Emerald Tablets of Thoth [The Original]

Introduction

The history of the tablets translated in the following pages is strange and beyond the belief of modern scientists. Their antiquity is stupendous, dating back some thirty-six thousand years BC. The writer is Thoth, an Atlantean priest-king who founded a colony in ancient Egypt after the sinking of the mother country. He was the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, erroneously attributed to Cheops. In it, he incorporated his knowledge of the ancient wisdom and also securely secreted records and instruments of ancient Atlantis.

For some sixteen thousand years, he ruled the ancient race of Egypt, from approximately 52,000 BC to 36,000 BC. At that time, the ancient barbarous race among which he and his followers had settled had been raised to a high degree of civilization. Thoth was immortal; he had conquered death, passing only when he willed and even then not through death. His vast wisdom made him ruler over various Atlantean colonies, including those in South and Central America. When the time came for him to leave Egypt, he erected the Great Pyramid over the entrance to the great halls of Amenti, placed therein his records, and appointed guards for his secrets from among the highest of his people.

In later times, the descendants of these guards became the pyramid priests, by which Thoth was deified as the god of wisdom, the recorder, by those in the age of darkness which followed his passing. In legend, the halls of Amenti became the underworld, the halls of the gods, where the soul passed after death for judgment.

During later ages, the ego of Thoth passed into the bodies of men in the manner described in the tablets. As such, he incarnated three times, with his last incarnation being known as Hermes, the thrice-born. In this incarnation, he left the writings known to modern occultists as the Emerald Tablets, a later and far lesser exposition of the ancient mysteries.

The tablets translated in this work are in which were left in the Great Pyramid in the custody of the pyramid priests. The ten are divided into thirteen parts for convenience. The last two are so great and far-reaching in their import that, at present, it is forbidden to release them to the world at large. However, those contained here are secrets that will prove of inestimable value to the serious student.

They should be read not once but a hundred times, for only then can the true meaning be revealed. A casual reading will give glimpses of beauty, but more intensive study will open avenues of wisdom to the seeker. A word as to how these mighty secrets came to be revealed to modern man after being hidden so long: Some 1300 years BC, Egypt (the ancient Kem) was in turmoil, and many delegations of priests were sent to other parts of the world. Among these were some of the pyramid priests who carried with them the Emerald Tablets as a talisman by which they could exercise authority over the less advanced priest crafts of races descended from other Atlantean colonies.

The tablets were understood from legend to give the bearer authority from Thoth. The particular group of priests bearing the tablets immigrated to South America, where they found a flourishing race, the Maya, who remembered much of the ancient wisdom among these. The priests settled, and in the 10th century, the Maya had thoroughly settled the Yucatán, and the tablets were placed beneath the altar of one of the great temples of the Sun God. After the conquest of the Maya by the Spaniards, the cities were abandoned and the treasures of the temples forgotten.

It should be understood that the Great Pyramid of Egypt has been and still is a temple of initiation into the mysteries. Jesus, Solomon, Apollonius, and others were initiated there. The writer, who has a connection with the great white lodge, which also works through the pyramid priesthood, was instructed to recover and return to the Great Pyramid the ancient tablets. This, after adventures which need not be detailed here, was accomplished. Before returning them, he was given permission to translate and retain a copy of the wisdom engraved on the tablets. This was done in 1925, and only now has permission been given for part to be published.

It is expected that many will scoff, yet the true student will read between the lines and gain wisdom. If the light is in you, the light which is engraved in these tablets will respond.

Now a word as to the material aspect of the tablets. They consist of twelve tablets of emerald green, formed from a substance created through alchemical transmutation. They are imperishable, resistant to all elements and substances. In effect, the atomic and cellular structure is fixed, with no change ever taking place. In this respect, they violate the material law of ionization. Upon them are engraved characters in the ancient Atlantean language, characters which respond to attuned thought waves, releasing the associated mental vibration in the mind of the reader. The tablets are fastened together with hoops of a golden-colored alloy suspended from a rod of the same material.

So much for the material appearance. The wisdom contained therein is the foundation of the ancient mysteries, and for the one who reads with open eyes and mind, his wisdom shall be increased a hundredfold. Read, believe or not, but read, and the vibration found therein will awaken a response in your soul in cosmic harmony.

Durio, supreme voice of the brotherhood, in the following pages, I will reveal some of the mysteries which, as yet, have only been lightly touched upon by myself or other teachers or students of truth. Man's search for understanding of the laws which regulate his life has been unending, yet always just beyond the veil which shields the higher planes from material man's vision. The truth has existed, ready to be assimilated by those who enlarged their vision by turning inward, not outward, in their search. In the silence of material senses lies the key to the unveiling of wisdom.

He who talks does not know; he who knows does not talk. The highest knowledge is unutterable, for it exists as an entity in realms which transcend all material words or symbols. All symbols are but keys to doors leading to truths, and many times the door is not opened because the key seems so great that the things beyond it are not visible. If we can understand that all keys, all material symbols, are manifestations and extensions of a great law and truth, we will begin to develop the vision that will enable us to penetrate beyond the veil.

All things in all universes move according to law, and the law which regulates the movement of the planets is no more immutable than the law which regulates the material expressions of man. One of the greatest of all cosmic laws is that which is responsible for the formation of man as a material being. The great aim of the mystery schools of all ages has been to reveal the workings of the law which connect man the material and man the spiritual. The connecting link between the material man and the spiritual man is the intellectual man, for the mind partakes of both the material and immaterial qualities.

The aspirant for higher knowledge must develop the intellectual side of his nature and so strengthen his will that it is able to concentrate all powers of his being on and in the plane he desires. The great search for light, life, and love only begins on the material plane; carried to its ultimate, its final goal is complete oneness with the universal consciousness. The foundation in the material is the first step; then comes the higher goal of spiritual attainment.

In the following pages, I will give an interpretation of the Emerald Tablets in their secret, hidden, and esoteric meanings. Concealed in the words of Thoth are many meanings that do not appear on the surface. The light of knowledge brought to bear upon the tablets will open many new fields for thought. Read and be wise, but only if the light of your own consciousness awakens the deep-seated understanding which is an inherent quality of the soul.

In the threefold light, Durio.

The Wisdom of Thoth

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 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 estate into the darkness of the caves from which 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 I will return again and require thee that which ye guard. Even from beyond time and from beyond death will I return.

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 all of these, greatest among the children of men, was my father, Thothme, 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.

Not desire did 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 its wrath arose from its aguanti, the dweller, speaking the word, calling the power.

From the heart of the earth, 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 the 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 of 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 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." Calmed I their fears by my display of magic-science, until at my feet they grovelled when I released them.

Long dwelt we in the land of Khem, long and yet longer 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 son 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 passed the portal to dark Amenti. Raised over the passage I, a mighty pyramid, using the power that overcomes Earthforce. Deep, yet deeper, placed 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 Earthforce, burning eternally so that it too might remain through the ages. In it, I built my knowledge of magic-science so that I might be here when again I returned from Amenti. While I sleep in the halls of Amenti, my soul roaming free will incarnate, dwell among men in this form or another. In this estate, I am 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 ye 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.

The Journey to the Halls of Amenti

Deep in Earth's heart lie the halls of Amenti, far beneath the islands of sunken Atlantis, halls of the Dead and halls of the living, bathed in fire of the infinite All, far in a past time, lost in the space-time, the Children of Light looked down on the world. Seeing the children of men in their bondage, bound by the force that came from beyond, knew they that only by freedom from bondage could man ever rise from Earth to the Sun. Down they descended and created bodies, taking the semblance of men as their own.

The Masters of everything said after their forming, "We are they who were formed from the space dust, partaking of life from the infinite All, living in the world as children of men, like and yet unlike the children of men." Then for a dwelling place, far beneath the Earth's crust, blazed great spaces they by their power, spaces apart from the children of men. Surrounded them by forces and power, shielded from harm, they the halls of the dead.

Side by side then placed they other spaces, filled them with life and with light from above. Builded they then the halls of Amenti, that they might dwell eternally there, living with life to eternity's end. Thirty and two were there of the children, sons of light who had come among men, seeking to free from the bondage of darkness those who were bound by the force from beyond. Deep in the halls of life grew a flower, flaming, expanding, driving backward the night.

Placed in the center a ray of great potent, life-giving, filling with power all who came near it. Placed they around it Thrones, two and thirty places for each of the children of light. Placed so that they were bathed in the radiance, filled with the life from the eternal light. There time after time placed they there first created bodies so that they might be filled with the spirit of life. One hundred years out of each thousand must the life-giving light flame forth on their bodies, quickening, awakening the spirit of life.

There in the circle from aeon to aeon sit the great masters, living a life not known among men. There in the halls of life they lie sleeping, free flows their soul through the bodies of men. Time after time while their bodies lie sleeping, incarnate they in the bodies of men, teaching and guiding onward and upward, out of the darkness into the light. There in the Hall of life, filled with their wisdom, known not to the races of man, living forever beneath the cold fire of life sit the Children of Light.

Times there are when they awaken, come from the depths to be lights among men. Infinite they among finite. He who by progress has grown from