Hark
ye, O man, to the wisdom of magic. Hark to the knowledge of powers
forgotten. Long, long ago in the days of the first man, warfare
began between darkness and light. Men, then as now, were filled
with both darkness and light; and while in some darkness held
sway, in others light filled the soul.
Aye, age old is this warfare, the eternal struggle between darkness
and light. Fiercely is it fought all through the ages, using strange
powers hidden to man.
Adepts have there been filled with the blackness,
struggling always against the light; but others there are who,
filled with brightness, have ever conquered the darkness of night.
Where e’er ye may be in all ages and planes, surely ye shall
know of the battle with night. Long ages ago, the Suns of the
Morning, descending, found the world filled with night. There
in that past time began the struggle, the age old battle of darkness
and Light.
Many in that time were so filled with darkness
that only feebly flamed the light from the night.
Some there were, masters of darkness, who sought
to fill all with their darkness; sought to draw others into their
night. Fiercely withstood they, the masters of brightness; fiercely
fought they from the darkness of night. Sought they ever to tighten
the fetters, the chains that bind man to the darkness of night.
Used they always the dark magic, brought into man by the power
of darkness; magic that enshrouded man’s soul with darkness.
Banded together in as order, Brothers of Darkness,
they through the ages, antagonists they to the children of men.
Walked they always secret and hidden, found yet not found by the
children of men. Forever they walked and worked in darkness, hiding
from the light in the darkness of night. Silently, secretly, use
they their power, enslaving and binding the souls of men.
Unseen they come and unseen they go. Man in his
ignorance calls Them from below.
Dark is the way the Dark Brothers travel, dark
with a darkness not of the night, traveling o’er Earth they
walk through man’s dreams. Power have they gained from the
darkness around them to call other dwellers from out of their
plane in ways that are dark and unseen by man. Into man’s
mind-space reach the Dark Brothers. Around it, they close the
veil of their night. There through its lifetime that soul dwells
in bondage, bound by the fetters of the Veil of the night. Mighty
are they in the forbidden knowledge, forbidden because it is one
with the night.
Hark ye, O man, and list to my warning: be ye
free from the bondage of night. Surrender not your soul to the
Brothers of Darkness. Keep thy face ever turned toward the Light.
Know ye not, O man, that your sorrow only has come through the
Veil of the night? Aye, man, heed ye my warning: strive ever upward,
turn your soul toward the Light. For well know they that those
who have traveled far towards the Sun on their pathway of Light
have great and yet greater power to bind with darkness the children
of Light.
List ye, O man, to he who comes to you. But weigh
in the balance if his words be of Light. For many there are who
walk in Dark Brightness and yet are not the children of Light.
Easy it is to follow their pathway, easy to follow the path that
they lead. But yes, O man, heed ye my warning: Light comes only
to him who strives. Hard is the pathway that leads to the Wisdom,
hard is the pathway that leads to the Light. Many shall ye find,
the stones in your pathway; many the mountains to climb toward
the Light. Yet know ye, O man, to him that o’ercometh, free
will he be of the pathway of Light. Follow ye not the Dark Brothers
ever. Always be ye a child of the Light. For know ye, O man, in
the end Light must conquer and darkness and night be banished
from Light.
Listen, O man, and heed ye this wisdom; even
as darkness, so is the Light.
When darkness is banished and all Veils are rendered,
out there shall flash from the darkness, the Light.
Even as exist among men the Dark Brothers, so
there exists the Brothers of Light. Antagonists they of the Brothers
of Darkness, seeking to free men from the night. Powers have they,
mighty and potent. Knowing the Law, the planets obey. Work they
ever in harmony and order, freeing the man-soul from its bondage
of night. Secret and hidden, walk they also. Known not are they
to the children of men. Yet know that ever they walk with thee,
showing the Way to the children of men. Ever have They fought
the Dark Brothers, conquered and conquering time without end.
Yet always Light shall in the end be master, driving away the
darkness of night.
Aye, man, know ye this knowing: always beside
thee walk the Children of Light.
Masters they of the Sun power, ever unseen yet
the guardians of men. Open to all is their pathway, open to he
who will walk in the Light. Free are They of Dark Amenti, free
of the Halls where Life regins supreme. Suns are they and Lords
of the morning, Children of Light to shine among men. Like man
are they and yet are unlike. Never divided were they in the past.
One have they been in Oneness eternal, throughout all space since
the beginning of time. Up did they come in Oneness with the All
One, up from the first-space, formed and unformed.
Given to man have they secrets that shall guard
and protect him from all harm. He who would travel the path of
a master, free must he be from the bondage of night. Conquer must
he the formless and shapeless; conquer must he the phantom of
fear. Knowing, must he gain of all the secrets, travel the pathway
that leads through the darkness, yet ever before him keep the
light of his goal. Obstacles great shall he meet in the pathway,
yet press on to the Light of the Sun.
Hear ye, O man, the Sun is the symbol of the
Light that shines at the end of thy road. Now to thee give I the
secrets: how to meet the dark power, meet and conquer the fear
from the night. Only by knowing can ye conquer; only by knowing
can ye have Light.
Now I give unto thee the knowledge, known to
the Masters; the knowing that conquers all the dark fears. Use
this, the wisdom I give thee. Master thou shalt be of the Brothers
of Night.
When unto thee there comes a feeling, drawing
thee nearer to the dark gate, examine thine heart and find if
the feeling thou hast has come from within. If thou shalt find
the darkness thine own thoughts, banish them forth from place
in thy mind. Send through thy body a wave of vibration, irregular
first and regular second, repeating time after time until free.
Start the Wave Force in thy Brain Center. Direct it in waves from
thine head to thy foot.
But if thou findest thine heart is not darkened,
be sure that a force is directed to thee. Only by knowing can
thou overcome it. Only by wisdom can thou hope to be free. Knowledge
brings wisdom and wisdom is power. Attain and ye shall have power
o’er all.
Seek ye first a place bound with darkness. Place
ye a circle around about thee. Stand erect in the midst of the
circle. Use thou this formula, and thou shalt be free. Raise thou
thine hands to the dark space above thee. Close thou thine eyes
and draw in the Light. Call to the Spirit of Light through the
Space-Time, using these words and thou shalt be free: “Fill
thou my body with Spirit of Light. Come from the Flower that shines
through the darkness. Come from the Halls where the Seven Lords
rule. Name them by name, I, the Seven: Three, Four, Five and Six,
Seven, Eight—Nine. By their names I call them to aid me,
free me and save me from the darkness of night: Untanas, Quertas,
Chietal, and Goyana, Huertal, Semveta—Ardal. By their names
I implore thee, free me from darkness and fill me with Light.”
Know ye, O man, that when ye have done this,
ye shall be free from the fetters that bind ye, cast off the bondage
of the Brothers of Night. See ye not that the names have the power
to free by vibration the fetters that bind? Use them at need to
free thou thine brother so the he, too, may come forth from the
night.
Thou, O man, art thy brother’s helper.
Let him not lie in the bondage of night.
Now unto thee, give I my magic. Take it and dwell
on the pathway of Light.
Light unto thee, Life unto thee, Sun may thou
be on the cycle above.
