Tablet X: The Key of Time
List ye, O Man. Take of my wisdom. Learn
of his deep hidden mysteries of space. Learn of the THOUGHT that grew
in the abyss, bringing Order and Harmony in space.
Know ye, O man, that all exists has being
only because of the LAW. Know ye the LAW and ye shall be free, never be
bound by the fetters of night.
Far, through strange spaces, have I
journeyed into the depth of the abyss of time, until in the end all was
revealed. Know ye that mystery is only mystery when it is knowledge
unknown to man. When ye have plumbed the heart of all mystery,
knowledge and wisdom will surely be thine.
Seek ye and learn that TIME is the secret
whereby ye may be free of this space.
Long have I, WISDOM, sought wisdom; aye,
and shall seek of eternity's end for know that ever before me receding
shall move the goal I seek to attain. Even the LORDS of the CYCLES know
that not yet have THEY reached the goal, For with all of their wisdom,
they know that TRUTH ever grows.
Once, in a past time, I spoke to the
Dweller. Asked of the mystery of time and space. Asked him the question
that surged in my being, saying: O Master, what is time?
Then to me spoke HE, the Master: Know
ye, O Thoth, in the beginning there and VOID and nothingness, a
timeless, spaceless, nothingness. And into the nothingness came a
thought, purposeful, all-prevading, and It filled the VOID. There
existed no matter, only force, a movement, a vortex, or vibration of
the purposeful thought that filled the VOID.
And I questioned the Master, saying:Was
this thought eternal?
And answered me the DWELLER, Saying: In the beginning, there was
eternal thought, and for thought to be eternal, time must exist. So
into the all-prevading thought grew the LAW of TIME. Aye time which
exists through all space, floating in a smooth, rhythmic movement that
is eternally in a state of fixation.
Time changes not, but all things change in
time. For time is the force 
that holds events separate, each in its own
proper place. Time is not in motion, but ye move through time as your
consciousness moves from one event to another.
Aye, by time yet exist, all in all, an
eternal ONE existence. Know ye that even though in the time ye are
separate, yet still are ONE, in all times existent.
Ceased then the voice of the DWELLER, and
departed I to ponder on time. For knew I that in these words lay wisdom
and a way to explore the mysteries of time.
Oft did I ponder the words of the DWELLER.
Then sought I to solve the mystery of time. Found I that time moves
through strange angles. Yet only by curves could I hope to attain the
key that would give me access to the time-space. Found I that only by
moving upward and yet again by moving to right-ward could I be free
from the time of the movement.
Forth I came from out of my body, moved in the
movements that changed me in time. Strange were the sights I saw in my
journeys, many the mysteries that opened to view. Aye, saw I man's
beginning, learned from the past that nothing is new.
Seek ye, O man, to learn the pathway that leads through the spaces that
are formed forth in time.
Forget not, O man, with all of thy seeking
that Light is the goal ye shall seek to attain. Search ye for the Light
on thy pathway and ever for thee the goal shall endure.
Let not thine heart turn ever to darkness.
light let shine Soul be, a Sun on the way. Know ye that eternal
brightness, ya shall ever find thy Soul hid in Light, never fettered by
bondage or darkness, ever it shines forth a Sun of the Light.
Aye, know, though hidden in darkness, your
Soul, a spark of the true flame, exists. Be ye One with the greatest of
all Lights. Find at the SOURCE, the END of thy goal.
Light is life, for without the great Light
nothing can ever exist. Know ye, that in all formed matter, the heart
of Light always exists. Aye, even though bound in the darkness,
inherent Light always exists.
Once I stood in the HALLS OF AMENTI and
heard the voice of the 
LORDS of AMENTI, saying in tones that rang
through the silence, words of power, mighty and potent. Chanted they
the song of the cycles, the words that open the path to beyond. Aye, I
saw the great path opened and looked for the instant into the beyond.
Saw I the movements of the cycles, vast as the thought of the SOURCE
could convey.
Knew I then even Infinity is moving on to
some unthinkable end. Saw I that the Cosmos is Order and part of a
movement that extends to all space, a party of an Order of Orders,
constantly moving in a harmony of space.
Saw I the wheeling of cycles like vast
circles across the sky. Knew I then that all that has being is growing
to meet yet another being in a far-off grouping of space and of time.
Knew I then that in Words are power to
open the planes that are hidden from man. Aye, that even in Words lies
hidden the key that will open above and below.
Hark ye, now man, this word I
leave with thee. Use it and ye shall find power in its sound. Say ye
the word:"ZIN-URU" and power ye shall find. Yet must ye understand that
man is of Light and Light is of man.
List ye, O man, and hear a mystery
stranger than all that lies 'neath the Sun. Know ye, O man, that all
space is filled by worlds within worlds; aye, one within the other yet
separate by Law.
Once in my search for deep buried wisdom,
I opened the door that 
bars THEM from man. Called I from the other
planes of being, one who was fairer than the daughters of men. Aye, I
called her from out of the spaces, to shine as a Light in the world of
men.
Used I the drum of the Serpent. Wore I the robe of the purple and gold.
Placed on my head, I, the crown of Silver. Around me the circle of
cinnabar shone. Raised I my arms and cried the invocation that opens
the path to the planes beyond, cried to the LORDS of the SIGNS in their
houses:
Lords of the two horizons, watchers of the treble
gates, stand ye One at the right and One at the left as the STAR rises
to his throne and rules over his sign.
Aye, thou dark prince of ARULU, open the gates of the dim, hidden land
and release her whom ye keep imprisoned.
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, dark
Lords and Shining Ones, and by their secret names, names which I know
and can pronounce, year ye and obey my will.
Lit I then twith flame my circle and
called HER in the space-planes beyond. Daughter of Light return from
ARULU.
Seven times and seven times have I passed
through the fire. Food have I not eaten. Water have I not drunk. I call
thee from ARULU, from the realms of EKERSHEGAL. I summon thee, lady of
Light.
Then before me rose the dark figures; aye,
the figures of the Lords of Arulu. Parted they before me and forth came
the Lady of Light.
Free was she now from the LORDS of the
night, free to live in the Light of the earth Sun, free to live as a
child of the Light.
Hear ye and listen, O my children. Magic
is knowledge and only is Law. Be not afraid of the power within thee
for it follows Law as the stars in the sky.
Know ye that to be without knowledge,
wisdom is magic and not of the Law. But know ye that ever ye by your
knowledge can approach closer to a place in the Sun.
List ye, my children, follow my teaching. Be
ye ever seeker of Light. Shine in the world of men all around thee, a
Light on the path that shall shine among men.
Follow ye and learn of my magic. Know that
all force is thine if thou wilt. Fear not the path that leads thee to
knowledge, but rather shun ye the dark road.
Light is thine, O man, for the taking.
Cast off the fetters and thou shalt be free. Know ye that they Soul is
living in bondage fettered by fears that hold ye in thrall.
Open thy eyes and see the great SUN-LIGHT.
Be not afraid for all is thine own. Fear is the LORD of the dark ARULU
to he who never faced the dark fear. Aye, know that fear has existence
created by those who are bound by their fears.
Shake off thy bondage, O children, and
walk in the Light of the glorious day. Never turn they thoughts to the
darkness and surely ye shall be One with the Light.
Man is only what he believeth, a brother
of darkness or a child of the Light. Come though into the Light my
Children. Walk in the pathwaythat lead to the Sun.
Hark ye now, and list to the wisdom. Use
thou the word I have given unto thee. Use it and surely though shalt
find power and wisdom and Light to walk in the way. Seek thee and find
the key I have given and ever shalt thou be a Child of the Light.
Tablet XI: The Key to Above
and Below
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