Emerald Tablet I: The History of Thoth the Atlantean “I, T…

Emerald Tablet I: The History of Thoth the Atlantean

“I, Thoth, the Atlantean … set down for the guidance of those that are to come after, these records of the mighty wisdom of Great Atlantis.”

“From aeon to aeon did they renew their life in the Halls of Amenti where the river of life flows eternally onward.”

Thoth wrote that his father, Thotme, was “greatest among the children of men” and a “link between the Children of Light who dwelt within the temple and the races of men who inhabited the ten islands.”

“Grew I there from a child into manhood, being taught by my father the elder mysteries.”

“Until on a great day the command came from the Dweller of the Temple that I be brought before him.”

“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 … Taught me he, the path to Amenti, the underworld where the great king sits upon his throne of might.”

The gift Thoth would receive from his search for eternal wisdom was “the key of Life.”

No longer would he be bound “by death to the circle of life.”

“Far to the stars I journeyed until space and time became as naught.”

“Down through the ages I lived, seeing those around me taste of the cup of death and return again in the light of life.”

Atlantis, Thoth wrote, met a dark end, thousands of years ago.

“Downward into darkness turned the thoughts of the Atlanteans, until at last in his wrath arose from … the Dweller.”

“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.”

After this cataclysm, the Dweller said to Thoth:

‘Gather ye together my people. Take them … 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.”

“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.”

But they were no match.

“Raised I my staff and directed a ray of vibration, striking them still in their tracks as fragments of stone.”

“Then spoke I to them in words calm and peaceful, telling them of the might of Atlantis, saying we were children of the Sun.”

“Cowed I them by my display of magic-science, until at my feet they groveled.”

“I sent from me the Sons of Atlantis … that from the womb of time wisdom might rise again in her children.”

“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.”

Thoth built a “mighty pyramid” over the gateway to Amenti.

Thoth built 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.”

“Other chambers I built and left vacant … yet hidden within them are the keys to Amenti.”

Thoth built a Great Pyramid “burning eternally so that it, too, might remain through the ages.”

“In it, I built my knowledge of "Magic-Science" so that it might be here when again I return from Amenti.”

Thoth wrote that his Soul would continue to incarnate and “dwell among men,” as he did in a later age as Hermes Trismegistus.

“Emissary on Earth am I of the Dweller, fulfilling his commands so man might be lifted.”

“Preserve ye and keep ye the command of the Dweller: Lift ever upwards your eyes toward the light.”