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  The    transmission      of  spiritual   truth  from    inward    to  outward     form;
  though differing according to the age in which it is expressed; is ever the
  same     in  principle。   And    in  the   same    way   that   the  sacred    clavicula   of
  Solomon   became   the   Tarot   of   Bohemian   gypsies;   so   did   the   Tablets   of
  Aeth manifest their mysteries in the starry science of Chaldean lore。 But
  there is this sharp line of demarcation between them; namely; the Tablets
  of Aeth deal with universal human life and nature; with infinite principles
  from     which    all  finite  laws   radiate。   The    Tablets   of   Aeth   express    and
  symbolize       the   cause。    All   other    mundane      systems     of   occult    study;
  astronomical   or   metaphysical;   are   spirito…natural   effects;   the   individual
  intellectual   fruits;   gathered    from   the   one   universal   tree   of   knowledge。
  Uncreated;      Unlimited     Potentiality;    is  the  one   impersonal     truth   shining
  forever     in  the  Great    White    Light   of  God。    All   the  laws;   powers;    and
  principalities; manifested in the moving Universe; are but the colored rays;
  blazing with glorious life through the prisms of matter。
  Having      stated    thus   much;     the   neophyte     will   perceive     in   what
  meditative   sphere   of   thought   the   Tablets   may   be   used。   The   method   of
  study   is;   as   shown;   a   purely   synthetic   deduction   of   human   ideas   from
  spiritual     symbols      of   universal     principles。    The     Tablets    themselves
  constitute a grand arcane Tarot of man; God and the universe; and of all
  the powers that dwell therein。 They may be studied singly; as; for instance;
  meditating upon some one great universal idea or principle; or they may
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  be studied in trines; as they appear in each separate book; or chapter; or as
  squares; like two; five; eight; eleven; or as the seal of two trines; one; three;
  five; seven; nine; eleven; with No。 twelve in the center; as the revealer of
  the mystery。 And; finally; they may be contemplated as the Grand Oracle
  of Heaven; in the following manner:
  Make a circle of the tablets; as you would with a pack of Tarot cards;
  beginning with No。 1; on the eastern horizon; and proceeding in the exact
  opposite order from a figure of the heavensNo。 2; being on the Twelfth
  House; No。 3; on the Eleventh; and {} on the M。 C。 of the figure; as in the
  Astro…Masonic chart; given in the second part of 〃The Light of Egypt;〃 Vol。
  I; and so proceed with the rest of the twelve tablets of the stars。 This figure
  will    represent     the   potentialities    of   the   macrocosm;       the   starry    signs
  symbolizing   the   possibilities   of   things   past   or   to   be;   and   the   rulers   the
  active   executors   thereof。   Study  the   figure   in   all   its   aspects   as   such;   first
  singly; tablet by tablet; then as a wholethe cosmos。 Next; place the ruler
  of   any   given   tablet   at   the   side   of   the   Mansion;   and   try   to   penetrate   its
  various meanings; powers and possibilities。 Then proceed the same with a
  trine   and   a   square;   and;   last;   with   all   the   rulers;   in   the   order   of   their
  celestial   lordship   of   the   signs;   each   in   his   appointed   place;   as   a   whole
  Arcana。
  In any grave crisis of mental or physical affairs; wherein nations; and
  not   individuals;     are   concerned;   the     tablets   may   be   used    as  a  celestial
  scheme of the heavens; thus: Cast a figure of the heavens for the Sun's first
  entry into the sign Aries at the vernal equinox; calculated for the meridian
  of the capital city of the country under consideration。 Degrees and minutes
  are not wanted。 Then place the twelve tablets in place of signs; exactly as
  they would occur in an astrological figure。 Then place the rulers of the Sun;
  Moon and planets therein (each having its own tablet); as they are found to
  be situated in an ephemeris for the time of the figure。 This done; study the
  whole from a spiritual standpoint as the causes and ultimates of the crisis;
  according to astro laws。
  The foregoing simple directions will; I think; be sufficiently plain for
  all   purposes;     never   forgetting    that   this  holy   study   is  not   a  system   of
  divination;      as  commonly       understood;      but   of  Divine     revelation;    in  its
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  highest   and     most   holy   religious   sense。   Long    study   and   most    reverent
  meditation   will   be   required   to   master   this   mystery;   and   many   errors   of
  judgment will occur to the beginner。
  The interpretative reflections are added for the purpose of guiding and
  guarding the spiritually untrained seer from possible error in fundamental
  conceptions   only。   They   must   not   by   any   means   be   taken   as   a   complete
  revelation of the tablets; but only as a series of skeleton keys by means of
  which   all   things   may   be   revealed   to   the   earnest   seeker  thereof。 To   have
  added more than is given would only be to defeat the object of this work。
  Each seeker for the truth must excavate the mines of knowledge; and dig
  further into this universal well of truth for himself。
  Remember that all interpretation will be personal to each student。 Of
  no one can it be affirmed; 〃thou hast said;〃 and so endeth the matter。 Not
  so。 To each; according to his talent; shall the mysteries of the kingdom be
  revealed; to every one according to his humility; spiritual light; and merit。
  But from the arrogant; the selfish; and spiritually proud; shall all things be
  taken away; and truth shroud herself in the veil of delusion。 In simplicity
  of   mind;   then;   and   purity   of   soul;   approach   the   Holy   of   Holies。   〃Suffer
  little children to come unto Me;〃 saith a messenger of the Most High; 〃for
  of such is the Kingdom of Heaven。〃 Verily; therefore; I say unto you; that
  not    until  you   can   look   upon    all  the  works    of   Naturebeauty      in  her
  nakedness or vice and crime in their repulsiveness; with pure thought and
  holy feeling; can you inherit eternal life。
  Here endeth the introduction to the book which is called 〃The Tablets
  of Aeth。〃
  PART I
  OF THE TWELVE MANSIONS
  Here beginneth Chapter I of the Book which is called 〃The Tablets of
  Aeth;〃 wherein is transcribed the First Quadrant of the Twelve Mansions。
  〃I sent my soul through the invisible; Some lesson of that after life to
  spell; And by and by my soul returned to me And answered; 'I; myself; am
  Heaven and Hell。' 〃
  〃The moving finger writes; and; having writ; Moves on; nor all your
  piety nor wit Shall   lure it back   to cancel half   a line ;   Nor all your   tears
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  wash out a word of it。〃
  TABLET THE FIRST
  Aries
  SYMBOL
  A deep blue Sky; a blaze; as if something were about to rise。
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  REFLECTION
  TABLET THE FIRST
  The blush of dawn of a new life; all nature quivering with the sense of
  coming;   conscious   life;   Isis;   vibrant   with   love   of   the   coming   child;   her
  bosom   flushed   in   expectation   of   the   little   son   soon   to   breathe   on   her
  yearning breast。
  In   this   we   trace   the   great   lesson   of   preparation;   of   sending   the   light
  before    the  form;   of  the   prophecy    before   the   fulfillment。  Dawn     must
  precede sunrise。 What you expect will be your destiny。
  It   is   the   longing   of   centuries   that   incarnates   a   god;   a   real   Sun…God;
  whose   vibrant   love…life   can   thrill   other   lives   into   prayeraspiration;   the
  struggle   for   eternal life。 The   dawn   represents   the   expectant   maternity  of
  NatureGod。
  O    child  of   Adam!    See   that   thou   expecteth    much;    and   that  thy
  aspirations are reflected in thy outward life。
  TABLET THE SECOND
  Taurus
  SYMBOL
  A red sun on the horizon of an inky sea。
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  TABLET THE SECOND
  Nature   has   shown   forth her   glory;  as   brought   forth   by  young   Horus;
  but her creative force is still unreflected。 The sea is black and inky。 The
  Son of God is born; but the sea of human life still remains unconscious; in
  primeval darkness。
  The angles of the Sun and the sea are n