|
Oft dream I of buried Atlantis, |
|
lost in the ages that have passed into night. |
|
Aeon on aeon thou existed in beauty, |
|
a light shining through the darkness of night. |
|
|
|
Mighty in power, ruling the earth-born, |
|
Lord of the Earth in Atlantis' day. |
|
|
|
King of the nations, master of wisdom, |
|
LIGHT through SUNTAL, |
|
Keeper of the way, |
|
dwelt in his TEMPLE, |
|
the MASTER of UNAL, |
|
LIGHT of the Earth in Atlantis' day. |
|
|
|
Master, HE, from a cycle beyond us, |
|
living in bodies as one among men. |
|
|
|
Not as the earth-born, |
|
HE from beyond us, |
|
SUN of a cycle, advanced beyond men. |
|
|
|
Know ye, O man, that HORLET the Master, |
|
was never one with the children of men. |
|
|
|
Far in the past time when Atlantis first grew as a power, |
|
appeared there one with the KEY of WISDOM, |
|
showing the way of LIGHT to all. |
|
|
|
Showed he to all men the path of attainment, |
|
way of the Light that flows among men. |
|
Mastering darkness, leading the MAN-SOUL, |
|
upward to heights that were One with the Light. |
|
|
|
Divided the Kingdoms, HE into sections. |
|
|
|
Ten were they, ruled by children of men. |
|
|
|
Upon another, built HE a TEMPLE, |
|
built but not by the children of men. |
|
|
|
Out of the ETHER called HE its substance, |
|
moulded and formed by the power of YTOLAN |
|
into the forms HE built with His mind. |
|
|
|
Mile upon mile it covered the island, |
|
space upon space it grew in its might. |
|
|
|
Black, yet not black, but dark like the space-time, |
|
deep in its heart the ESSENCE of LIGHT. |
|
|
|
Swiftly the TEMPLE grew into being, |
|
moulded and shaped by the WORD of the DWELLER, |
|
called from the formless into a form. |
|
|
|
Builded HE then, within it, great chambers, |
|
filled them with forms called forth from the ETHER, |
|
filled them with wisdom called forth by His mind. |
|
|
|
Formless was HE within his TEMPLE, |
|
yet was HE formed in the image of men. |
|
|
|
Dwelling among them yet not of them, |
|
strange and far different |
|
was HE from the children of men. |
|
|
|
Chose HE then from among the people, |
|
THREE who became his gateway. |
|
|
|
Choose HE the THREE from the Highest |
|
to become his links with Atlantis. |
|
|
|
Messengers they, who carried his council, |
|
to the kings of the children of men. |
|
|
|
Brought HE forth others and taught them wisdom; |
|
teachers, they, to the children of men. |
|
Placed HE them on the island of UNDAL to stand as |
|
teachers of LIGHT to men. |
|
|
|
Each of those who were thus chosen, |
|
taught must he be for years five and ten. |
|
|
|
Only thus could he have understanding to bring |
|
LIGHT to the children of men. |
|
|
|
Thus there came into being the Temple, a dwelling place |
|
for the Master of men. |
|
|
|
I, THOTH, have ever sought wisdom, |
|
searching in darkness and searching in Light. |
|
|
|
Long in my youth I traveled the pathway, |
|
seeking ever new knowledge to gain. |
|
|
|
Until after much striving, one of the THREE, |
|
to me brought the LIGHT. |
|
|
|
Brought HE to me the commands of the DWELLER, |
|
called me from the darkness into the LIGHT. |
|
Brought HE me, before the DWELLER, |
|
deep in the Temple before the great FIRE. |
|
|
|
There on the great throne, beheld I, |
|
the DWELLER, clothed with the LIGHT |
|
and flashing with fire. |
|
Down I knelt before that great wisdom, |
|
feeling the LIGHT flowing through me in waves. |
|
|
|
Heard I then the voice of the DWELLER: |
|
"O darkness, come into the Light. |
|
|
|
Long have ye sought the pathway to LIGHT. |
|
|
|
Each soul on earth that loosens its fetters, |
|
shall soon be made free from the bondage of night. |
|
|
|
Forth from the darkness have ye arisen, |
|
closer approached the Light of your goal. |
|
|
|
Here ye shall dwell as one of my children, |
|
keeper of records gathered by wisdom, |
|
instrument thou of the LIGHT from beyond. |
|
|
|
Ready by thou made to do what is needed, |
|
preserver of wisdom through the ages of darkness, |
|
that shall come fast on the children of men. |
|
|
|
Live thee here and drink of all wisdom. |
|
|
|
Secrets and mysteries unto thee shall unveil." |
|
|
|
Then answered I, the MASTER OF CYCLES, saying: |
|
"O Light, that descended to men, |
|
give thou to me of thy wisdom that |
|
I might be a teacher of men. |
|
Give thou of thy LIGHT that I may be free." |
|
|
|
Spoke then to me again, the MASTER: |
|
"Age after age shall ye live through |
|
your wisdom, Aye, when o'er Atlantis the ocean waves roll, holding the Light, though hidden in darkness, ready to come when e'er thou shalt call. |
|
|
|
Go thee now and learn greater wisdom. Grow thou through LIGHT to Infinity's ALL." |
|
|
|
Long then dwelt I in the Temple of the DWELLER until at last I was One with the LIGHT. |
|
|
|
Followed I then the path to the star planes, followed I then the pathway to LIGHT. |
|
|
|
Deep into Earth's heart I followed the pathway, learning the secrets, below as above; learning the pathway to the HALLS of AMENTI; learning the LAW that balances the world. |
|
|
|
To Earth's hidden chambers pierced I by my wisdom, deep through the Earth's crust, into the pathway, hidden for ages from the children of men. |
|
|
|
Unveiled before me, ever more wisdom until I reached a new knowledge: found that all is part of an ALL, great and yet greater than all that we know. |
|
|
|
Searched I Infinity's heart through all the ages. |
|
|
|
Deep and yet deeper, more mysteries I found. |
|
|
|
Now, as I look back through the ages, know I that wisdom is boundless, ever grown greater throughout the ages, One with Infinity's greater than all. |
|
|
|
Light there was in ancient ATLANTIS. |
|
Yet, darkness, too, was hidden in all. |
|
|
|
Fell from the Light into the darkness, |
|
some who had risen to heights among men. |
|
|
|
Proud they became because of their knowledge, |
|
proud were they of their place among men. |
|
Deep delved they into the forbidden, |
|
opened the gateway that led to below. |
|
|
|
Sought they to gain ever more knowledge but |
|
seeking to bring it up from below. |
|
|
|
He who descends below must have balance, |
|
else he is bound by lack of our Light. |
|
|
|
Opened, they then, |
|
by their knowledge, |
|
pathways forbidden to man. |
|
|
|
But, in His Temple, all-seeing, the DWELLER, |
|
lay in his AGWANTI, while through Atlantis, |
|
His soul roamed free. |
|
|
|
Saw HE the Atlanteans, by their magic, |
|
opening the gateway that would |
|
bring to Earth a great woe. |
|
|
|
Fast fled His soul then, back to His body. |
|
Up HE arose from His AGWANTI. |
|
Called HE the Three mighty messengers. |
|
Gave the commands that shattered the world. |
|
Deep 'neath Earth's crust to the HALLS of AMENTI, |
|
swiftly descended the DWELLER. |
|
Called HE then on the powers the Seven Lords wielded; |
|
changed the Earth's balance. |
|
|
|
Down sank Atlantis beneath the dark waves. |
|
Shattered the gateway that had been opened; |
|
shattered the doorway that led down below. |
|
All of the islands were shattered except UNAL, |
|
and part of the island of the sons of the DWELLER. |
|
|
|
Preserved HE them to be the teachers, |
|
Lights on the path for those to come after, |
|
Lights for the lesser children of men. |
|
|
|
Called HE then, I THOTH, before him, |
|
gave me commands for all I should do, saying; |
|
"Take thou, O THOTH, all of your wisdom. |
|
|
|
Take all your records, Take all your magic. |
|
Go thou forth as a teacher of men. |
|
Go thou forth reserving the records |
|
until in time LIGHT grows among men. |
|
LIGHT shalt thou be all through the ages, |
|
hidden yet found by enlightened men. |
|
Over all Earth, give WE ye power, |
|
free thou to give or take it away. |
|
|
|
Gather thou now the sons of Atlantis. |
|
Take them and flee to the people of the rock caves. |
|
Fly to the land of the Children of KHEM." |
|
Then gathered I the sons of Atlantis. |
|
Into the spaceship I brought all my records, |
|
brought the records of sunken Atlantis. |
|
Gathered I all of my powers, |
|
instruments many of mighty magic. |
|
|
|
Up then we rose on wings of the morning. |
|
High we arose above the Temple, |
|
leaving behind the Three and DWELLER, |
|
deep in the HALLS 'neath the Temple, |
|
closing the pathway to the LORDS of the Cycles. |
|
|
|
Yet ever to him who has knowing, |
|
open shall be the path to AMENTI. |
|
Fast fled we then on the wings of the morning, |
|
fled to the land of the children of KHEM. |
|
There by my power, |
|
I conquered and ruled them. |
|
|
|
Raised I to LIGHT, |
|
the children of KHEM. |
|
Deep 'neath the rocks, |
|
I buried my spaceship, |
|
waiting the time when man might be free. |
|
|
|
Over the spaceship, |
|
erected a marker in the form |
|
of a lion yet like unto man. |
|
There 'neath the image rests yet my spaceship, |
|
forth to be brought when need shall arise. |
|
|
|
Know ye, O man, that far in the future, |
|
invaders shall come from out of the deep. |
|
Then awake, ye who have wisdom. |
|
Bring forth my ship and conquer with ease. |
|
Deep 'neath the image lies my secret. |
|
Search and find in the pyramid I built. |
|
|
|
Each to the other is the Keystone; |
|
each the gateway that leads into LIFE. |
|
Follow the KEY I leave behind me. |
|
Seek and the doorway to LIFE shall be thine. |
|
Seek thou in my pyramid, |
|
deep in the passage that ends in a wall. |
|
|
|
Use thou the KEY of the SEVEN, |
|
and open to thee the pathway will fall. |
|
Now unto thee I have given my wisdom. |
|
Now unto thee I have given my way. |
|
|
|
Follow the pathway. |
|
Solve thou my secrets. |
|
Unto thee I have shown the way. |