The Emerald Tablets of Thoth |
| by Thoth the Atlantean |
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EMERALD TABLET VIII |
| The Key of Mysteries |
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| Unto thee, O man, have I given my knowledge.
Unto thee have I given of Light. Hear ye now
and receive my wisdom brought from space planes
above and beyond. |
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| Not as man am I for free have I become of dimensions
and planes. In each, take I on a new body. In
each, I change in my form. Know I now that the
formless is all there is of form. |
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| Great is the wisdom of the Seven. Mighty are
they from beyond. Manifest They through their
power, filled by force from beyond. |
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| Here ye these words of wisdom. Hear ye and
make them thine own. Find in them the formless.
Find ye the key to beyond. Mystery is but hidden
knowledge. Know and ye shall unveil. Find the
deep buried wisdom and be master of darkness
and Light. |
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| Deep are the mysteries around thee, hidden
the secrets of Old. Search through the Keys of
my Wisdom. Surely shall ye find the way. The
gateway to power is secret, but he who attains
shall receive. Look to the Light! O my brother.
Open and ye shall receive. Press on through the
valley of darkness. Overcome the dweller of the
night. Keep ever thine eyes to the Light-Plane,
and thou shalt be One with the Light. |
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| Man is in process of changing to forms that
are not of this world. Grows he in time to the
formless, a plane on the cycle above. Know ye,
ye must become formless before ye are one with
the Light. |
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| List ye, O man, to my voice, telling of the
pathways to Light, showing the way of attainment
when ye shall be One with the Light. Search ye
the mysteries of Earth's heart. Learn of the
Law that exists, holding the stars in their balance
by the force of the primordial mist. Seek ye
the flame of the Earth's Life. Bathe in the glare
of its flame. Follow the three-cornered pathway
until thou, too, art a flame. |
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| Speak thou in words without voice to those
who dwell down below. Enter the blue-litten Temple
and bathe in the fire of all life. |
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| Know, O man, thou art complex, a being of earth
and of fire. Let thy flame shine out brightly.
Be thou only the fire. |
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| Wisdom is hidden in darkness. When lit by the
flame of the Soul, find thou the wisdom and be
Light-Born, a Sun of the Light without form.
Seek thee ever more wisdom. Find it in the heart
of the flame. Know that only by striving can
Light pour into thy brain. Now have I spoken
with wisdom. List to my Voice and obey. Tear
open the Veils of the darkness. Shine a Light
on the Way. |
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| Speak I of Ancient Atlantis, speak of the days
of the Kingdom of Shadows, speak of the coming
of the children of shadows. Out of the great
deep were they called by the wisdom of earth-men,
called for the purpose of gaining great power. |
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| Far in the past before Atlantis existed, men
there were who delved into darkness, using dark
magic, calling up beings from the great deep
below us. Forth came they into this cycle. Formless
were they of another vibration, existing unseen
by the children of earth-men. Only through blood
could they have formed being. Only through man
could they live in the world. |
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| In ages past were they conquered by the Masters,
driven below to the place whence they came. But
some there were who remained, hidden in spaces
and planes unknown to man. Lived they in Atlantis
as shadows, but at times they appeared among
men. Aye, when the blood was offered, forth came
they to dwell among men. |
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| In the form of man moved they amongst us, but
only to sight where they as are men. Serpent-headed
when the glamour was lifted but appearing to
man as men among men. Crept they into the Councils,
taking forms that were like unto men. Slaying
by their arts the chiefs of the kingdoms, taking
their form and ruling o'er man. Only by magic
could they be discovered. Only by sound could
their faces be seen. Sought they from the kingdom
of shadows to destroy man and rule in his place. |
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| But, know ye, the Masters were mighty in magic,
able to lift the Veil from the face of the serpent,
able to send him back to his place. Came they
to man and taught him the secret, the Word that
only a man can pronounce. Swift then they lifted
the Veil from the serpent and cast him forth
from place among men. |
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| Yet, beware, the serpent still liveth in a
place that is open at times to the world. Unseen
they walk among thee in places where the rites
have been said. Again as time passes onward shall
they take the semblance of men. |
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| Called may they be by the master who knows
the white or the black, but only the white master
may control and bind them while in the flesh. |
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| Seek not the kingdom of shadows, for evil will
surely appear. For only the master of brightness
shall conquer the shadow of fear. |
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| Know ye, O my brother, that fear is an obstacle
great. Be master of all in the brightness, the
shadow will soon disappear. Hear ye and heed
my wisdom, the voice of Light is clear. Seek
not the valley of shadow, and Light only will
appear. |
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| List ye, O man, to the depth of my wisdom.
Speak I of knowledge hidden from man. Far have
I been on my journey though Space-Time, even
to the end of the space of this cycle. Found
I there the great barrier, holding man from leaving
this cycle. Aye, glimpsed the Hounds of the Barrier,
laying in wait for he who would pass them. In
that space where time exists not, faintly I sensed
the guardians of cycles. Move they only through
angles. Free are they not of the curved dimensions. |
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| Strange and terrible are the Hounds of the
Barrier. Follow they consciousness to the limits
of space. Think not to escape by entering your
body, for follow they fast the Soul through angles.
Only the circle will give ye protection, safe
from the claws of the Dweller in Angles. |
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| Once, in a time past, I approached the great
Barrier, and saw on the shores where time exists
not, the formless forms of the Hounds of the
Barrier. Aye, hiding in the mist beyond time
I found them; and They, scenting me afar off,
raised themselves and gave the great bell cry
that can be heard from cycle to cycle and moved
through space toward my Soul. |
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| Fled I then fast before them, back from time's
unthinkable end. But ever after me pursued they,
moving in strange angles not known to man. Aye,
on the gray shore of Time-Space's end found I
the Hounds of the Barrier, ravening for the Soul
who attempts the beyond. |
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| Fled I through circles back to my body. Fled,
and fast after me they followed. Aye, after me
the devourers followed, seeking through angles
to devour my Soul. |
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| Aye, know ye man, that the Soul who dares the
Barrier may be held in bondage by the Hounds
from beyond time, held till this cycle is all
completed and left behind when the consciousness
leaves. |
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| Entered I my body. Created the circles that
know not angles, created the form that from my
form was formed. Made my body into a circle and
lost the pursuers in the circles of time. But,
even yet, when free from my body, cautious ever
must I be not to move through angles, else my
Soul might never be free. |
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| Know ye, the Hounds of the Barrier move only
through angles and never through curves of space.
Only by moving through curves can ye escape them,
for in angles they will pursue thee. O man, heed
ye my warning; Seek not to break open the gate
to beyond. Few there are who have succeeded in
passing the Barrier to the greater Light that
shines beyond. For know ye, ever the dwellers,
seek such Souls to hold in their thrall. |
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| Listen, O man, and heed ye my warning; seek
ye to move not in angles but curves. And if while
free from thy body, thou hearest the sound like
the bay of a hound ringing clear and bell-like
through thy being, flee back to thy body through
circles, penetrate not the mist before. |
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| When thou hast entered the form thou hast dwelt
in, use thou the cross and the circle combined.
Open thy mouth and use thou thy Voice. Utter
the Word and thou shalt be free. Only the one
who of Light has the fullest can hope to pass
by the guards of the way. And then must he move
through strange curves and angles that are formed
in direction not known to man. |
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| List ye, O man, and heed ye my warning: attempt
not to pass the guards in the way. Rather should
ye seek to gain of thine own Light and make thyself
ready to pass on the way. |
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| Light is thine ultimate end, O my brother.
Seek and find ever the Light on thy way. |
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