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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET VI |
| The Key of Magic |
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| Hark ye, O man, to the wisdom of magic. Hark
to the knowledge of powers forgotten. Long, long
ago in the days of the first man, warfare began
between darkness and light. Men, then as now,
were filled with both darkness and light; and
while in some darkness held sway, in others light
filled the soul. |
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| Aye, age old is this warfare, the eternal struggle
between darkness and light. Fiercely is it fought
all through the ages, using strange powers hidden
to man. |
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| Adepts have there been filled with the blackness,
struggling always against the light; but others
there are who, filled with brightness, have ever
conquered the darkness of night. Where e'er ye
may be in all ages and planes, surely ye shall
know of the battle with night. Long ages ago,
the Suns of the Morning, descending, found the
world filled with night. There in that past time
began the struggle, the age old battle of darkness
and Light. |
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| Many in that time were so filled with darkness
that only feebly flamed the light from the night. |
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| Some there were, masters of darkness, who sought
to fill all with their darkness; sought to draw
others into their night. Fiercely withstood they,
the masters of brightness; fiercely fought they
from the darkness of night. Sought they ever
to tighten the fetters, the chains that bind
man to the darkness of night. Used they always
the dark magic, brought into man by the power
of darkness; magic that enshrouded man's soul
with darkness. |
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| Banded together in as order, Brothers of Darkness,
they through the ages, antagonists they to the
children of men. Walked they always secret and
hidden, found yet not found by the children of
men. Forever they walked and worked in darkness,
hiding from the light in the darkness of night.
Silently, secretly, use they their power, enslaving
and binding the souls of men. |
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| Unseen they come and unseen they go. Man in
his ignorance calls Them from below. |
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| Dark is the way the Dark Brothers travel, dark
with a darkness not of the night, traveling o'er
Earth they walk through man's dreams. Power have
they gained from the darkness around them to
call other dwellers from out of their plane in
ways that are dark and unseen by man. Into man's
mind-space reach the Dark Brothers. Around it,
they close the veil of their night. There through
its lifetime that soul dwells in bondage, bound
by the fetters of the Veil of the night. Mighty
are they in the forbidden knowledge, forbidden
because it is one with the night. |
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| Hark ye, O man, and list to my warning: be
ye free from the bondage of night. Surrender
not your soul to the Brothers of Darkness. Keep
thy face ever turned toward the Light. Know ye
not, O man, that your sorrow only has come through
the Veil of the night? Aye, man, heed ye my warning:
strive ever upward, turn your soul toward the
Light. For well know they that those who have
traveled far towards the Sun on their pathway
of Light have great and yet greater power to
bind with darkness the children of Light. |
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| List ye, O man, to he who comes to you. But
weigh in the balance if his words be of Light.
For many there are who walk in Dark Brightness
and yet are not the children of Light. Easy it
is to follow their pathway, easy to follow the
path that they lead. But yes, O man, heed ye
my warning: Light comes only to him who strives.
Hard is the pathway that leads to the Wisdom,
hard is the pathway that leads to the Light.
Many shall ye find, the stones in your pathway;
many the mountains to climb toward the Light.
Yet know ye, O man, to him that o'ercometh, free
will he be of the pathway of Light. Follow ye
not the Dark Brothers ever. Always be ye a child
of the Light. For know ye, O man, in the end
Light must conquer and darkness and night be
banished from Light. |
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| Listen, O man, and heed ye this wisdom; even
as darkness, so is the Light. |
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| When darkness is banished and all Veils are
rendered, out there shall flash from the darkness,
the Light. |
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| Even as exist among men the Dark Brothers,
so there exists the Brothers of Light. Antagonists
they of the Brothers of Darkness, seeking to
free men from the night. Powers have they, mighty
and potent. Knowing the Law, the planets obey.
Work they ever in harmony and order, freeing
the man-soul from its bondage of night. Secret
and hidden, walk they also. Known not are they
to the children of men. Yet know that ever they
walk with thee, showing the Way to the children
of men. Ever have They fought the Dark Brothers,
conquered and conquering time without end. Yet
always Light shall in the end be master, driving
away the darkness of night. |
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| Aye, man, know ye this knowing: always beside
thee walk the Children of Light. |
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| Masters they of the Sun power, ever unseen
yet the guardians of men. Open to all is their
pathway, open to he who will walk in the Light.
Free are They of Dark Amenti, free of the Halls
where Life regins supreme. Suns are they and
Lords of the morning, Children of Light to shine
among men. Like man are they and yet are unlike.
Never divided were they in the past. One have
they been in Oneness eternal, throughout all
space since the beginning of time. Up did they
come in Oneness with the All One, up from the
first-space, formed and unformed. |
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| Given to man have they secrets that shall guard
and protect him from all harm. He who would travel
the path of a master, free must he be from the
bondage of night. Conquer must he the formless
and shapeless; conquer must he the phantom of
fear. Knowing, must he gain of all the secrets,
travel the pathway that leads through the darkness,
yet ever before him keep the light of his goal.
Obstacles great shall he meet in the pathway,
yet press on to the Light of the Sun. |
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| Hear ye, O man, the Sun is the symbol of the
Light that shines at the end of thy road. Now
to thee give I the secrets: how to meet the dark
power, meet and conquer the fear from the night.
Only by knowing can ye conquer; only by knowing
can ye have Light. |
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| Now I give unto thee the knowledge, known to
the Masters; the knowing that conquers all the
dark fears. Use this, the wisdom I give thee.
Master thou shalt be of the Brothers of Night. |
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| When unto thee there comes a feeling, drawing
thee nearer to the dark gate, examine thine heart
and find if the feeling thou hast has come from
within. If thou shalt find the darkness thine
own thoughts, banish them forth from place in
thy mind. Send through thy body a wave of vibration,
irregular first and regular second, repeating
time after time until free. Start the Wave Force
in thy Brain Center. Direct it in waves from
thine head to thy foot. |
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| But if thou findest thine heart is not darkened,
be sure that a force is directed to thee. Only
by knowing can thou overcome it. Only by wisdom
can thou hope to be free. Knowledge brings wisdom
and wisdom is power. Attain and ye shall have
power o'er all. |
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| Seek ye first a place bound with darkness.
Place ye a circle around about thee. Stand erect
in the midst of the circle. Use thou this formula,
and thou shalt be free. Raise thou thine hands
to the dark space above thee. Close thou thine
eyes and draw in the Light. Call to the Spirit
of Light through the Space-Time, using these
words and thou shalt be free: "Fill thou
my body with Spirit of Light. Come from the Flower
that shines through the darkness. Come from the
Halls where the Seven Lords rule. Name them by
name, I, the Seven: Three, Four, Five and Six,
Seven, Eight-Nine. By their names I call them
to aid me, free me and save me from the darkness
of night: Untanas, Quertas, Chietal, and Goyana,
Huertal, Semveta-Ardal. By their names I implore
thee, free me from darkness and fill me with
Light." |
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| Know ye, O man, that when ye have done this,
ye shall be free from the fetters that bind ye,
cast off the bondage of the Brothers of Night.
See ye not that the names have the power to free
by vibration the fetters that bind? Use them
at need to free thou thine brother so the he,
too, may come forth from the night. |
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| Thou, O man, art thy brother's helper. Let
him not lie in the bondage of night. |
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| Now unto thee, give I my magic. Take it and
dwell on the pathway of Light. |
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| Light unto thee, Life unto thee, Sun may thou
be on the cycle above. |
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