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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET XIV |
| Atlantis (supplementary tablet) |
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| List ye, O Man, to the deep hidden wisdom,
lost to the world since the time of the Dwellers,
lost and forgotten by men of this age. |
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| Know ye this Earth is but a portal, guarded
by powers unknown to man. Yet, the Dark Lords
hide the entrance that leads to the Heaven-born
land. Know ye, the way to the sphere of Arulu
is guarded by barriers opened only to Light-born
man. |
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| Upon Earth, I am the holder of the keys to
the gates of the Sacred Land. Command I, by the
powers beyond me, to leave the keys to the world
of man. Before I depart, I give ye the Secrets
of how ye may rise from the bondage of darkness,
cast off the fetters of flesh that have bound
ye, rise from the darkness into the Light. Know
ye, the soul must be cleansed of its darkness,
ere ye may enter the portals of Light. Thus,
I established among ye the Mysteries so that
the Secrets may always be found. Aye, though
man may fall into darkness, always the Light
will shine as a guide. Hidden in darkness, veiled
in symbols, always the way to the portal will
be found. Man in the future will deny the mysteries
but always the way the seeker will find. |
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| Now I command ye to maintain my secrets, giving
only to those ye have tested, so that the pure
may not be corrupted, so that the power of Truth
may prevail. List ye now to the unveiling of
Mystery. List to the symbols of Mystery I give.
Make of it a religion for only thus will its
essence remain. |
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| Regions there are two between this life and
the Great One, traveled by the Souls who depart
from this Earth; Duat, the home of the powers
of illusion; Sekhet Hetspet, the House of the
Gods. Osiris, the symbol of the guard of the
portal, who turns back the souls of unworthy
men. Beyond lies the sphere of the heaven-born
powers, Arulu, the land where the Great Ones
have passed. There, when my work among men has
been finished, will I join the Great Ones of
my Ancient home. |
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| Seven are the mansions of the house of the
Mighty; Three guards the portal of each house
from the darkness; Fifteen the ways that lead
to Duat. Twelve are the houses of the Lords of
Illusion, facing four ways, each of them different.
Forty and Two are the great powers, judging the
Dead who seek for the portal. Four are the Sons
of Horus, Two are the Guards of East and West-Isis,
the mother who pleads for her children, Queen
of the moon, reflecting the Sun. Ba is the essence,
living forever. Ka is the Shadow that man knows
as life. Ba cometh not until Ka is incarnate.
These are mysteries to preserve through the ages.
Keys are they of life and of Death. Hear ye now
the mystery of mysteries: learn of the circle
beginningless and endless, the form of He who
is One and in all. Listen and hear it, go forth
and apply it, thus will ye travel the way that
I go. Mystery in Mystery, yet clear to the Light-born,
the Secret of all I now will reveal. I will declare
a secret to the initiated, but let the door be
wholly shut against the profane. |
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| Three is the mystery, come from the great one.
Hear, and Light on thee will dawn. |
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| In the primeval, dwell three unities. Other
than these, none can exist. These are the equilibrium,
source of creation: one God, one Truth, one point
of freedom. |
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| Three come forth from the three of the balance:
all life, all good, all power. |
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| Three are the qualities of God in his Light-home:
Infinite power, Infinite Wisdom, Infinite Love. |
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| Three are the powers given to the Masters:
To transmute evil, assist good, use discrimination. |
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| Three are the things inevitable for God to
perform: Manifest power, wisdom and love. |
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| Three are the powers creating all things: Divine
Love possessed of perfect knowledge, Divine Wisdom
knowing all possible means, Divine Power possessed
by the joint will of Divine Love and Wisdom. |
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| Three are the circles (states) of existence:
The circle of Light where dwells nothing but
God, and only God can traverse it; the circle
of Chaos where all things by nature arise from
death; the Circle of awareness where all things
spring from life. |
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| All things animate are of three states of existence:
chaos or death, liberty in humanity and felicity
of Heaven. |
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| Three necessities control all things: beginning
in the Great Deep, the circle of chaos, plenitude
in Heaven. |
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| Three are the paths of the Soul: Man, Liberty,
Light. |
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| Three are the hindrances: lack of endeavor
to obtain knowledge; non-attachment to god; attachment
to evil. In man, the three are manifest. Three
are the Kings of power within. Three are the
chambers of the mysteries, found yet not found
in the body of man. |
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| Hear ye now of he who is liberated, freed from
the bondage of life into Light. Knowing the source
of all worlds shall be open. Aye, even the Gates
of Arulu shall not be barred. Yet heed, O man,
who wouldst enter heaven. If ye be not worthy,
better it be to fall into the fire. Know ye the
celestials pass through the pure flame. At every
revolution of the heavens, they bathe in the
fountains of Light. |
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| List ye, O man, to this mystery: Long in the
past before ye were man-born, I dwelled in Ancient
Atlantis. There in the Temple, I drank of the
Wisdom, poured as a fountain of Light from the
Dweller. Give the key to ascend to the Presence
of Light in the Great world. Stood I before the
Holy One enthroned in the flower of fire. Veiled
was he by the lightnings of darkness, else my
Soul by the Glory have been shattered. |
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| Forth from the feet of his Throne like the
diamond, rolled forth four rivers of flame from
his footstool, rolled through the channels of
clouds to the Man-world. Filled was the hall
with Spirits of Heaven. Wonder of wonders was
the Starry palace. Above the sky, like a rainbow
of Fire and Sunlight, were formed the spirits.
Sang they the glories of the Holy One. Then from
the midst of the Fire came a voice: "Behold
the Glory of the first Cause." I beheld
that Light, high above all darkness, reflected
in my own being. I attained, as it were, to the
God of all Gods, the Spirit-Sun, the Sovereign
of the Sun spheres. |
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| Again came the Voice: "There is one, even
the First, who hath no beginning, who hath no
end; who hath made all things, who govern all,
who is good, who is just, who illumines, who
sustains." |
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| Then from the throne, there poured a great
radiance, surrounding and lifting my soul by
its power. Swiftly I moved through the spaces
of Heaven, shown was I the mystery of mysteries,
shown the Secret heart of the cosmos. Carried
was I to the land of Arulu, stood before the
Lords in their Houses. Opened they the Doorway
so I might glimpse the primeval chaos. Shuddered
my soul to the vision of horror, shrank back
my soul from the ocean of darkness. Then saw
I the need for the barriers, saw the need for
the Lords of Arulu. Only they with their Infinite
balance could stand in the way of the inpouring
chaos. Only they could guard God's creation. |
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| Then did I pass 'round the circle of eight.
Saw all the souls who had conquered the darkness.
Saw the splendor of Light where they dwelled. |
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| Longed I to take my place in their circle,
but longed I also for the way I had chosen, when
I stood in the Halls of Amenti and made my choice
to the work I would do. |
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| Passed I from the Halls of Arulu down to the
earth space where my body lay. Arose I from the
earth where I rested. Stood I before the Dweller.
Gave my pledge to renounce my Great right until
my work on Earth was completed, until the Age
of darkness be past. |
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| List ye, O man, to the words I shall give ye.
In them shall ye find the Essence of Life. Before
I return to the Halls of Amenti, taught shall
ye be the Secrets of Secrets, how ye, too, may
arise to the Light. Preserve them and guard them,
hide them in symbols, so the profane will laugh
and renounce. In every land, form ye the mysteries.
Make the way hard for the seeker to tread. Thus
will the weak and the wavering be rejected. Thus
will the secrets be hidden and guarded, held
till the time when the wheel shall be turned.
Through the dark ages, waiting and watching,
my Spirit shall remain in the deep hidden land.
When one has passed all the trials of the outer,
summon ye me by the Key that ye hold. Then will
I, the Initiator, answer, come from the Halls
of the Gods in Amenti. Then will I receive the
initiate, give him the words of power. |
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| Hark ye, remember, these words of warning:
bring not to me one lacking in wisdom, impure
in heart or weak in his purpose. Else I will
withdraw from ye your power to summon me from
the place of my sleeping. |
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| Go forth and conquer the element of darkness.
Exalt in thy nature thine essence of Light. |
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| Now go ye forth and summon thy brothers so
that I may impart the wisdom to light thy path
when my presence is gone. Come to the chamber
beneath my temple. Eat not food until three days
are past. There will I give thee the essence
of wisdom so that with power ye may shine amongst
men. There will I give unto thee the secrets
so that ye, to, may rise to the Heavens-God-men
in Truth as in essence ye be. Depart now and
leave me while I summon those ye know of but
as yet know not. |
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