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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET IV |
| The Space Born |
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| List ye, O man, to the voice of wisdom, list
to the voice of Thoth, the Atlantean. Freely
I give to thee of my wisdom gathered from the
time and space of this cycle; master of mysteries,
Sun of the morning, Thoth the teacher of men,
is of ALL. |
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| Long time ago, I in my childhood, lay 'neath
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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Know, O man, that Light is thine heritage.
Know that darkness is only a veil. Sealed in
thine heart is brightness eternal, waiting the
moment of freedom to conquer, waiting to rend
the veil of the night. |
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| Some I found who had conquered the ether. 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Know ye, O man, whatever form ye inhabit, surely
it is one with the stars. Thy bodies are nothing
but planets revolving around their central suns.
When ye have gained the light of all wisdom,
free shall ye 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 into the great source, so, O man, thy
soul passes onward, leaving behind the darkness
of night. |
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| Formed forth ye, 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 they
night and ye shall be free. |
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| 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, ye space-born,
list to my wisdom: know ye not that ye, too,
will be free. |
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| List ye again, O man, to my wisdom, that hearing,
ye too, might live and be free. Not of the earth
are ye-earthy, but child of the Infinite Cosmic
Light. |
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| Now, to ye, I give knowledge, freedom to walk
in the path I have trod, showing ye truly how
by my striving, I trod the path that leads to
the stars. |
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| Hark ye, O man, and know of thy bondage, know
how to free thyself from the toils. Out of the
darkness shall ye rise upward, one with the Light
and one with the stars. Follow ye ever the path
of wisdom. Only by this can ye rise from below.
Ever man's destiny leads him onward into the
Curves of Infinity's ALL. |
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| Know ye, O man, that all space is ordered.
Only by Order are ye One with the ALL. Order
and balance are the Law of the Cosmos. Follow
and ye shall be One with the ALL. |
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| 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. |
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| Deep in the silence, first ye must linger until
at last ye are free from desire, free from the
longing to speak in the silence. Conquer by silence,
the bondage of words. Abstaining from eating
until ye have conquered desire for food, that
is bondage of soul. |
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| Then lie ye down in the darkness. Close ye
your eyes from the rays of the Light. |
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| Center thy soul-force in the place of thine
consciousness, shaking it free from the bonds
of the night. Place in thy mind-place the image
thou desireth. Picture the place thou desireth
to see. Vibrate back and forth with thy power.
Loosen the soul from out of its night. Fiercely
must thou shake with all of thy power until at
last thy soul shall be free. |
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| 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. |
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| Spark of the flame art thou, O my children,
burning with color and living with music. List
to the voice and thou shalt be free. Consciousness
free is fused with the Cosmic, One with the Order
and Law of the ALL. |
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| Knew ye not man, that out of the darkness,
Light shall flame forth, a symbol of ALL. |
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| Pray ye this prayer for attaining of 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 thee. Lift
up my fire from out of the darkness, magnet of
fire that is One with the ALL. Lift up my soul,
thou mighty and potent. Child of the Light, turn
not away. Draw me in power to melt in thy furnace;
One with all things and all things in One, fire
of the life-strain and One with the Brain." |
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| When ye have freed thy soul from its bondage,
know that for ye the darkness is gone. Ever through
space ye may seek wisdom, bound not by fetters
forged in flesh. |
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| Onward and upward into the morning, free flash,
O Soul, to the realms of Light. Move thou in
Order, move thou in Harmony, freely shalt move
with the Children of Light. |
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| Seek ye and know ye, my Key of Wisdom. Thus,
O man, ye shall surely be free. |
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