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I would like to share something with you.
THE PROPHECIES OF HERMES
Pure philosophy is spiritual striving, through constant contemplation,
to attain True Knowledge of Atum the One-God.
But, speaking now in prophecy, I say that in times to come,
no one will pursue philosophy with single-mindedness
and purity of heart.
Those with a grudging and ungenerous temperament
will try and prevent men discovering the priceless gift of immortality.
Philosophy will become confused, making it hard to comprehend.
It will be corrupted
by spurious speculation. It will be entangled with bewildering sciences
like arithmetic, music and geometry.
The student of pure philosophy studies the sciences,
not as fanciful theories, but as devotion to Atum —
because they reveal a universe
perfectly ordered by the power of number; because measuring the depths of the sea and forces of fire
and magnitudes of physical things leads to a reverent awe
at the Creator's skill and wisdom; because the mysteries of music
bear witness to the unsurpassed talent of the Supreme Artist
who has beautifully harmonised all things into a single Whole, suffused with sweet melodies.
To simply love Atum in thought with singleness of heart,
and to follow the goodness of his will — this is philosophy,
unsullied by intrusive cravings for pointless opinions.
But I foresee that, in times to come, clever intellectuals
will mislead the minds of men,
turning them away from pure philosophy.
It will be taught that
our sacred devotion was ineffectual and the heart-felt piety
and assiduous service
with which we Egyptians honour Atum was a waste without reward.
Egypt is an image of the heavens, and the whole Cosmos dwells here, in this its sanctuary —
but the gods will desert the earth and return to heaven, abandoning this land
that was once the home of spirituality. Egypt will be forsaken and desolate, bereft of the presence of the gods.
It will be overrun by foreigners,
who will neglect our sacred ways.
This holy land of temples and shrines will be filled with corpses and funerals.
The sacred Nile will be swollen with blood, and her waters will rise,
utterly fouled with gore.
Does this make you weep? There is worse to follow. This land,
that was a spiritual teacher to all humankind,
which loved the gods with such devotion that they deigned to sojourn
here on earth —
this land will exceed all others in cruelty. The dead will far outnumber the living, and the survivors
will be known as Egyptians by their language alone, for in their actions
they will be like men of another race. O Egypt!
Nothing will remain of your religion but an empty tale,
which even your own children will not believe.
Nothing will be left to tell of your wisdom
but old graven stones.
Men will be weary of life,
and will cease seeing the universe as worthy of reverent wonder.
Spirituality, the greatest of all blessings, will be threatened with extinction,
and believed a burden to be scorned.
The world will no longer be loved as an incomparable work of Atum; a glorious monument
to his Primal Goodness;
an instrument of the Divine Will to evoke veneration
and praise in the beholder.
Egypt will be widowed.
Every sacred voice will be silenced. Darkness will be preferred to light. No eyes will raise to heaven.
The pure will be thought insane
and the impure will be honoured as wise. The madman will be believed brave,
and the wicked esteemed as good. Knowledge of the immortal soul will be laughed at and denied.
No reverent words worthy of heaven will be heard or believed.
So I, Thrice-Great Hermes, the first of men
to attain All-Knowledge,
have inscribed the secrets of the gods, in sacred symbols and holy hieroglyphs, on these stone tablets,
which I have concealed for a future world
that may seek our sacred wisdom.
Through all-seeing Mind,
I myself have been the witness of the invisible things of Heaven, and through contemplation come to Knowledge of the Truth.
This knowing I have set down in these writings . . .
I would like to share something with you.
THE PROPHECIES OF HERMES
Pure philosophy is spiritual striving, through constant contemplation,
to attain True Knowledge of Atum the One-God.
But, speaking now in prophecy, I say that in times to come,
no one will pursue philosophy with single-mindedness
and purity of heart.
Those with a grudging and ungenerous temperament
will try and prevent men discovering the priceless gift of immortality.
Philosophy will become confused, making it hard to comprehend.
It will be corrupted
by spurious speculation. It will be entangled with bewildering sciences
like arithmetic, music and geometry.
The student of pure philosophy studies the sciences,
not as fanciful theories, but as devotion to Atum —
because they reveal a universe
perfectly ordered by the power of number; because measuring the depths of the sea and forces of fire
and magnitudes of physical things leads to a reverent awe
at the Creator's skill and wisdom; because the mysteries of music
bear witness to the unsurpassed talent of the Supreme Artist
who has beautifully harmonised all things into a single Whole, suffused with sweet melodies.
To simply love Atum in thought with singleness of heart,
and to follow the goodness of his will — this is philosophy,
unsullied by intrusive cravings for pointless opinions.
But I foresee that, in times to come, clever intellectuals
will mislead the minds of men,
turning them away from pure philosophy.
It will be taught that
our sacred devotion was ineffectual and the heart-felt piety
and assiduous service
with which we Egyptians honour Atum was a waste without reward.
Egypt is an image of the heavens, and the whole Cosmos dwells here, in this its sanctuary —
but the gods will desert the earth and return to heaven, abandoning this land
that was once the home of spirituality. Egypt will be forsaken and desolate, bereft of the presence of the gods.
It will be overrun by foreigners,
who will neglect our sacred ways.
This holy land of temples and shrines will be filled with corpses and funerals.
The sacred Nile will be swollen with blood, and her waters will rise,
utterly fouled with gore.
Does this make you weep? There is worse to follow. This land,
that was a spiritual teacher to all humankind,
which loved the gods with such devotion that they deigned to sojourn
here on earth —
this land will exceed all others in cruelty. The dead will far outnumber the living, and the survivors
will be known as Egyptians by their language alone, for in their actions
they will be like men of another race. O Egypt!
Nothing will remain of your religion but an empty tale,
which even your own children will not believe.
Nothing will be left to tell of your wisdom
but old graven stones.
Men will be weary of life,
and will cease seeing the universe as worthy of reverent wonder.
Spirituality, the greatest of all blessings, will be threatened with extinction,
and believed a burden to be scorned.
The world will no longer be loved as an incomparable work of Atum; a glorious monument
to his Primal Goodness;
an instrument of the Divine Will to evoke veneration
and praise in the beholder.
Egypt will be widowed.
Every sacred voice will be silenced. Darkness will be preferred to light. No eyes will raise to heaven.
The pure will be thought insane
and the impure will be honoured as wise. The madman will be believed brave,
and the wicked esteemed as good. Knowledge of the immortal soul will be laughed at and denied.
No reverent words worthy of heaven will be heard or believed.
So I, Thrice-Great Hermes, the first of men
to attain All-Knowledge,
have inscribed the secrets of the gods, in sacred symbols and holy hieroglyphs, on these stone tablets,
which I have concealed for a future world
that may seek our sacred wisdom.
Through all-seeing Mind,
I myself have been the witness of the invisible things of Heaven, and through contemplation come to Knowledge of the Truth.
This knowing I have set down in these writings . . .
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