Emerald Tablet VII: The Seven Lords Long ago in the Halls …

Emerald Tablet VII: The Seven Lords

Long ago in the Halls of Amenti, the Seven Lords told Thoth of their origins:

‘From far beyond time are We … Traveled We from beyond Space-Time, aye, from the place of Infinity's end.’

‘Once We, too, were as men.’

‘Out of the Great Void were We formed forth in order by Law.’

‘Yet are we One with the Soul of our cycle. Yet are We, too, seeking a goal, far beyond man's conception.’

‘In a time that is yet not a time, we shall All become One.’

‘Time and space are moving in circles. Know ye their law, and ye too, shall be free. Aye, free shall ye be to move through the cycles.’

The Lord known as Nine said to Thoth:

‘Aeons and aeons have I existed, knowing not Life and tasting not death … far in the future, life and death shall be one with the All.’

‘Here, I manifest in this your cycle, but yet am I there in your future of time. Yet to me, time exists not.’

‘Life have We not but yet have existence, fuller and greater and freer than thee.’

‘Man is a flame bound to a mountain, but We in our cycle shall ever be free.’

‘When ye have progressed into the cycle that lengthen above, life itself will pass to the darkness and only the essence of Soul shall remain.’

Then Eight said to Thoth:

‘All that ye know is but part of little. Not as yet have ye touched on the Great.

‘Far out in space where Light beings supreme … formed was I also but not as ye are.’

‘Know I not Life and know I not Death, yet master am I of all that exists.’

Nine spoke again:

‘Seek ye to find the path to beyond. Not impossible is it to grow to a consciousness above.’

Thoth listened to their wisdom “through ages,” learning to grow to a consciousness above.

“Turn not thy face from the Light. Thy soul dwells in realms of brightness. Ye are a child of the Light.”

“Turn thy thoughts inward not outward. Find thou the Light-Soul within … thou art one with the Cosmos.”