Tablet IV: The Space Born
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, living forever, a child of the LIGHT, shining with
brightness, star of the morning, THOTH the teacher of men, is of ALL.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Far in the past, they had conquered the
ether, freed themselves from the bondage of toil; formed in heir mind
only a picture and swiftly created, it grew.
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.
Know ye, O man, whatever from 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 in to the great source, so, O man,
the soul passes onward, leaving behind the darkness of night.
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 the night and ye shall be free.
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.
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.
Know ye not, O man, of your heritage? Know
ye not ye are truly the Light? Sun of the Great Sun, when ye gain
wisdom, truly aware of your kinship with Light.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 we have conquered desire for food, that is
bondage of soul.
Then lie ye down in the darkness. Close ye
your eyes from the rays of the Light. 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.
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. Spark of the flame art
thou, O my children, burning with colour 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 Low of the ALL. Knew ye not man, that
out of the darkness, Light shall flame forth, a symbol of ALL.
Pray ye this prayer for attaining or
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 might 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.
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 be fetters forged in the flesh.
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.
Seek ye and know ye, my KEY of Wisdom.
Thus, O man, ye shall surely be free.
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