THE BOOK OF THOTH (Lost Tablets Of Thoth: The Atlantean)
While Hermes still walked the earth with men, he entrusted to his chosen
successors the sacred Book of Thoth. This work contained the secret
processes by which the regeneration of humanity was to be accomplished and also
served as the key to his other writings. Nothing definite is known concerning
the contents of the Book of Thoth other than that its pages were covered
with strange hieroglyphic figures and symbols, which gave to those acquainted
with their use unlimited power over the spirits of the air and the subterranean
divinities. When certain areas of the brain are stimulated by the secret
processes of the Mysteries, the consciousness of man is extended and he is
permitted to behold the Immortals and enter into the presence of the superior
gods. The Book of Thoth described the method whereby this stimulation was
accomplished. In truth, therefore, it was the "Key to Immortality."
According to legend, the Book of Thoth was kept in a golden box in the
inner sanctuary of the temple. There was but one key and this was in the
possession of the "Master of the Mysteries," the highest initiate of the
Hermetic Arcanum. He alone knew what was written in the secret book. The Book
of Thoth was lost to the ancient world with the decay of the Mysteries, but
its faithful initiates carried it sealed in the sacred casket into another land.
The book is still in existence and continues to lead the disciples of this age
into the presence of the Immortals. No other information can be given to the
world concerning it now, but the apostolic succession from the first hierophant
initiated by Hermes himself remains unbroken to this day, and those who are
peculiarly fitted to serve the Immortals may discover this priceless document if
they will search sincerely and tirelessly for it.
It has been asserted that the Book of Thoth is, in reality, the
mysterious Tarot of the Bohemians--a strange emblematic book of
seventy-eight leaves which has been in possession of the gypsies since the time
when they were driven from their ancient temple, the Serapeum. (According to the
Secret Histories the gypsies were originally Egyptian priests.) There are now in
the world several secret schools privileged to initiate candidates into the
Mysteries, but in nearly every instance they lighted their altar fires from the
flaming torch of Herm. Hermes in his Book of Thoth revealed to all
mankind the "One Way," and for ages the wise of every nation and every faith
have reached immortality by the "Way" established by Hermes in the midst of the
darkness for the redemption of humankind. . . . . Go to: Thoth Hermes Index
