We knew of the existence of an Absolute; free as to condition, perfect in itself, unlimited in power, primary, ultimate, supreme. This entity was referred to as "The Master", who made all the laws of the Universe. We believed that Omnipotence is occupied in carrying forward the processes which He instituted in His original creative meditation by propelling His thoughts outwards. And as He imagined, the things that came into being were an aspect of this Mind. The most remote aspect of this creation governs the physical kingdom and is termed "Nature".

We knew, that so far as Earth is concerned, only humanity had two states of consciousness. A spiritual mind, aware of its identity and its relationship with the Creator; and the physical brain, knowing only that which it experiences in physical life.

Our teaching had shown that the Laws of Nature were self-governing; so that any transgression, deliberate or not, would be punished; it being impossible to set in motion a cause without an effect. This effect can only be justified to the cause, for being set in motion there is no mediator to avert the consequences.

In Suerne the growth of scientific knowledge and behaviour had developed very much as it has in the civilized world today.

Originally stories were handed from the old to the young. An enquiring mind here and there had sought answers to questions and knowledge increased.

Centuries passed, and the answers gained posed deeper questions which again found more answers, each leading man deeper into knowledge and adding to the development of his forebrain. But not until stored learning could be put into some form of record could order and sensibility be established.

The first questions in the minds of early men naturally followed the order of the animals they pursued. It was most useful to know why animals acted in certain ways and what pattern of procedure might be expected of them in given circumstances. Early logic suggested that this knowledge would give advantage to the chase, especially if the hunter could create situations that would cause the hunted to react in a manner favourable to the hunter ... as an unbaited mousetrap is of little value, but the addition of a cube of cheese motivates the hunted to fall into the preconceived pattern calculated by the hunter.

The rise and fall of a nation can rarely be given a specific date as many earlier contributory circumstances are absorbed into the final result ... so it is with homo sapiens.

During the early stages of mans' development, when the separation of the sexes was sufficiently complete that females bore the young, homo sapiens was still the favourite food of many other animals of a similar order. At this time water was heavier than it is today and the human flesh was more jelly-like in substance -- rather like tadpoles are today.

As the female was constantly engaged in childbearing and rearing, it was the male task to protect and provide. There was no family life as it is understood today -- rather one male to many females; for the males, frequently in battle, were killed off at quite a rapid rate.

Homo sapiens was at this time a weak and ungainly creature. His anatomy consisted of three sections.

(a) A horned head section, much longer than that of today.
• (b) The Rib cage -- the largest section of the body.
• (c) The lower stomach and reproductive organs, somewhat larger than the head, but smaller than the rib section.

The live birth reproduction system left the young highly susceptible to marauding animals, making life extremely difficult for these very-nearly-the-last mammals to develop. Keeping such a species in existence was a major problem.

Females at this time had a regular fertilization period similar to that of other animals, and only at such times were the services of the male required. Sexual relations took place at no other time. The relatively long gestation and nursing period left the female quite unsuited for hunting; if her "spouse" was lost in battle she simply joined the band of females belonging to the strongest and best provider available and became one of that tribe, so obeying nature's law of the survival of the fittest.

The original strict vegetarian diet once suitable for homo sapiens became unsatisfactory when the body and mind of man began to develop in both size and capacity. This instigated the necessity for hunting food capable of providing greater nutritional value for the species. At first man was content to trap creatures smaller than himself, but as time went on he aspired to feeding upon larger types of animals which could provide enough nutriment for his growing family. This change in diet brought gradual structural changes, and more important, caused certain alterations in the head and brain structure.

Over the course of many thousands of years, man adopted divers feeding habits through environmental necessity ... for of all creatures, mankind understood nature's basic law ... adapt and flourish, or remain rigid in your changing environment and perish.

Flesh became mankind's favourite food. Without a doubt, man's palate was the predominating factor in his rise to supremacy over all the other animals of creation; for of all the creatures that turned from a basically vegetarian diet to a fleshy one, only man found all meat palatable, and sought to outwit all other creatures in order to delight his gourmet instincts.

Great skills were developed in order to accommodate this carnal craving. Skills which required an intimate study of the habits of those man sought to devour. It is not too difficult today to envision the chest thumping which accompanied a successful return from the hunt, the cries of victory which brought every female running, the admiration created in the eyes of his tribe, the envy of less skilful neighbours.

To be successful as a mighty hunter took a lifetime of study, the secrets of which the older males would pass along to their growing sons, and so down through the generations.

Man soon learned to imitate and to practise in his daily life the habits of those he hunted. He could stalk though the forest as silently as a gazelle, leap with the ferocity of a tiger, remain motionless for hours seeking an advantage, then kill with lightning strike.

The particular natural surrounding in which early man made his habitat had a great deal of bearing on his thinking, and the wider an area in which a tribe travelled, the greater their knowledge of natural phenomena. In warmer climes where lush tropical growth made existence comparatively easy, it was not essential to develop the same fierce cunning as the tribes in a colder climate. Thus the people in hot countries had more time for relaxing with less pressures of environment to force a competitive drive ... less need to think faster ... less personal pride ... less demanding an ego. This facet is still evident among the darker skinned and lighter skinned races on earth today.

Tribes showed strong traces of environment in their stature, bone structure, pigmentation, and in their thinking. Intermarriage has largely erased these racial tendencies today, along with exchanges of ideas. But ample evidence remains to see how race began, each tribe with its own tight set of preconceived standards, unable to accept any viewpoint other than its own.

While the glandular pattern promoting a child's reactions is inherited, adult man is a creature of habits not passed down by genetics. The infant in the womb accepts the mother's thought vibrations, environment takes care of the moulding. Food also has a direct bearing on the glandular structure (always remembering that we are now considering the effects of thousands of years of progress), and will play a large part in the development of future generations. Ten thousand years shows little marked change in the human body. Millions of years have passed since the original species crawled up from the water to live entirely upon land, and it has taken that length of time for man to adopt the characteristics of which we now speak.

Where there is motivation in the least degree, the effort of thought expended develops an electrical powerhouse as an outcome of the magnetic vibrations of the thought effort involved.

Inevitably man began to observe himself and his reactions. In so doing the physical capacity to store knowledge was further strengthened. In this way the study of animals became the basis for the study of mankind's own mentality, and in the days of Swn and Atlantis this science was the major phase of endeavour.

It is interesting to note that the very first records to be kept in any semblance of order lay in the forebrain of man.

The first material records ever kept in the neighbouring countries of Khe and Atlantis state that these recorded findings were extracted from the minds of those men who held them. It was explained in these writings that a man would be chosen early in childhood to be a recorder. This meant that an elderly recorder would, by telepathy, gradually place in the mind of the young recorder all the knowledge which he possessed. This information would pertain to one specific field of endeavour.

The people of Suerne concentrated mainly on the mind and body of Self, so that there was no habit born into any one of them of which they were not aware. Matters of a technical nature held no special attraction for my people.

Atlanteans on the other hand, developed advanced technologies as a primary concern, and were more advanced in the field of devices and the production of machines for creature comfort. Once contact had been established between these two nations they exchanged knowledge which best suited their needs.

The earlier advent of instrumentation in Atlantis, when supplemented by learning from Suerne, caused rapid advances in the culture of each country, but the basic theme of endeavour remained unchanged in either.

In Atlantis, penetrating the body by surgical means had made it possible to conduct minute investigations into the living tissue. These experiments did not cease until everything possible had been explored and understood.

Electricity, though not in the form commonly used in the world today, was in common usage, having been discovered by my forebears when following quite different lines of endeavour. The studies and experiments into the mind had led to the discovery of the minute fibres in the brain, and brought to light the vibrational power and magnetism which was the source of this vibration ... and through magnetism ... electricity.

The results of these studies disproved electricity as being the source of vibrational power, once it became possible to break down the atom into its three component parts -- the proton, the neutron, and the electron.

Neutrons were found to be the source of this vibrational power ... and once the neutron was again broken down into its three components, there was a whole new world of vibrational power to be discovered. Here, in friction, was found the beginning and end of life -- and all other things material.

These discoveries began to solve many of the gnawing questions which had constantly troubled my people.

Then it was found that the minute brain fibres could be manipulated by increasing or decreasing their vibrations. Early experiments with animals had shown that their basic characteristics could be changed by this procedure. Once this experimentation was carried into the human field a number of facts became evident that were not to be found in the lower orders of the animal kingdom.

It was so rare to find any two persons possessed of identical V.P.S. (vibrations per second) that it was considered that exact V.P.S. between people was probably non-existent. Fibrous V.P.S. were measured by instrumentation and comparisons were made between various people. In examining the electrical and neutronic power between persons it was found that while the electrical power could differ, the fibrous V.P.S. could be increased or deceased to make them synchronized. But the magnetic force of the neutron could not be altered in any manner whatsoever.

By making the fibrous V.P.S. of any two minds equal it was possible to synchronize thought, ask a series of questions to either person, and receive identical interpretations of the question.

By introducing a living foreign organism into the bodies of each of the two persons so synchronized, it was possible to perfect a kill of the organism in such harmonious relationship that the kill could be timed to the second.

There was a continuous flow of magnetic waves between two such persons, each would become aware of pleasure or pain being experienced by the other despite separation of a considerable distance.

It was found that by decreasing the V.P.S. magnitude considerably, unconsciousness occurred. If the magnitude was increased, exactly the same results were observed, indicating a specific operational range in which they worked.

The observers also learned that certain V.P.S. ranges towards the top of this narrow operational scale, caused a stimulus in body activity, glandular activity, or mental outlook; while depression resulted when the V.P.S. were sufficiently lowered.

As it was known that the brain was made up of three parts, the conscious, preconscious and a power source, measurements of capacity were devised, from which it was possible to establish that the preconscious mind was nothing more than a storehouse of knowledge of events which occurred within or to the body. The conscious mind served as a transformer of thought vibrations as the preconscious vibrations per second were too high to accept slower thought waves or to express them on the lower scale. The power source, known today as the plexes, actually governs the whole body, being its source of supply.

Thought originates in the preconscious, but it is not capable of formulating an idea unless there is some prior association, no matter how infinitesimal that knowledge might be, or in what manner it was acquired. It was also proven before my time that the preconscious was unable to form accurate judgement; for whether the knowledge accrued was right or wrong it would always be used in forming a decision.

Investigations into mind power continued. Two synchronized persons might sit quietly together for instance, one possessing some small fact that the other did not. Properly attuned, and each quite unaware of the one giving and the other receiving information, the second person may, at some future date, simply be aware that he knew this fact.

Mental telepathy (tele at a distance; pathy, from pathos; feeling) has always played a major role in human lives. However, such telepathy is limited to a specific operational range and can be distorted by certain discordant vibrations. Further advantages in this field became evident to my ancestors as their various experiments progressed. Health became greatly improved as the years passed and the people were led into the paths of self-healing. Mental capacity increased, which brought repercussions in improved living and social standards in its wake.

Following the period during which these momentous discoveries were made, records show that there ensued a period of scientific inactivity which lasted for about three hundred years, while the nation relaxed to enjoy the fruits of these labours.

History continually shows that mans' efforts seem to reach a peak of achievement, then necessarily pause to absorb that which has been gained. It is as if mental capacity reaches its maximum potential, then waits for nature to increase that potential before any further advances are possible.

Humanity should watch for these periods and learn to take full advantage of this human cycle ... yet despite them, continuously endeavour to advance, thereby forcing the most rapid rate of natural potential and avert overly long periods of consolidation -- even recession.

It has also been noted, that during these periods of great advancement by a few outstanding minds, that the masses tend to stagnate, or even revert to substandard thinking. The busy ones fail to carry the remainder of the people along with them and mental retardation often sets in as a result. Great care should be taken in times of rapid technological progress to ensure that thought stagnation is not a by-product.