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+ I, THOTH, the Atlantean, master of mysteries,
+keeper of records, mighty king, magician,
+living from generation to generation,
+being about to pass into the halls of Amenti,
+set down for the guidance of
+those that are to come after,
+these records of the mighty wisdom of Great Atlantis.
+
+In the great city of KEOR on the island of UNDAL,
+in a time far past, I began this incarnation.
+Not as the little men of the present age did
+the mighty ones of Atlantis live and die,
+but rather from aeon to aeon did they renew
+their life in the Halls of Amenti where the river of life
+flows eternally onward.
+
+A hundred times ten
+have I descended the dark way that led into light,
+and as many times have I ascended from the
+darkness into the light my strength and power renewed.
+
+Now for a time I descend,
+and the men of KHEM (Khem is alchemy in ancient Egypt)
+shall know me no more.
+
+But in a time yet unborn will I rise again,
+mighty and potent, requiring an accounting
+of those left behind me.
+
+Then beware, O men of KHEM,
+if ye have falsely betrayed my teaching,
+for I shall cast ye down from your high estate
+into the darkness of the caves from whence ye came.
+
+Betray not my secrets
+to the men of the North
+or the men of the South
+lest my curse fall upon ye.
+
+Remember and heed my words,
+for surely will I return again
+and require of thee that which ye guard.
+Aye, even from beyond time and
+from beyond death will I return,
+rewarding or punishing
+as ye have requited your trust.
+
+Great were my people in the ancient days,
+great beyond the conception of the
+little people now around me;
+knowing the wisdom of old,
+seeking far within the heart of infinity
+knowledge that belonged to Earth's youth.
+
+Wise were we with the wisdom
+of the Children of Light who dwelt among us.
+Strong were we with the power drawn
+from the eternal fire.
+
+And of all these, greatest among the
+children of men was my father, THOTME,
+keeper of the great temple,
+link between the Children of Light
+who dwelt within the temple and the
+races of men who inhabited the ten islands.
+
+Mouthpiece, after the Three,
+of the Dweller of UNAL,
+speaking to the Kings
+with the voice that must be obeyed.
+
+Grew I there from a child into manhood,
+being taught by my father the elder mysteries,
+until in time there grew within the fire of wisdom,
+until it burst into a consuming flame.
+
+Naught desired I but the attainment of wisdom.
+Until on a great day the command came from the
+Dweller of the Temple that I be brought before him.
+Few there were among the children of men
+who had looked upon that mighty face and lived,
+for not as the sons of men are the
+Children of Light when they are not incarnate
+in a physical body.
+
+Chosen was I from the sons of men,
+taught by the Dweller so that his
+purposes might be fulfilled,
+purposes yet unborn in the womb of time.
+
+Long ages I dwelt in the Temple,
+learning ever and yet ever more wisdom,
+until I, too, approached the light emitted
+from the great fire.
+
+Taught me he, the path to Amenti,
+the underworld where the great king sits
+upon his throne of might.
+
+Deep I bowed in homage before the Lords of Life
+and the Lords of Death,
+receiving as my gift the Key of Life.
+
+Free was I of the Halls of Amenti,
+bound not by death to the circle of life.
+Far to the stars I journeyed until
+space and time became as naught.
+
+Then having drunk deep of the cup of wisdom,
+I looked into the hearts of men and there found I
+greater mysteries and was glad.
+For only in the Search for Truth could my Soul
+be stilled and the flame within be quenched.
+
+Down through the ages I lived,
+seeing those around me taste of the cup
+of death and return again in the light of life.
+
+Gradually from the Kingdoms of Atlantis passed waves
+of consciousness that had been one with me,
+only to be replaced by spawn of a lower star.
+
+In obedience to the law,
+the word of the Master grew into flower.
+Downward into the darkness turned the
+thoughts of the Atlanteans,
+Until at last in this wrath arose from his AGWANTI,
+the Dweller, (this word has no English equivalent;
+it means a state of detachment)
+speaking The Word, calling the power.
+
+Deep in Earth's heart, the sons of Amenti heard,
+and hearing, directing the changing of the flower of fire
+that burns eternally, changing and shifting, using the LOGOS,
+until that great fire changed its direction.
+
+Over the world then broke the great waters,
+drowning and sinking,
+changing Earth's balance
+until only the Temple of Light was left
+standing on the great mountain on UNDAL
+still rising out of the water;
+some there were who were living,
+saved from the rush of the fountains.
+
+Called to me then the Master, saying:
+Gather ye together my people.
+Take them by the arts ye have learned of far across the waters,
+until ye reach the land of the hairy barbarians,
+dwelling in caves of the desert.
+Follow there the plan that ye know of.
+
+Gathered I then my people and
+entered the great ship of the Master.
+Upward we rose into the morning.
+Dark beneath us lay the Temple.
+Suddenly over it rose the waters.
+Vanished from Earth,
+until the time appointed,
+was the great Temple.
+
+Fast we fled toward the sun of the morning,
+until beneath us lay the land of the children of KHEM.
+Raging, they came with cudgels and spears,
+lifted in anger seeking to slay and utterly destroy the Sons of Atlantis.
+
+Then raised I my staff and directed a ray of vibration,
+striking them still in their tracks as fragments
+of stone of the mountain.
+
+Then spoke I to them in words calm and peaceful,
+telling them of the might of Atlantis,
+saying we were children of the Sun and its messengers.
+Cowed I them by my display of magic-science,
+until at my feet they groveled, when I released them.
+
+Long dwelt we in the land of KHEM,
+long and yet long again.
+Until obeying the commands of the Master,
+who while sleeping yet lives eternally,
+I sent from me the Sons of Atlantis,
+sent them in many directions,
+that from the womb of time wisdom
+might rise again in her children.
+
+Long time dwelt I in the land of KHEM,
+doing great works by the wisdom within me.
+Upward grew into the light of knowledge
+the children of KHEM,
+watered by the rains of my wisdom.
+
+Blasted I then a path to Amenti so
+that I might retain my powers,
+living from age to age a Sun of Atlantis,
+keeping the wisdom, preserving the records.
+
+Great grew the sons of KHEM,
+conquering the people around them,
+growing slowly upwards in Soul force.
+
+Now for a time I go from among them into
+the dark halls of Amenti,
+deep in the halls of the Earth,
+before the Lords of the powers,
+face to face once again with the Dweller.
+
+Raised I high over the entrance, a doorway, a gateway
+leading down to Amenti.
+
+Few there would be with courage to dare it,
+few pass the portal to dark Amenti.
+Raised over the passage, I, a mighty pyramid,
+using the power that overcomes Earth force (gravity).
+Deep and yet deeper place I a force-house or chamber;
+from it carved I a circular passage
+reaching almost to the great summit.
+
+There in the apex, set I the crystal,
+sending the ray into the "Time-Space,"
+drawing the force from out of the ether,
+concentrating upon the gateway to Amenti.
+
+Other chambers I built and left vacant to all seeming,
+yet hidden within them are the keys to Amenti.
+He who in courage would dare the dark realms,
+let him be purified first by long fasting.
+
+Lie in the sarcophagus of stone in my chamber.
+Then reveal I to him the great mysteries.
+Soon shall he follow to where I shall meet him,
+even in the darkness of Earth shall I meet him, I,
+Thoth, Lord of Wisdom, meet him and hold him
+and dwell with him always.
+
+Builded I the Great Pyramid,
+patterned after the pyramid of Earth force,
+burning eternally so that it, too,
+might remain through the ages.
+
+In it, I builded my knowledge of "Magic-Science"
+so that I might be here when again I return from Amenti,
+Aye, while I sleep in the Halls of Amenti,
+my Soul roaming free will incarnate,
+dwell among men in this form or another. (Hermes, thrice-born.)
+
+Emissary on Earth am I of the Dweller,
+fulfilling his commands so many might be lifted.
+Now return I to the halls of Amenti,
+leaving behind me some of my wisdom.
+Preserve ye and keep ye the command of the Dweller:
+Lift ever upwards your eyes toward the light.
+
+Surely in time, ye are one with the Master,
+surely by right ye are one with the Master,
+surely by right yet are one with the ALL.
+
+Now, I depart from ye.
+Know my commandments,
+keep them and be them,
+and I will be with you,
+helping and guiding you into the Light.
+
+Now before me opens the portal.
+Go I down in the darkness of night.