Often I dream of buried Atlantis, lost in the ages that have passed into night. Aeon upon aeon, Iou existed in beauty, Light shining through the veil of night! Mighty in power was HE, ruling the earth-born, the Lord Of Earth in Atlantis' day. The King Of Nations, Master Of Wisdom, the Light through Suntal and Keeper Of The Way, did dwell in His Temple; Master Unal, the All One and Light Of Earth, in Atlantis' day! HE was MASTER, from some cycle unbounded and beyond, and living in bodies as one among men. But he was not at all like the earth born; HE was forever beyond us, the Sun in every cycle, high and far advanced beyond all life.
Know O Human, Horlet The Master, was never one with the children of men. Far in the past time when Atlantis first grew as a power, appeared there one with the Key Of Wisdom, showing the way of LIGHT to all. He showed unto all men the path of attainment, the Way Of Light that flows among men; mastering darkness, leading the Man-Soul, upward to the heights, ONE with the Light. HE divided The Kingdoms into sections. Ten were they, ruled by the children of men. Upon another section, HE built a Temple; yea built, but not by hands of the children of men.
Out of the Ether HE fashioned its substance, moulded and formed by the power of YTOLAN into the forms HE built in His mind. Mile upon mile it covered the island, space upon space it grew in its might! Black, yet not black, but dark like the space-time; and deep in its heart, was the Essence Of Light! Swiftly the Temple grew into being, moulded and shaped by the Word Of The Dweller; HE who is called from the Formless into a form. HE then built within it, great chambers, filling them with forms called forth from the Ether; and filling them with the Wisdom called forth by His Mind.
HE was Formless within his TEMPLE, yet was HE formed in the likeness of men. Dwelling among them, yet not of them, strange and far different was HE from the children of men. Then he chose from among the people, Three who became his gateway. HE chose Three from the Highest to become his links with Atlantis. Messengers were they, who carried his council to the kings of the children of men. HE brought forth others and taught them wisdom; teachers were they, to the children of men. He placed them on the island of UNDAL to stand as teachers of The Light to men. Each of those who were thus chosen, were to be taught for years, five and ten. Only then could one have understanding, to bring LIGHT to the children of men. So thus, there came into being the Temple, a dwelling place for the Master Of Men.
I, THOTH, have ever sought wisdom, searching in darkness and searching in Light. Long in my youth I traveled the pathway, seeking ever new knowledge to gain. Until after much striving, one of the Three brought the LIGHT to me. HE brought to me the commands of the Dweller, calling me from the darkness into the Light. HE brought me before the Dweller, deep in the Temple before the Great Fire. There on that Great Throne, I beheld the Dweller, clothed with THE LIGHT, flashing with Fire! I knelt down before that Great Wisdom, feeling the LIGHT flowing through me in endless waves.
Then I heard the voice of the Dweller:
"O Darkness, come into the Light! Long have you sought the pathway to the Light. Each soul on earth that loosens its fetters, shall soon be made free from the bondage of night! Forth from the darkness have you arisen, closer approaching the Light of your goal. Here shall you dwell as one of my children, keeper of records, gathered by wisdom; Thou art an instument of the LIGHT from beyond! Ready you are, made to do what is needed, the preserver of wisdom through ages of darkness; what shall come fast on the children of men. Live here and drink of All Wisdom; secrets and mysteries unto thee shall be unveiled."
Then answered I, the MASTER OF CYCLES, saying:
"O Light, that descended to men, give thou to me of thy wisdom that I might be a teacher of men. Give Thou of thy LIGHT that I might be free."
Spoke then to me again, the Master:
"Age after age shall you live through your wisdom; aye, when o'er Atlantis the ocean waves roll, you shall stand holding the Light; though hidden in darkness, ready to come forth when e'er you shall call. Go thee now and learn greater wisdom. Grow thou through LIGHT to Infinity's ALL."
Long then did I dwell in the Temple Of The Dweller, until at last I was One with the LIGHT. I then followed the path to the star planes, even the pathway to Light. Deep into Earth's Heart I followed the pathway, learning the secrets, below as above; learning the pathway to the Halls Of Amenti and learning the LAW that balances the world. Into Earth's hidden chambers I peirced by my wisdom, deep through the Earth's crust, into the pathway, hidden for ages from the children of men. Unveiled before me, ever more wisdom, until I reached New Knowledge; and found that all is part of an ALL, great and yet greater than all we know. I searched Infinity's Heart through all the ages; deep and yet deeper, more mysteries I found.
Now, as I look back through the ages, I know that wisdom is boundless, ever grown greater throughout the ages, One with Infinity's Greater Than All. There WAS Light in Ancient Atlantis; yet was darkness also hidden in all. Some fell from the Light into the darkness, who had risen to the heights among men. Proud they became of their higher knowledge; proud were they of their high station. Deeply they delved into the forbidden, opening the gateway that led below. They sought to gain ever more knowledge, but seeking to bring it up from below. He who descends below must have balance, else he is bound by a lack of Our Light.
Then, by their knowledge, they opened pathways forbidden to man. And yet in His Temple, All-Seeing, The Dweller lay in his AGWANTI, while throughout Atlantis, His soul roamed free! HE saw the Atlanteans, using their magic, to open the gateway that would bring to Earth a Great Woe. Fast fled His Soul then, back to His Body. HE rose up from His Agwanti. HE called the Three Mighty Messengers and gave the commands that shattered the world. Deep beneath Earth's crust then, to the Halls Of Amenti the Dweller swiftly descended! HE then called on the powers the Seven Lords, wielding and changing Earth's balance.
Down sank Atlantis beneath the dark waves. Shattered was the gateway that had been opened; shattered the doorway that led down below. All of the islands were shattered except Unal, and a part of the island of the sons of the Dweller. HE preserved them to be the teachers, Lights on the path for those to come after; Lights for the lesser children of men. HE then called Me, THOTH before him, giving me commands for all I should do, saying:
"Take thou, O THOTH, all of your wisdom. Take all your records, Take all your magic. Go thou forth as a teacher of men. Go thou forth reserving the records until in time LIGHT grows among men. LIGHT shalt thou be all through the ages, hidden yet found by enlightened men. Over all Earth, give WE to you power, freeing you to give it or take it away. Gather thou now the sons of Atlantis. Take them and flee to the people of the rock caves. Fly to the land of the Children Of Khem."
Then I gathered the sons of Atlantis. Into the spaceship I brought all my records; I brought the records of sunken Atlantis. I gathered all of my powers, many instruments of mighty magic. Up then we rose on the wings of the morning. High we arose above the Temple, leaving behind the Three and the Dweller, deep in the Halls 'neath the Temple, closing the pathway to the Lords Of The Cycles.
Yet ever to him who has knowing, opened shall be the Path To Amenti. Fast we fled then on the wings of the morning, fled to the land of the Children Of Khem. There by my power, I conquered and ruled them. Raised I up unto The Light, the Children Of Khem. Deep 'neath the rocks, I buried my spaceship, waiting the time when man might be free.
Over the spaceship, I erected a marker in the form of a lion, yet like unto man. There 'neath the image rests yet my spaceship, to be brought forth when need shall arise. Know Human, that far in the future, invaders shall come from out of the deep. Then AWAKE, you who have wisdom. Bring forth my ship and conquer with ease. Deep 'neath the image lies my secret. Search and find in the pyramid I built.
Each to the other is the Keystone; each the gateway that leads into LIFE. Follow the KEY I leave behind me. Seek and the doorway to LIFE shall be thine. Seek thou in my pyramid, deep in the passage that ends in a wall. Use the Key Of The Seven, and opened to you the pathway will fall. Now unto thee I have given my wisdom. Now unto thee I have given my way.
Follow the pathway.
Solve thou my secrets.
To you I have shown the way.
THE KEY OF MAGIC
