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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET VII |
| The Seven Lords |
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| Hark ye, O man, and list to my Voice. Open
thy mind-space and drink of my wisdom. Dark is
the pathway of Life that ye travel. Many the
pitfalls that lie in thy way. Seek ye ever to
gain greater wisdom. Attain and it shall be light
on thy way. |
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| Open thy Soul, O man, to the Cosmic and let
it flow in as one with thy Soul. Light is eternal
and darkness is fleeting. Seek ye ever, O man,
for the Light. Know ye that ever as Light fills
thy being, darkness for thee shall soon disappear. |
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| Open thy soul to the Brothers of Brightness.
Let them enter and fill thee with Light. Lift
up thine eyes to the Light of the Cosmos. Keep
thou ever thy face to the goal. Only by gaining
the light of all wisdom, art thou one with the
Infinite goal. Seek ye ever the Oneness eternal.
Seek ye ever the Light of the goal. |
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| Light is infinite and Light is finite, separate
only by darkness in man. Seek ye to rend the
Veil of the Darkness. Bring thou together the
Light into One. |
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| Hear ye, O man, list to my Voice singing the
song of Light and of Life. Throughout all space,
Light is prevalent, encompassing ALL with its
banners of flame. Seek ye forever in the Veil
of the Darkness, somewhere ye shall surely find
Light. Hidden and buried, lost to man's knowledge,
deep in the finite the Infinite exists. Lost,
but existing, flowing through all things, living
in ALL is the Infinite Brain. In all space, there
is only One wisdom. Though seeming divided, it
is One in the One. All that exists comes forth
from the Light, and the Light comes forth from
the ALL. |
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| Everything created is based upon Order: Law
rules the space where the Infinite dwells. Forth
from equilibrium came the great cycles, moving
in harmony toward Infinity's end. |
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| Know ye, O man, that far in the space-time,
Infinity itself shall pass into change. Here
ye and list to the Voice of Wisdom: Know that
ALL is of ALL evermore. Know that through time
thou may pursue wisdom and find ever more light
on the way. Aye, thou shalt find that ever receding,
thy goal shall elude thee from day unto day. |
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| Long time ago, in the Halls of Amenti, I, Thoth,
stood before the Lords of the cycles. Mighty,
They in their aspects of power; mighty, They
in the wisdom unveiled. |
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| Led by the Dweller, first did I see them. But
afterwards free was I of their presence, free
to enter their conclave at will. Oft did I journey
down the dark pathway unto the Hall where the
Light ever glows. |
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| Learned I of the Masters of cycles, wisdom
brought from the cycles above us, knowledge brought
from Infinity's All. Many the questions I asked
of the Lords of the cycles. Great was the wisdom
they gave unto me. Now unto thee I give of this
wisdom, drawn from the flame of Infinity's fire. |
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| Deep in the Dark Halls sit the Seven, units
of consciousness from cycles above. Manifest
They in this cycle as guide of man to the knowledge
of All. Seven are they, mighty in power, speaking
these words through me to men. Time after time,
stood I before them listening to words that came
not with sound. |
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| Once said They unto me: "O man, wouldst
thou gain wisdom? Seek for it in the heart of
the flame. Wouldst thou gain knowledge of power?
Seek ye it in the heart of the flame. Wouldst
be one with the heart of the flame? Seek then
within thine own hidden flame." |
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| Many the times spoke They to me, teaching me
wisdom not of the world; showing me ever new
paths to brightness; teaching me wisdom brought
from above. Giving knowledge of operation, learning
of Law, the order of ALL. |
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| Spoke to me again, the Seven, saying: "From
far beyond time are We come, O man. Traveled
We from beyond the Space-Time, aye, from the
place of Infinity's end. When ye and all of thy
brethren were formless, formed forth were We
from the order of ALL. Not as men are We though
once We, too, were as men. Out of the Great Void
were We formed forth in order and by Law. For
know ye that that which is formed truly is formless,
having form only to thine eyes." |
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| And again, unto me spoke the Seven, saying: "Child
of the Light, O Thoth, art thou, free to travel
the bright path upward until at the last All
Ones become One. |
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| Forth were We formed after our order: Three,
Four, Five and Six, Seven, Eight-Nine. Know ye
that these are the number of cycles that We descend
from unto man. Each having here a duty to fulfill;
each having here a force to control. Yet are
We, One, with the Soul of our cycle. Yet are
We, too, seeking a goal. Far beyond man's conception,
Infinity extends into a greater than All. There,
in a time that is yet not a time, we shall ALL
become ONE with a greater than ALL. Time and
space are moving in circles. Know ye their law,
and ye, too, shall be free. Aye, free shall ye
be to move through the cycles-pass the guardians
that dwell at the door." |
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| Then to me spoke He of Nine, saying: "Aeons
and aeons have I existed, knowing not Life, and
tasting not death. For know ye, O man, that far
in the future, life and death shall be one with
the All. Each so perfected by balancing the other
that neither exists in the Oneness of All. In
men of this cycle, the life force is rampant,
but life in its growth becomes one with the All.
Here, I manifest in this your cycle, but yet
am I there in your future of time. Yet to me,
time exists not, for in my world time exists
not, for formless are We. Life have We not but
yet have existence, fuller and greater and freer
than thee. |
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| Man is a flame bound to a mountain, but We
in our cycle shall ever be free. Know ye, O man,
that when ye have progressed into the cycles
that lengthen above, life itself will pass to
the darkness and only the essence of Soul shall
remain." |
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| Then to me spoke the Lord of the Eight saying: "All
that ye know is but part of little. Not as yet
have ye touched on the Great. Far out in space
where Light reigns supreme, came I into the Light.
Formed was I also but not as ye are. |
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| Body of Light was my formless form formed.
Know I not Life and know I not Death, yet master
am I of all that exists. Seek ye to find the
path through the barriers. Travel the road that
leads to the Light." |
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| Spoke again to me the Nine saying: "Seek
ye to find the path to beyond. Not impossible
is it to grow to a consciousness above. For when
Two have become One and One has become the All,
know ye the barrier has lifted, and ye are made
free of the road. Grow thou from form to the
formless. Free may thou be of the road." |
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| Thus, through ages I listened, learning the
way to the All. Now lift I my thought to the
All-Thing. List ye and hear when it calls. "O
Light, all pervading, One with All and All with
One, flow thou to me through the channel. Enter
thou so that I may be free. Make me One with
the All-Soul, shining from the blackness of night.
Free let me be of all space-time, free from the
Veil of the night. I, a child of the Light, command:
Free from the darkness to be." |
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| Formless am I to the Light-Soul, formless yet
shining with Light. Know I the bonds of the darkness
must shatter and fall before light. |
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| Now give I this wisdom. Free may ye be, O man,
living in light and in brightness. Turn not thy
face from the Light. Thy soul dwells in realms
of brightness. Ye are a child of the Light. |
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| Turn thy thoughts inward not outward. Find
thou the Light-Soul within. Know that thou are
the Master. All else is brought from within.
Grow thou to realms of brightness. Hold thou
thy thought on the Light. Know thou are one with
the Cosmos, a flame and a Child of the Light. |
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| Now to thee give I warning: Let not thy thought
turn away. Know that the brightness flows through
thy body for aye. Turn not to the Dark-Brightness
that comes from the Brothers of Black. But keep
thine eyes ever lifted, thy soul in tune with
the Light. |
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| Take ye this wisdom and heed it. List to my
Voice and obey. Follow the pathway to brightness,
and thou shalt be One with the way. |
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