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he, too, is a Sun of the Light. |
Backward then HE led me into the Light |
of the hall of the Light. |
Knelt I then before the great Masters, |
Lords of ALL from the cycles above. |
Spoke HE then with words of great power saying: |
Thou hast been made free of the Halls of Amenti. |
Choose thou thy work among the children of men. |
Then spoke I: |
O, great master, |
let me be a teacher of men, |
leading then onward and upward until they, |
too, are lights among men; |
freed from the veil of the night that surrounds them, |
flaming with light that shall shine among men. |
Spoke to me then the voice: |
Go, as yet will. So be it decreed. |
Master are ye of your destiny, |
free to take or reject at will. |
Take ye the power, take ye the wisdom. |
Shine as a light among the children of men. |
Upward then, led me the Dweller. |
Dwelt I again among children of men, |
teaching and showing some of my wisdom; |
Sun of the Light, a fire among men. |
Now again I tread the path downward, |
seeking the light in the darkness of night. |
Hold ye and keep ye, preserve my record, |
guide shall it be to the children of men. |
I, Thoth, the Atlantean, |
give of my wisdom, |
give of my knowledge, |
give of my power. |
Freely I give to the children of men. |
Give that they, too, might have wisdom |
to shine through the world from the veil of the night. |
Wisdom is power and power is wisdom, |
one with each other, perfecting the whole. |
Be thou not proud, O man, in thy wisdom. |
Discourse with the ignorant as well as the wise. |
If one comes to thee full of knowledge, |
listen and heed, for wisdom is all. |
Keep thou not silent when evil is spoken for Truth |
like the sunlight shines above all. |
He who over-steppeth the Law shall be punished, |
for only through Law comes the freedom of men. |
Cause thou not fear for fear is a bondage, |
a fetter that binds the darkness to men. |
Follow thine heart during thy lifetime. |
Do thou more than is commanded of thee. |
When thou hast gained riches, |
follow thou thine heart, |
for all these are of no avail if |
thine heart be weary. |
Diminish thou not the time of |
following thine heart. |
It is abhorred of the soul. |
They that are guided go not astray, |
but they that are lost cannot find a straight path. |
If thou go among men, make for thyself, |
Love, the beginning and end of the heart. |
If one cometh unto thee for council, |
let him speak freely, |
that the thing for which he hath |
come to thee may be done. |
If he hesitates to open his heart to thee, |
it is because thou, the judge, doeth the wrong. |
Repeat thou not extravagant speech, |
neither listen thou to it, |
for it is the utterance of one |
not in equilibrium. |
Speak thou not of it, |
so that he before thee may know wisdom. |
Silence is of great profit. |
An abundance of speech profiteth nothing. |
Exalt not thine heart above the children of men, |
lest it be brought lower than the dust. |
If thou be great among men, |
be honoured for knowledge and gentleness. |
If thou seeketh to know the nature of a friend, |
ask not his companion, |
but pass a time alone with him. |
Debate with him, |
testing his heart by his words and his bearing. |