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List ye, O man, to the words of my wisdom, |
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list to the voice of Thoth, the Atlantean. |
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Conquered have I the Law of time-space. |
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Knowledge have I gained of the future of time. |
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Know I that man in his movement through |
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space-time shall ever be One with the All |
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Know ye, O man, |
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that all of the future is an open book |
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to him who can read. |
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All effect shall bring forth its causes |
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as all effects grew from the first cause. |
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Know ye the future is not fixed or |
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stable but varies as cause brings forth an effect. |
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Look in the cause thou shalt bring into being, |
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and surely thou shalt see that all is effect. |
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So, O man, be sure the effects that ye bring |
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forth are ever causes of more perfect effects. |
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Know ye the future is never in fixation but |
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follows man's free will as it moves through |
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the movements of time-space toward |
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the goal where a new time begins. |
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Man can only read the future through |
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the causes that bring the effects. |
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Seek ye within the causation and |
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surely ye shall find the effects. |
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List ye, O man, while I speak of the future, |
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speak of the effect that follows the cause. |
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Know ye that man in his journey light-ward |
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is ever seeking escape from the night that surrounds him, |
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like the shadows that surround the stars in the sky |
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and like the stars in the sky-space, he, too, |
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shall shine from the shadows of night. |
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Ever his destiny shall lead him onward |
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until he is One with the Light. |
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Aye, though his way lies midst the shadows, |
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ever before him glows the Great Light. |
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Dark though the way be yet shall he conquer |
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the shadows that flow around him like night. |
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Far in the future, I see man as Light-born, |
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free from the darkness that fetters the Soul, |
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living in Light without the bounds of the darkness |
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to cover the Light that is Light of their Soul. |
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Know ye, O man, before ye attain this that |
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many the dark shadows shall fall on your Light |
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striving to quench with the shadows of darkness |
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the Light of the Soul that strives to be free. |
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Great is the struggle between Light and darkness, |
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age old and yet ever new. Yet, know in a time, far in the future, |
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Light shall be All and darkness shall fall. |
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List ye, O man, to my words of wisdom. |
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Prepare and ye shall not bind your Light. |
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Man has risen and man has fallen as ever new |
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waves of consciousness flow from the great |
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abyss below us toward the Sun of their goal. |
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Ye, my children, have risen from a state |
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that was little above the beast, |
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until now of all men ye are greatest. |
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Yet before thee were others greater than thee. |
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Yet tell I thee as before thee others have fallen, |
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so also shall ye come to an end. |
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And upon the land where ye dwell now, |
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barbarians shall dwell and in turn rise to Light. |
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Forgotten shall be the ancient-wisdom, |
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yet ever shall live though hidden from men. |
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Aye, in the land thou callest Khem, |
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races shall rise and races shall fall. |
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Forgotten shalt thou be of the children of men. |
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Yet thou shalt have moved to a star-space |
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beyond this leaving behind this place where thou has dwelt. |
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The Soul of man moves ever onward, |
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bound not by any one star. |
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But ever moving to the great goal before him |
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where he is dissolved in the Light of the All. |
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Know ye that ye shall ever go onward, |
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moved by the Law of cause and effect |
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until in the end both become One |
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Aye, man, after ye have gone, |
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others shall move in the places ye lived. |
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Knowledge and wisdom shall all be forgotten, |
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and only a memory of Gods shall survive. |
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As I to thee am a God by my knowledge, |
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so ye, too shall be Gods of the future |
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because of your knowledge far above theirs. |
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Yet know ye that all through the ages, |
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man shall have access to Law when he will. |
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Ages to come shall see revival of wisdom |
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to those who shall inherit thy place on this star. |
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They shall, in turn, come into wisdom |
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and learn to banish the darkness by Light. |
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Yet greatly must they strive through the ages |
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to bring unto themselves the freedom of Light. |
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Then shall there come unto man the great warfare |
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that shall make the Earth tremble and shake in its course. |
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Aye, then shall the Dark Brothers |
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open the warfare between Light and the night. |
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When man again shall conquer the ocean and fly |
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in the air on wings like the birds; |
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when he has learned to harness the lightning, |
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then shall the time of warfare begin. |
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Great shall the battle be twixt the forces, |
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great the warfare of darkness and Light. |
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Nation shall rise against nation |
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using the dark forces to shatter the Earth. |
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Weapons of force shall wipe out the Earth-man |
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until half of the races of men shall be gone. |
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Then shall come forth the Sons of the Morning |
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and give their edict to the children of men, saying: |
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O men, cease from thy striving against thy brother. |
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Only thus can ye come to the Light. |
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Cease from thy unbelief, O my brother, |
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and follow the path and know ye are right. |
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Then shall men cease from their striving, |
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brother against brother and father against son. |
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Then shall the ancient home of my people rise |
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from its place beneath the dark ocean waves. |
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Then shall the Age of Light be unfolded |
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with all men seeking the Light of the goal. |
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Then shall the Brothers of Light rule the people. |
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Banished shall be the darkness of night. |
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Aye, the children of men shall progress |
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onward and upward to the great goal. |
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Children of Light shall they become. |
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Flame of the flame shall their Souls ever be. |
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Knowledge and wisdom shall be man's |
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in the great age for he shall approach the eternal flame, |
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the Source of all wisdom, |
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the place of beginning, |
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that is yet One with the end of all things. |
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Aye, in a time that is yet unborn, |
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all shall be One and One shall be All. |
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Man, a perfect flame of this Cosmos, |
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shall move forward to a place in the stars. |
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Aye, shall move even from out of this space-time |
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into another beyond the stars. |
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Long have ye listened to me, |
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O my children, |
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long have ye listened to the wisdom of Thoth. |
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Now I depart from ye into darkness. |
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Now go I to the Halls of Amenti, |
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there to dwell in the future when Light |
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shall come again to man. |
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Yet, know ye, my Spirit shall ever be with thee, |
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guiding thy feet in the pathway of Light. |
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Guard ye the secrets I leave with thee, |
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and surely my spirit will guard thee through life. |
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Keep thine eyes ever on the pathway to wisdom. |
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Keep the Light as thy goal evermore. |
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Fetter not thy Soul in bondage of darkness; |
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free let it wing in its flight to the stars. |
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Now I depart thee to dwell in Amenti. |
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Be thou my children in this life and the next. |
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The time will come when ye, too, shall be deathless, |
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living from age to age a Light among men. |
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Guard ye the entrance to the Halls of Amenti. |
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Guard ye the secrets I have hidden among ye. |
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Let not the wisdom be cast to barbarians. |
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Secret shall thou keep it for those who seek Light. |
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Now depart I. |
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Receive thou my blessing. |
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Take thou my way and follow the Light. |
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Blend thou thy Soul in the Great Essence. |
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One, with the Great Light let thy consciousness be. |
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Call thou on me when thou dost need me. |
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Use my name three times in a row: |
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Chequetet, Arelich, Volmalites. |