cleasterwood
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posted 11-07-2004 05:49 AM
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Absonite,
Sometimes I surprise even myself. That is how I see all things. If looked at in that perspective, it always brings one closer to the infinite knowledge of the divine creator. I read the paper you referenced and so true are its words.
The one passage that really stood out for me was this one:
While personal religion precedes the evolution of human morals, it is regretfully recorded that institutional religion has invariably lagged behind the slowly changing mores of the human races. Organized religion has proved to be conservatively tardy. The prophets have usually led the people in religious development; the theologians have usually held them back. Religion, being a matter of inner or personal experience, can never develop very far in advance of the intellectual evolution of the races.
Believe it or not, that's how I've always seen organized religion!
Rock,
That's going to take some time to read, but I will post my thoughts in that thread after I finish it.
Now to begin the analysis of the Tablets of Thoth and get back onto subject. I will write my thoughts as to the meaning of Thoth's words in parenthesis.
Tablet I: The History of Thoth, The Atlantean
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 (could be the Jewish Guf of Souls-not sure of my spelling there.) flows eternally onward.
A hundred times ten (1000 times)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. (Not only must we pass thru death to attain enlightenment but we must pass thru life also until our souls have reached the point of acension.)
Nor for a time I descend, and the men of KHEM shall know me no more. (Egypt no longer really knows Tehuti, they are from what I understand mostly Muslim. I believe he does this to allow human nature to develop without divine intervention and see where religion takes his people.) But in a time yet unborn (now or very soon) will I rise again, mighty and potent, requiring an accounting of those left behind me. (He wants to know why we have forgotten his teachings and we must account for the wrongs done throughout time by men who claim to be speaking the words of God. I.E., holy war, inquisition, lost faith.) 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 when ye came. (This goes back to the wrongs done by man.)Betray not my secrets to the men of the North or the men of the South lest my curse fall upon ye. (To me this means, don't tell others outside of Khem about his secrets. Don't allow this-The Emerald Tablets of Thoth- to see the light of day or to be known by all. Maybe that's why it was found years ago but never released as public knowledge until recently.) Remember and heed my words, for surely will I return again and require of thee that which ye guard. (Rise again, just as Jesus said he would do.) Aye, even from beyond time and from beyond death will I return, rewarding or punishing as ye have requited your truest. 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. (He knew God and the sons of God/angels perhaps.) 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,(God's right hand man) link between the Children of Light who dwelt within the temple (Heaven) and the races of men who inhabited the ten islands (Earth). 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. (All he wanted was to gain wisdom from the Creator) 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. (These men are those who transcended spiritually from this human form to the infinite soul. They broke the barriers of this physical body because they chose to see the truth presented by the Creator.)
Chosen was I from the sons of men, (Thoth was mortal but transcended also to a higher level of existence.) 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 be death to the circle of life. Far to the stars I journeyed until space and time became as naught(He came to a point where space and time don't exist-infinity). 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. (We all reincarnated to learn what we must to ascend.)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.( Materialism)
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 his 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. (Neanderthal man in Egypt)Follow there the plan that yet 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. (This Temple will rise again so we may secure our spiritual selfs and gain knowledge of the divine once again.)
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. (These barbaric men feared the light emmenating from such divine beings and mostly those who don't understand something, even in this day and age, tend to want it destroyed.) 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. (Science has only been lost, things discovered are simply rediscoveries we have forgotten.)
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. (The Sons of Atlantis went into the world and created the great civilizations we speculate upon every day.)
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 few 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. (He must report to the Creator as to how the souls are evolving and learning from his teachings.)
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. (Those who seek enlightenment will surely dare to descend the Halls to Amenti) Raised over the passage, I, a mighty pyramid(one yet unfound, I assume), 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. (This gateway will lead man thru the darkness and above Time and Space to reach the infinite.)
Other chambers I built and left vacant to all seeming, yet hidden within them are the keys to Amenti. (The Keys to Amenti remain hidden until those who are enlightened enough find them.) He who in courage would dare the dark realms, let him be purified first by long fasting. (Fast before entering to purfy yourself of evils harbored within) Lie in the sarcophagus of stone in my chamber. Then reveal I to him the great mysteries. (This is how we can attain the knowledge.) 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. (Thoth will teach those who find him and will always remain with the spirit dwelling within the human exterior.)
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" (keys to magic still reside within the GP and an enlightened few can find them if they seek with the mind's eye.) 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.)(-Also I will add, Jesus, Buddha, and the enlightened masters.)
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. (Always seek a higher spiritual self) 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.
No, 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. (Follow and know the laws, maintain your spirit at the highest level, guide others into the light and he will be ever present with you even into the realm of Death.)
Now before me opens the portal. Go I down in the darkness of night.
Well, these are my thoughts on the first section. I will get to the others as time allows as my son is need of my servitude at this moment.
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