Above and Below |
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| Hear ye and list ye, O children of Khem, to
the words that I give that shall bring ye to
the Light. Ye know, O men, that I knew your fathers,
aye, your fathers in a time long ago. Deathless
have I been through all the ages, living among
ye since your knowledge began. Leading ye upward
to the Light of the Great Soul have I ever striven,
drawing ye from out of the darkness of night. |
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| Know ye, O people amongst whom I walk, that
I, Thoth, have all of the knowledge and all of
the wisdom known to man since the ancient days.
Keeper have I been of the secrets of the great
race, holder of the key that leads into life.
Bringer up have I been to ye, O my children,
even from the darkness of the Ancient of Days.
List ye now to the words of my wisdom. List ye
now to the message I bring. Hear ye now the words
I give thee, and ye shall be raised from the
darkness to Light. |
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| Far in the past, when first I came to thee,
found I thee in caves of rocks. Lifted I thee
by my power and wisdom until thou didst shine
as men among men. Aye, found I thee without any
knowing. Only a little were ye raised beyond
beasts. Fanned I ever the spark of thy consciousness
until at last ye flamed as men. |
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| Now shall I speak to thee knowledge ancient
beyond the thought of thy race. Know ye that
we of the Great Race had and have knowledge that
is more than man's. Wisdom we gained from the
star-born races, wisdom and knowledge far beyond
man's. Down to us had descended the masters of
wisdom as far beyond us as I am from thee. List
ye now while I give ye wisdom. Use it and free
thou shalt be. |
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| Know ye that in the pyramid I builded are the
Keys that shall show ye the Way into life. Aye,
draw ye a line from the great image I builded,
to the apex of the pyramid, built as a gateway.
Draw ye another opposite in the same angle and
direction. Dig ye and find that which I have
hidden. There shall ye find the underground entrance
to the secrets hidden before ye were men. |
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| Tell ye I now of the mystery of cycles that
move in movements that are strange to the finite,
for infinite are they beyond knowledge of man.
Know ye that there are nine of the cycles; aye,
nine above and fourteen below, moving in harmony
to the place of joining that shall exist in the
future of time. Know ye that the Lords of the
Cycles are units of consciousness sent from the
others to unify This with the All. Highest are
They of the consciousness of all the Cycles,
working in harmony with the Law. Know They that
in time all will be perfected, having none above
and none below, but all One in a perfected Infinity,
a harmony of all in the Oneness of All. |
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| Deep 'neath Earth's surface in the Halls of
Amenti sit the Seven, the Lords of the Cycles,
aye, and another, the Lord from below. Yet know
thee that in Infinity there is neither above
nor below. But ever there is and ever shall be
Oneness of All when all is complete. Oft have
I stood before the Lords of the All. Oft at the
fount of their wisdom have drunken and filled
both my body and Soul with their Light. |
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| Spake they to me and told me of cycles and
the Law that gives them the means to exist. Aye,
spake to me the Lord of the Nine saying: "O,
Thoth, great are ye among Earth's children, but
mysteries exist of which ye know not. Ye know
that ye came from a space-time below this and
know ye shall travel to a space-time beyond.
But little ye know of the mysteries within them,
little ye know of the wisdom beyond. Know ye
that ye as a whole in this consciousness are
only a cell in the process of growth. |
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| The consciousness below thee is ever-expanding
in different ways from those known to thee. Aye,
it, though in space-time below thee, is ever
growing in ways that are different from those
that were part of the ways of thine own. For
know that it grows as a result of thy growth
but not in the same way that thou didst grow.
The growth that thou had and have in the present
have brought into being a cause and effect. No
consciousness follows the path of those before
it, else all would be repetition and vain. Each
consciousness in the cycle it exists in follows
its own path to the ultimate goal. Each plays
its part in the Plan of the Cosmos. Each plays
its part in the ultimate end. The farther the
cycle, the greater its knowledge and ability
to blend the Law of the whole. |
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| Know ye, that ye in the cycles below us are
working the minor parts of the Law, while we
of the cycle that extends to Infinity take of
the striving and build greater Law. |
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| Each has his own part to play in the cycles.
Each has his work to complete in his way. The
cycle below thee is yet not below thee but only
formed for a need that exists. For know ye that
the fountain of wisdom that sends forth the cycles
is eternally seeking new powers to gain. Ye know
that knowledge is gained only by practice, and
wisdom comes forth only from knowledge, and thus
are the cycles created by Law. Means are they
for the gaining of knowledge for the Plane of
Law that is the Source of the All. The cycle
below is not truly below but only different in
space and in time. The consciousness there is
working and testing lesser things than those
ye are. And know, just as ye are working on greater,
so above ye are those who are also working as
ye are on yet other laws. The difference that
exists between the cycles is only in ability
to work with the Law. We, who have being in cycles
beyond thee, are those who first came forth from
the Source and have in the passage through time-space
gained ability to use Laws of the Greater that
are far beyond the conception of man. Nothing
there is that is really below thee but only a
different operation of Law. |
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| Look thee above or look thee below, the same
shall ye find. For all is but part of the Oneness
that is at the Source of the Law. The consciousness
below thee is part thine own as we are a part
of thine. |
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| Ye, as a child had not the knowledge that came
to ye when ye became a man. Compare ye the cycles
to man in his journey from birth unto death,
and see in the cycle below thee the child with
the knowledge he has; and see ye yourself as
the child grown older, advancing in knowledge
as time passes on. See ye, We, also, the child
grown to manhood with the knowledge and wisdom
that came with the years. So also, O Thoth, are
the cycles of consciousness, children in different
stages of growth, yet all from the one Source,
the Wisdom, and all to the Wisdom returning again." |
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| Ceased then He from speaking and sat in the
silence that comes to the Lords. Then again spake
He unto me, saying: "O Thoth, long have
We sat in Amenti, guarding the flame of life
in the Halls. Yet know, we are still part of
our Cycles with our Vision reaching unto them
and beyond. Aye, know we that of all, nothing
else matters excepting the growth we can gain
with our Soul. Know we the flesh is fleeting.
The things men count great are nothing to us.
The things we seek are not of the body but are
only the perfected state of the Soul. When ye
as men can learn that nothing but progress of
Soul can count in the end, then truly ye are
free from all bondage, free to work in a harmony
of Law. |
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| Know, O man, ye should aim at perfection, for
only thus can ye attain to the goal. Though ye
should know that nothing is perfect, yet it should
be thy aim and thy goal." Ceased again the
voice of the Nine, and into my consciousness
the words had sunk. Now, seek I ever more wisdom
that I may be perfect in Law with the All. |
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| Soon go I down to the Halls of Amenti to live
'neath the cold flower of life. Ye whom I have
taught shall nevermore see me. Yet live I forever
in the wisdom I taught. |
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| All that man is is because of his wisdom. All
that he shall be is the result of his cause. |
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| List ye, now to my voice and become greater
than common man. Lift thine eyes upward, let
Light fill thy being, be thou ever Children of
Light. Only by effort shall ye grow upward to
the plane where Light is the All of the All.
Be ye the master of all that surrounds thee.
Never be mastered by the effects of thy life.
Create then ever more perfect causes and in time
shalt thou be a Sun of the Light. |
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| Free, let thine soul soar ever upward, free
from the bondage and fetters of night. Lift thine
eyes to the Sun in the sky-space. For thee, let
it be a symbol of life. Know that thou art the
Greater Light, perfect in thine own sphere, when
thou art free. Look not ever into the blackness.
Lift up thine eyes to the space above. Free let
thine Light flame upward and shalt thou be a
Child of the Light. |
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