I have to admit that I am a bit obsessed with the Emerald Tablets of Thoth. I have a copy at home that I look through often. I enjoy the thoughts on light vs darkness and the advice on meditation.
The Emerald Tablet or the Smaragdine Tablet is not to be confused with the plural version. The latter was translated by Isaac Newton and there’s a lot of debate around whether or not the former is real or a hoax.
In the Emerald Tablets, a story is told of a being who has ancient knowledge and he speaks of many things — but especially of the ages-old battle between good and evil, or light and darkness.
I think that one of my favorite tablets is Tablet 6, The Key Of Magic. Here he tells us some great meditation techniques that I’ve been using — especially when dealing with stressful situations.
“When unto thee comes a feeling,
drawing thee nearer to the darker gate,
examine thine heart and find if the feeling
thou hast has come from within.
If thou shalt find the darkness thine own thoughts,
banish them forth from the place in thy mind.Send through thy body a wave of vibration,
irregular first and regular second,
repeating time after time until free.
Start the WAVE FORCE in thy BRAIN CENTER.
Direct it in waves from thine head to thy foot.But if thou findest thine heart is not darkened,
be sure that a force is directed to thee.
Only by knowing can thou overcome it.
Only be wisdom can thou hope to be free.
Knowledge brings wisdom and wisdom is power.
Attain and ye shall have power o’er all.
He’s basically saying that when you are feeling down or have some sort of negative emotions, look into your heart and see if it comes from you. If it does, redirect your thinking. And to do this, he tells. you to send through your body a wave of vibration. This is a meditation technique. I just visualize a wave of light. He tells you to bring it from your brain center and for me, that’s easy enough to visualize.
