The Emerald Tablets of Thoth

"For only in the Search for Truth could my Soul be stilled and the flame within be quenched." -Tablet I

I had never heard of the Emerald Tablets of Thoth before. The 5,600 year old tablets pre-date even the earliest versions of the Bible.

Despite being unaware of the Emerald Tablets, I was familiar with the Egyptian deity Thoth, who was considered among the most important of deities. He was the god of wisdom, inventor of writing, patron of scribes, and the divine mediator.

According to legend, "the ego of Thoth passed into the bodies of men in the manner described in the tablets. As such, he incarnated three times, in his last 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."

So believe what you will; ancient text passed down from the most enlightened of gods, modern day hoax, or some adventurous tale in between... but know that there is still much that even the most astute of men do know yet know; and even more still that is not shared with those whom it is believed are not ready to be imparted with such wisdom.

"Wisdom is power and power is wisdom, one with each other, perfecting the whole." - Tablet III

Despite the antiquity of the text, I believe that much of what is inscribed on the tablets still rings true today. What follows is a collection of various verses that I have found to be of particular interest; if not purely for their eloquence then for the wisdom surely hidden within:

"All through the ages,
the light has been hidden.
Awake, O man, and be wise." -Tablet III

"List ye again, O man, to my wisdom,
that hearing, ye too, might live and be free.
Not of the earth are ye -- earthy,
but child of the Infinite Cosmic Light." -Tablet IV

"Banded together as in order,
BROTHERS OF DARKNESS,
they through the ages,
antagonist they to the children of men.

Walked they always secret and hidden,
found, yet not found by the children of man.
Forever, they walked and worked in darkness,
hiding from the light in the darkness of night.

Silently, secretly use they their power,
enslaving and binding the soul of men.
Unseen they come, and unseen they go.
Man, in his ignorance calls THEM from below.

Dark is the way of the DARK BROTHERS travel,
dark of the darkness not of the night,
traveling o'er Earth
they walk through man's dreams.

Power they have gained
from the darkness around them
to call other dwellers from out of their plane,
in ways that are dark and unseen by man.

Into man's mind-space reach the DARK BROTHERS.
Around it, they close the veil of their night.
There through it's lifetime
that soul dwells in bondage,
bound by the fetters of the VEIL of the night.
Mighty are they in the forbidden knowledge
forbidden because it is one with the night." -Tablet VI

One word: Illuminati. Any casual student of the occult can tell you this obviously points to the 'conspiracy' that so many today refuse to recognize and how the 'dark brothers' keep themselves and their malicious agendas veiled from the world through mind control.

"List ye, O man, to he who comes to you.
But weigh in the balance if his words be of LIGHT.
For many there are who walk in DARK BRIGHTNESS
and yet are not the children of LIGHT." -Tablet VI

"Even as exist among men the DARK BROTHERS,
so there exists the BROTHERS OF LIGHT.
Antagonists they of the BROTHERS OF DARKNESS,
seeking to free men from the night.
Powers have they, mighty and potent.
Knowing the LAW, the planets obey.
Work they ever in harmony and order,
freeing the man-soul from its bondage of night.

Secret and hidden, walk they also.
Known not are they to the children of men.
Ever have THEY fought the DARK BROTHERS,
conquered and conquering time without end.
Yet always LIGHT shall in the end be master,
driving away the darkness of night.
Aye, man, know ye this knowing:
always beside thee walk the Children of Light." -Tablet VI

"Thou, O man, art thy brother's helper.
Let him not lie in the bondage of night." -Tablet VI

"In the form of man they amongst us,
but only to sight were they as are men.
Serpent-headed when the glamour was lifted
but appearing to man as men among men.

Crept they into the Councils,
taking forms that were like unto men.
Slaying by their arts
the chiefs of the kingdoms,
taking their form and ruling o'er man.

Only by magic could they be discovered.
Only by sound could their faces be seen.
Sought they from the Kingdom of shadows
to destroy man and rule in his place." -Tablet VIII

"Know ye, man,
ye are the ultimate of all things.
Only the knowledge of this is forgotten,
lost when man was cast into bondage,
bound and fettered
by the chains of the darkness." -Tablet VIIII

"Know ye that throughout the space
that ye dwell in
are others as great as your own,
interlaced through the heart of your matter
yet separate in space of their own." -Tablet VIIII

This appears to bring some validation to many scientists theories about multiple universes simultaneously coexisting; the proverbial 'multi-verse'.

"Think not that man is earth-born,
though come from the earth he may be.
Man is light-born spirit.
But, without knowing, he can never be free.
Darkness surrounds the light-born.
Darkness fetters the Soul.
Only the one who is seeking
may ever hope to be free." -Tablet VIIII

"Time changes not,
but all things change in time.
For time is the force
that holds events separate,
each in its own proper place.
Time is not in motion,
but ye move through time
as your consciousness
moves from one event to another." -Tablet X

"Light is thine, O man, for the taking.
Cast off the fetters and thou shalt be free.
Know ye that they Soul is living in bondage
fettered by fears that hold ye in thrall." -Tablet X

"Know ye, O man,
that all of the future is an open book
to him who can read.
All effect shall bring forth its causes
as all effects grew from the first cause.

Know ye the future is not fixed or
stable but varies as cause brings forth an effect.
Look in the cause thou shalt bring into being,
and surely thou shalt see that all is effect." -Tablet XII

"Man can only read the future through
the causes that bring the effects.
Seek ye within the causation and
surely ye shall find the effects." -Tablet XII

"Then shall there come unto man the great warfare
that shall make the Earth tremble and shake in its course.
Aye, then shall the Dark Brothers
open the warfare between Light and the night.

When man again shall conquer the ocean and fly
in the air on wings like the birds;
when he has learned to harness the lightning,
then shall the time of warfare begin.

Great shall the battle be twixt the forces,
great the warfare of darkness and Light.
Nation shall rise against nation
using the dark forces to shatter the Earth.

Weapons of force shall wipe out the Earth-man
until half of the races of men shall be gone.
Then shall come forth the Sons of the Morning
and give their edict to the children of men, saying:
O men, cease from thy striving against thy brother.

Only thus can ye come to the Light.
Cease from thy unbelief, O my brother,
and follow the path and know ye are right.
Then shall men cease from their striving,
brother against brother and father against son.

Then shall the ancient home of my people rise
from its place beneath the dark ocean waves.
Then shall the Age of Light be unfolded
with all men seeking the Light of the goal.

Then shall the Brothers of Light rule the people.
Banished shall be the darkness of night." -Tablet XII

Believe me when I say that much has not been mentioned, even in this lengthy collection. There is no doubt in my mind that I will have to revisit the Emerald Tablets time and time again because it is quite obvious to me that very little can be absorbed from but a single reading.