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’s.
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 Earth’s 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’s
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
‘neath 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.
