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Post subject: Translation help
 Posted: May 07, 2009 - 11:14 PM
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I am interested in getting help with some statements from The Emerald Tablet's 13th entry. The Keys of Life and Death
Here is an excerpt of what I'm trying to see if I understand it correctly:
List ye, O man, whilst I give the secret so that
ye, too, shalt taste not of change.
One hour each day shalt thou lie
with thine head pointed to the
place of the positive pole (north).
One hour each day shalt thy head be
pointed to the place of the negative pole (south).
Whilst thy head is placed to the northward,
hold thou thy consciousness from the chest to the head.
And when thy head is placed southward,
hold thou thy thought from chest to the feet.
Hold thou in balance once in each seven,
and thy balance will retain the whole of its strength.
Aye, if thou be old, thy body will freshen
and thy strength will become as a youth's.
So if I understand this correctly you lie with your head pointing North for one hour in the morning while focusing your thoughts from the chest to the head? Then in the evening you lie with your head to the South focusing your thoughts from chest to feet?
Now here is the part I'm mainly confused about; how are you supposed to hold your self in balance every seventh day? What does this mean? Which direction do you lay? Where is your focus in your center or overall?
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards,
Jim |
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Theophilus
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Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 11:22 AM
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| Whatever it is you're quoting from there, I don't recognize it as the Emerald Tablet of Hermes. |
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Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 07:42 PM
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Theophilus
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Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 11:24 PM
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Appears to be the text of some new age group or individual out of Colorado from a quick check; I hope you didn't think it was ancient. Whether channelled or forged I don't know. One can say channelled in order to be charitable.
If you are interested in the genuine emerald tablet of hermes, inspirer of alchemists for many centuries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablets_of_Thoth
I won't express bluntly my opinion of this material from the spiritual point of view, but the 'historical' section at the beginning is so laughable to me that I can't imagine the rest being of any use. |
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Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 11:57 PM
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Thank you so much, I will go examine the link you sent.
Mahalo,
Jim |
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Theophilus
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Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 12:01 PM
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You're welcome.
BTW if that interests you so might the commentary on it by Rawn Clark here:
http://www.abardoncompanion.com/EmeraldTablet.html
... he is an excellent exponent of the Hermetic system of Franz Bardon, which I highly recommend too. Learning to meditate opens up this and many other (real) ancient texts into books of the soul and cosmos that resonate on a completely different level. Enjoy coming to your own deeper understanding. |
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Waygie
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Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 01:42 AM
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well i dont know anything about it (but i started doing energy work before i even knew it was a thing that people did) but it makes a lot of sense. focus on possitive thoughts laying to the north for an hour and bringing the energy to your head, focus on negative thoughts for an hour while laying south and bringing energy to your feet. both bring energy to the south so i'm guessing he's thinking magnetically which makes sense because it feels magnetic when you do energy work. then every seven times just make the energy happen as powerfull as you can (which will always be the chest)....i'm guessing you'll stand up when you do this.
there's definitely something to balance like that, maybe i'll try it but instead of an hour i'll do it for like 20 mins |
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