| 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. |