Tablet XI: The Key to Above and Below
Hear ye and list ye, O children of Khem,
to the words that I give that shall bring ye to the Light.
Ye know, O men, that I knew your fathers, aye, your fathers in a time
long ago. Deathless have I been through all the ages, living among ye
since your knowledge began.
Leading ye upward to the Light of the Great
Soul have I ever striven, drawing ye from out of the
darkness of night.
Know ye, O people amongst whom I walk,
that I, Thoth, have all of the knowledge and all
of the wisdom known, to man since the ancient days. Keeper have I been
of the secrets of the great race, holder of the key that leads into
life. Bringer up have I been to ye, O my children, even from the
darkness of the Ancient of Days. List ye now to
the words of my wisdom. List ye now to the message I bring. Hear ye now
the words I give thee, and ye shall be raised from the darkness to Light.
Far in the past, when first I came to
thee, found I thee in caves of rocks. Lifted I thee by my power and
wisdom until thou didst shine as men among men. Aye, found I thee
without any knowing. Only a little were ye raised beyond beasts. Fanned
I ever the spark of thy consciousness until at last ye flamed as men.
Now shall I speak to thee knowledge ancient
beyond the thought of thy race. Know ye that we of the Great
Race had and have knowledge that is more than man's. Wisdom
we gained from the star-born races, wisdom and knowledge far beyond
man. Down to us had descended the masters of wisdom as far beyond us as
I am from thee. List ye now while I give ye wisdom. Use it and free
thou shalt be.
Know ye that in the pyramid I builded are
the Keys that shall show ye the Way
into life. Aye, draw ye a line from the great image I builded, to the
apex of the pyramid, built as a gateway. Draw ye another opposite in
the same angle and direction. Dig ye and find that which I have hidden.
There shall ye find the underground entrance to the secrets hidden
before ye were men.
Tell ye I now of the mystery of cycles
that move in movements that are strange to the finite, for infinite are
they beyond knowledge of man. Know ye that there are nine of the
cycles; aye, nine above and fourteen below, moving in harmony to the
place of joining that shall exist in the future of time. Know ye that
the Lords of the Cycles are units of
consciousness sent from the others to unify This
with the All.
Highest are They of the
consciousness of all the Cycles, working in
harmony with the Law. Know They that in time all
will be perfected, having none above and none below, but all One
in a perfected Infinity, a harmony of all in the Oneness
of All.
Deep neath the Earth surface in the Halls
of Amenti sit the Seven, the Lords of the Cycles,
aye, and another, the Lord from below. Yet know
thee that in Infinity there is neither above nor
below. But ever there is and ever shall be Oneness of All
when all is complete. Oft have I stood before the Lords of
the All. Oft at the fount of their wisdom have drunken and
filled both my body and Soul with their Light.
Spake they to me and told me of cycles and
the Law that gives them the means to exist. Aye,
spake to me the Lord of the Nine saying: O,
Thoth, great are ye among Earth children, but mysteries exist of which
ye know not. Ye know that ye came from a space-time below this and know
ye shall travel to a space-time beyond. But little ye know of the
mysteries within them, little ye know of the wisdom beyond. Know ye
that ye as a whole in this consciousness are only a cell in the process
of growth.
The consciousness below thee is
ever-expanding in different ways from those known to thee. Aye, it,
though in space-time below thee, is ever growing in ways that are
different from those that were part of the ways of thine own. For know
that it grows as a result of thy growth but not in the same way that
thou didst grow. The growth that thou had and have in the present have
brought into being a cause and effect. No consciousness follows the
path of those before it, else all would be repetition and vain. Each
consciousness in the cycle it exists in follows its own path to the
ultimate goal. Each plays its part in the Plan of the Cosmos. Each
plays its part in the ultimate end. The farther the cycle, the greater
its knowledge and ability to blend the Law of the whole.
Know ye, that ye in the cycles below us
are working the minor parts of the Law, while we of the cycle that
extends to Infinity take of the striving and build greater Law.
Each has his own part to play in the
cycles. Each has his work to complete in his way. The cycle below thee
is yet not below thee but only formed for a need that exists. For know
ye that the fountain of wisdom that sends forth the cycles is eternally
seeking new powers to gain. Ye know that knowledge is gained only by
practice, and wisdom comes forth only from knowledge, and thus are the
cycles created by Law. Means are they for the gaining of knowledge for
the Plane of Law that is the Source of the All.
The cycle below is not truly below but
only different in space and in time. The consciousness there is working
and testing lesser things 
than those ye are. And know, just as ye are
working on greater, so above ye are those who are also working as ye
are on yet other laws. The difference that exists between the cycles is
only in ability to work with the Law. We, who have being in cycles
beyond thee, are those who first came forth from the Source and have in
the passage through time-space gained ability to use Laws of the
Greater that are far beyond the conception of man. Nothing there is
that is really below thee but only a different operation of Law.
Look thee above or look thee below, the
same shall ye find. For all is but part of the Oneness that is at the
Source of the Law. The consciousness below thee is part thine own as we
are a part of thine.
Ye, as a child had not the knowledge that
came to ye when ye became a man. Compare ye the cycles to man in his
journey from birth unto death, and see in the cycle below thee the
child with the knowledge he has; and see ye yourself as the child grown
older, advancing in knowledge as time passes on. See ye, We, also, the
child grown to manhood with the knowledge and wisdom that came with the
years. So also, O Thoth, are the cycles of consciousness, children in
different stages of growth, yet all from the one Source, the Wisdom,
and all to the Wisdom returning again.
Ceased then He from
speaking and sat in the silence that comes to the Lords.
Then again spake He unto me, saying:
O Thoth, long have We sat in Amenti,
guarding the flame of life in the Halls. Yet know, we are still part of
our Cycles with our Vision reaching unto them and beyond. Aye, know we
that of all, nothing else matters excepting the growth we can gain with
our Soul. Know we the flesh is fleeting. The things men count great are
nothing to us.
The things we seek are not of the body but are only the perfected state
of the Soul. When ye as men can learn that nothing but progress of Soul
can count in the end, then truly ye are free from all bondage, free to
work in a harmony of Law.
Know, O man, ye should aim at perfection,
for only thus can ye attain to the goal. Though ye should know that
nothing is perfect, yet it should be thy aim and thy goal. Ceased again
the voice of the Nine, and into my consciousness
the words had sunk. Now, seek I ever more wisdom that I may be perfect
in Law with the All.
Soon go I down to the Halls of
Amenti to live beneath the cold flower of life. Ye whom I
have taught shall nevermore see me. Yet live I forever in the wisdom I
taught.
All that man is is because of his wisdom.
All that he shall be is the result of his cause.
List ye, now to my voice and become
greater than common man. Lift thine eyes upward, let Light
fill thy being, be thou ever Children of Light.
Only by effort shall ye grow upward to the plane where Light
is the All of the All. Be
ye the master of all that surrounds thee. Never be mastered by the
effects of thy life. Create then ever more perfect causes and in time
shalt thou be a Sun of the Light
Free, let thine soul soar ever upward,
free from the bondage and fetters of night. Lift thine eyes to the Sun
in the sky-space. For thee, let it be a symbol of life. Know that thou
art the Greater Light, perfect in thine own
sphere, when thou art free. Look not ever into the blackness. Lift up
thine eyes to the space above. Free let thine Light
flame upward and shalt thou be a Child of the Light.
Tablet XII: The Law of
Cause and Effect and The Key of Prophecy
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