The Emerald Tablets • Keypoints to Tablet Fifteen

Full Tablet XV: Secret of Secrets

Now ye assemble, my children, waiting to hear the Secret of Secrets which shall give ye power to unfold the God-man, give ye the way to Eternal life.

Plainly shall I speak of the Unveiled Mysteries. No dark sayings shall I give unto thee. Open thine ears now, my children. Hear and obey the words that I give.

First, I shall speak of the fetters of darkness which bind ye in chains to the sphere of the Earth. Darkness and light are both of one nature, different only in seeming, for each arose from the source of all. Darkness is disorder. Light is Order. Darkness transmuted is Light of the Light. This, my children, your purpose in being: transmutation of darkness to light.

Hear ye now of the mystery of nature, the relations of life to the Earth where it dwells. Know ye, ye are threefold in nature, physical, astral, and mental in one. Three are the qualities of each of the natures; nine in all, as above, so below.

In the physical are these channels, the blood which moves in vortical motion, reacting on the heart to continue its beating. Magnetism which moves through the nerve-paths, carrier of energies to all cells and tissues. Akasa which flows through channels, subtle yet physical, completing the channels.

Each of the three attuned with each other, each affecting the life of the body. Form they the skeletal framework through which the subtle ether flows. In their mastery lies the Secret of Life in the body. Relinquished only by will of the adept, when his purpose in living is done.

Three are the natures of the Astral, mediator is between above and below; not of the physical, not of the spiritual, but able to move above and below.

Three are the natures of Mind, carrier it of the will of the Great One, arbitrator of Cause and Effect in thy life.

Thus is formed the threefold being, directed from above by the power of four.

Above and beyond man’s threefold nature lies the realm of the Spiritual Self.

Four is it in qualities, shining in each of the planes of existence, but thirteen in one, the mystical number.

Based on the qualities of man are the Brothers: each of the planes, thirteen in number; each different in progress, yet one in the ultimate intent.

There are three areas of existence created by the threefold forces, acting in harmony with the law. They are: the world of the physical, the astral, the mental. And above these, higher planes of spirit exist.

Here rest the sources of all creation, harmony and law maintaining balance, uniting all.

There rests the Great Flame at the center of the source, hidden yet ever emitting its radiance, the essence of all creation, the sustainer of life and thought.

This is the secret of life: the flame resides in all matter, in the bodies of man, and in all that exists. It is eternal, always burning with an unending light.

Seek ye the flame in your own hearts, and ye shall find the source of creation, your own true self.

Let thy thoughts flow freely, connecting thee to the Great Flame, for therein lies the ultimate truth.