Listen you, O Man. Take of my wisdom. Learn of the deep hidden mysteries of space. Learn of the THOUGHT that grew in the abyss, bringing Order and
harmony in space.

Know you, O man, that all that exists has being only because of the LAW. Know you the LAW and you shall be free, never be bound by the fetters of night.

Far, through strange spaces, have I journeyed into the depth of the abyss of time, learning strange and yet stranger mysteries, until in the end all was revealed. Know you that mystery is only mystery when it is knowledge unknown to man.

When you have plumbed the heart of all mystery, knowledge and wisdom will surely be thine.

Seek you and learn that TIME is the secret whereby you may be free of this space.

Long have I, THOTH, sought wisdom; aye, and shall seek to eternity's end for know I that ever before me receding shall move the goal I seek to attain. Even the LORDS of the CYCLES know that not yet have THEY reached the goal, For with all of their wisdom, they know that TRUTH ever grows.

Once, in a past time, I spoke to the Dweller. Asked of the mystery of time and space. Asked him the question that surged in my being, saying: "O Master, what is time?"

Then to me spoke HE, the Master: "Know you, O Thoth, in the beginning there was VOID and nothingness, a timeless, spaceless, nothingness. And into the nothingness came a thought, purposeful, all-pervading, and IT filled the VOID. There existed no matter, only force, a movement, a vortex or vibration of the purposeful thought that filled the VOID."

And I questioned the Master, saying: "Was this thought eternal?" And answered me the DWELLER, saying: "In the beginning, there was eternal thought, and for thought to be eternal, time must exist. So into the all-pervading thought grew the LAW of TIME. Aye, time which exists through all space, floating in a smooth, rhythmic movement that is eternally in a state of fixation. Time changes not, but all things change in time. For time is the force that holds events separate, each in its proper place. Time is not in motion, but you move through time as your consciousness moves from one event to another. Aye, by time you exist, all in all, an eternal ONE existence. Know you that even though in time you are separate, yet still are ONE in all times existent." Ceased then the voice of the Dweller, and departed I to ponder on time. For knew I that in these words lay wisdom and a way to explore the mysteries of time.

Oft did I ponder the words of the Dweller. Then sought I to solve the mystery of time. Found I that times moves through strange angles. Yet only by curves could I hope to attain the key that would give me access to the time-space. Found I that only by moving upward and yet again by moving to right-ward could I be free from the time of this movement.

Forth I came from out of my body, moved in the movements that changed me in time. Strange were the sights I saw in my journeys, many the mysteries that opened to view. Aye, saw I man's beginning, learned from the past that nothing is new.

Seek you, O man, to learn the pathway that leads through the spaces that are formed forth in time.

Forget not, O man, with all of your seeking that Light is the goal you shall seek to attain. Search you ever for Light on your pathway and ever for you the goal shall endure.

Let not thine heart turn ever to darkness. Light let thine Soul be, a Sun on the way. Know you that in the eternal brightness, you shall ever find your Soul hid in Light, never fettered by bondage to darkness, ever it shines forth a Sun of the Light.

Aye, know, though hidden in darkness, your Soul, a spark of the true flame, exists. Be you ONE with the greatest of all Lights. Find at the SOURCE, the END of your goal. Light is life, for without the great Light nothing can ever exist. Know you, that in all formed matter, the heart of Light always exists. Aye, even though bound in the darkness, inherent Light always exists.

Once I stood in the HALLS of AMENTI and heard the voice of the LORDS of AMENTI, saying in tones that rang through the silence, words of power, mighty and potent. Chanted they the song of the cycles, the words that open the path to beyond. Aye, I saw the great path opened and looked for an instant into the beyond. Saw I the movements of the cycles, vast as the thought of the SOURCE could convey.

Knew I then that even Infinity is moving on to some unthinkable end. Saw I that the Cosmos is Order and part of a movement that extends to all space, a part of an Order of Orders, constantly moving in a harmony of space. Saw I the wheeling of cycles like vast circles across the sky. Knew I then that all that has being is growing to meet yet other being in a far-off grouping of space and of time. Knew I then that in Words are power to open the planes that are hidden from man. Aye, that even in Words lies hidden the key that will open above and below.

Hark you, now man, this word I leave with you. Use it and you shall find power in its sound. Say you, the word: "ZIN-URU" and power you shall find. Yet must you understand that man is of Light and Light is of man."

Listen you, O man, and hear a mystery stranger than all that lies beneath the Sun. Know you, O man, that all space is filled by worlds within worlds; aye, one within the other yet separate by Law.

Once in my search for deep buried wisdom, I opened the door that bars THEM from man. Called I from other planes of being, one who was fairer than the daughters of men. Aye, I called her from out of the spaces to shine as a Light in the world of men.

Used I the drum of the Serpent. Wore I the robe of the purple and gold. Placed on my head, I, the crown of Silver. Around me the circle of cinnabar
shone. Raised I my arms and cried the invocation that opens the path to the planes beyond, cried to the LORDS of the SIGNS in their houses: "Lords of the two horizons, watchers of the treble gates, stand you One at the right and One at the left as the STAR rises to his throne and rules over his sign. Aye, you dark prince of ARULU, open the gates of the dim, hidden land and release her whom you keep imprisoned.

Hear you, hear you, hear you, dark Lords and Shining Ones, and by their secret names, names which I know and can pronounce, hear you and obey my will."

Lit I then with flame my circle and called HER in the space-planes beyond.

Daughter of Light return from ARULU. Seven times and seven times have I passed through the fire. Food have I not eaten. Water have I not drunk. I call you from ARULU, from the realm of EKERSHEGAL. I summon you, Lady of Light.

Then before me rose the dark figures; aye, the figures of the Lords of ARULU. Parted they before me and forth came the Lady of Light.

Free was she now from the LORDS of the night, free to live in the Light of the earth Sun, free to live as a child of Light.

Hear you and listen, O my children. Magic is knowledge and only is Law. Be not afraid of the power within you for it follows Law as the stars in the sky.

Know you that to be without knowledge, wisdom is magic and not of the Law. But know you that ever you by your knowledge can approach closer to a place in the Sun.

Listen you, my children, follow my teaching. Be you ever seeker of Light. Shine in the world of men all around you, a Light on the path that shall shine among men.

Follow you and learn of my magic. Know that all force is thine if you wilt. Fear not the path that leads you to knowledge, but rather shun
you the dark road.

Light is thine, O man, for the taking. Cast off the fetters and you shalt be free. Know you that your Soul is living in bondage fettered by fear that holds you in thrall. Open your eyes and see the great SUN-LIGHT. Be not afraid for all is thine own. Fear is the LORD of dark ARULU to he who has never faced the dark fear. Aye, know that fear has existence created by those who are bound by their fears.

Shake off your bondage, O children, and walk in the Light of the glorious day. Never turn your thoughts to the darkness and surely you shall be One with the Light.

Man is only what he believeth, a brother of darkness or a child of the Light. Come you into the Light my Children. Walk in the pathway that leads to the Sun.

Hark you now and listen to the wisdom. Use you the word I have given unto you. Use it and surely you shalt find power and wisdom and Light to walk in the way. Seek you and find the key I have given and ever shalt you be a Child of the Light.




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