Tablet XII: The Law of Cause and Effect and The Key of Prophecy
List ye, O man, to the words of my wisdom, list to the voice of Thoth,
the Atlantean. Conquered have I the Law
of time-space. Knowledge have I gained of the future of time. Know I
that man in his movement through space-time shall ever be One
with the All Know ye, O man, that all of the
future is an open book to him who can read.
All effect shall bring forth its causes as all
effects grew from the first cause. Know ye the future is not fixed or
stable but varies as cause brings forth an effect. Look in the cause
thou shalt bring into being, and surely thou shalt see that all is
effect.
So, O man, be sure the effects that ye
bring forth are ever causes of more perfect effects. Know ye the future
is never in fixation but follows man's free will as it moves through
the movements of time-space toward the goal where a new time begins.
Man can only read the future through the
causes that bring the effects. Seek ye within the causation and surely
ye shall find the effects.
List ye, O man, while I speak of the
future, speak of the effect that follows the cause. Know ye that man in
his journey light-ward is ever seeking escape from the night that
surrounds him, like the shadows that surround the stars in the sky and
like the stars in the sky-space, he, too, shall shine from the shadows
of night.
Ever his destiny shall lead him onward until he is One
with the Light. Aye, though his way lies midst
the shadows, ever before him glows the Great Light.
Dark though the way be yet shall he conquer the shadows that flow
around him like night.
Far in the future, I see man as Light-born,
free from the darkness that fetters the Soul,
living in Light without the bounds of the darkness to cover the Light
that is Light of their Soul.
Know ye, O man, before ye attain this that
many the dark shadows shall fall on your Light
striving to quench with the shadows of darkness the Light
of the Soul that strives to be free.
Great is the struggle between Light
and darkness, age old and yet ever new. Yet, know in a time, far in the
future, Light shall be All and darkness shall
fall.
List ye, O man, to my words of wisdom.
Prepare and ye shall not bind your Light. Man has
risen and man has fallen as ever new waves of consciousness flow from
the great abyss below us toward the Sun of their
goal.
Ye, my children, have risen from a state
that was little above the beast, until now of all men ye are greatest.
Yet before thee were others greater than thee. Yet tell I thee as
before thee others have fallen, so also shall ye come to an end.
And upon the land where ye dwell now,
barbarians shall dwell and in turn rise to Light.
Forgotten shall be the ancient-wisdom, yet ever shall live though
hidden from men.
Aye, in the land thou callest Khem, races
shall rise and races shall fall. Forgotten shalt thou be of the
children of men. Yet thou shalt have moved to a star-space beyond this
leaving behind this place where thou has dwelt.
The Soul of man moves
ever onward, bound not by any one star. But ever moving to the great
goal before him where he is dissolved in the Light of the All.
Know ye that ye shall ever go onward, moved by the Law
of cause and effect until in the end both become One
Aye, man, after ye have gone, others shall
move in the places ye lived.
Knowledge and wisdom shall all be forgotten, and only a memory of Gods
shall survive. As I to thee am a God by my knowledge, so ye, too shall
be Gods of the future because of your knowledge far above theirs. Yet
know ye that all through the ages, man shall have access to Law
when he will.
Ages to come shall see revival of wisdom
to those who shall inherit thy place on this star. They shall, in turn,
come into wisdom and learn to banish the darkness by Light.
Yet greatly must they strive through the ages to bring unto themselves
the freedom of Light.
Then shall there come unto man the great
warfare that shall make the Earth tremble and shake in its course. Aye,
then shall the Dark Brothers open the warfare
between Light and the night.
When man again shall conquer the ocean and
fly in the air on wings like the birds; when he has learned to harness
the lightning, 
then shall the time of warfare begin. Great
shall the battle be twixt the forces, great the warfare of darkness and
Light.
Nation shall rise against nation using the
dark forces to shatter the Earth. Weapons of force shall wipe out the
Earth-man until half of the races of men shall be gone. Then shall come
forth the Sons of the Morning and give their
edict to the children of men, saying:
O men, cease from thy striving against thy brother.
Only thus can ye come to the Light. Cease from thy unbelief, O my
brother, and follow the path and know ye are right.
Then shall men cease from their striving,
brother against brother and father against son. Then shall the ancient
home of my people rise from its place beneath the dark ocean waves.
Then shall the Age of Light be unfolded with all
men seeking the Light of the goal. Then shall the
Brothers of Light rule the people. Banished
shall be the darkness of night.
Aye, the children of men shall progress
onward and upward to the great goal. Children of Light
shall they become. Flame of the flame shall their Souls
ever be. Knowledge and wisdom shall be man's in the great age for he
shall approach the eternal flame, the Source of
all wisdom, the place of beginning, that is yet One
with the end of all things.
Aye, in a time that is yet unborn, all
shall be One and One shall
be All. Man, a perfect flame of this Cosmos,
shall move forward to a place in the stars. Aye, shall move even from
out of this space-time into another beyond the stars.
Long have ye listened to me, O my
children, long have ye listened to the wisdom of Thoth. Now I depart
from ye into darkness. Now go I to the Halls of Amenti,
there to dwell in the future when Light shall
come again to man. Yet, know ye, my Spirit shall
ever be with thee, guiding thy feet in the pathway of Light.
Guard ye the secrets I leave with thee,
and surely my spirit will guard thee through life. Keep thine eyes ever
on the pathway to wisdom. Keep the Light as thy
goal evermore. Fetter not thy Soul in bondage of
darkness; free let it wing in its flight to the stars.
Now I depart thee to dwell in Amenti.
Be thou my children in this life and the next. The time will come when
ye, too, shall be deathless, living from age to age a Light
among men.
Guard ye the entrance to the Halls
of Amenti. Guard ye the secrets I have hidden among ye. Let
not the wisdom be cast to barbarians. Secret shall thou keep it for
those who seek Light. Now depart I. Receive thou
my blessing. Take thou my way and follow the Light.
Blend thou thy Soul in the Great
Essence. One, with the Great Light let thy consciousness be. Call thou
on me when thou dost need me. Use my name three times in a row:
Chequetet, Arelich, Volmalites.
Tablet
XIII: The Keys of Life and Death
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