Suernian Metaphysicians delving into the spiritual pulsation field halted once it was found feasible to keep the human body in a state of suspended animation, similar to that of hibernation in certain warm blooded animals.

Studying the inhabits of such animals had initiated the first experiments along the lines of the hypnotic-trance state. (For over the years it had been found that the procedure required to hold the body in life while its spirit was absent was too complicated for general usage.)

Years of experimentation, followed by further years of intensive training and practise finally brought suspended animation within the realm of possibility for the human being.

Atlantis' contribution was to technically perfect and prove what Suerne visualized. Always deeply interested in Khe discoveries, the Atlantean Scientist habitually remained more concerned with the physical application than the spiritual significance.

However, there was one particular group in Atlantis who were primarily interested in etheric matters. This nucleus rose to become very powerful, having a voice in all matters of state policy. They were the forerunners of the Priesthood. They put themselves, their knowledge and their practices, beyond the reach of the common people, feeding the populace only that amount of information which they considered suitable for public consumption. They took pride in their secret knowledge, relishing the power it gave them; and in so doing, practised and taught the breaking of the first commandment which came into effect at the time when Spirit was first given to man.

This attitude was quite the opposite to the Khe policy, where all knowledge was made readily available to all seekers. But in time, returning students who had studied under this group (who were originally very far advanced in the occult sciences) adopted these same practices.

This situation developed over several centuries, but was the beginning of the end for my people. The first taint of corruption came when sexual adulation replaced individual spiritual adoration, eventually bringing a violent ending to our civilization, when combined with Black Light practices and mass psychology. But this came much later in history.

With the knowledge made available from Suerne and super sensitive instrumentation, Atlantean Scientists finally made a break through into an ultrasonic vibrational scale hitherto unsuspected.

When its principles were applied to the human form it was found that this scale was in some way connected with each individual but not a part of that individual. Years spent trying to unravel this enigma were fruitless.

Then one day a visiting student from a distant tribe began to display signs of an unknown illness. A "Doctor" put the lad into a trance state in order to establish direct connection with the preconscious, the known method of bypassing egotistical blocks and making accurate diagnosis. But this particular patient answered the questions in a strange manner; insisting that he had lived many years before. He described a strange land inhabited by an unknown people with foreign customs.

The medical man summoned the magnetic vibration group ... (already closed societies with private information were coming into being.) They took physical aura calibrations of the patient to compare with known facts. But no answers were forthcoming as any variations were explainable. When aroused, the boy acted quite normally. Only under deep hypnosis were the answers to questions peculiar. In this state the physical aura showed no emotional colour change, the lad was being absolutely truthful, which rendered the vibrational tests along these lines valueless.

A comprehensive group of subjects was assembled. Exacting physical vibration charts were drawn up for each subject. Then they were individually tranced and asked a specific list of questions.

The results showed that when under deep hypnosis, people of a mediocre mental capacity (about 15% of the total population ) would declare themselves as having lived before. Sometimes more than once. They could describe times, people, events and foreign lands, which when checked proved startlingly accurate in geological and geographical detail.

When in trance, the newer, super sensitive instruments, showed an almost non-existent physical aura, but gave results in the ultra-sonic vibration scale ... where no aura was apparently involved.

A whole new book would be required to detail the resultant ramifications of these experiments. However, they appeared to lead back to the old Khe belief that some people did live more than one life on Earth.

This indication should have led to frenzied inquiry. But the now dominant Priestly Society, under whose auspices the experiments were conducted, saw greater advantages to themselves by fostering a belief in Reincarnation and Karma among the people. Here was logical answers to the many behavioural problems which were becoming increasingly evident. Past life belief also provided a valuable scapegoat where there was no other answer.

Suernian interest was reawakened. It is interesting to note that in my land, happy, prayerful and at peace; no one had yet realised the subtle difference between ego-conquest and egotistical redirection. It was as if the people slumbered, not knowing the crime of apathy, not knowing that each generation must strive for further advances or be gradually overcome with lethargy. Earthlings would do well to meditate on the relationship between spiritual drive and apathy ... Khe-people proved highly suitable for the new tests. Their calm dispositions lent strength to a series of hypnotic experiments, which, alas, only added weight to the new Atlantean belief in reincarnation.

'Till Truth took a part in the matter.

The following is a translation from the report of an ardent Theochrist who had spent his life seeking and practising, as it had been done in my day. This man was one of the few who occupied the original school built for the Abwa experiment, where cells surrounded a centre hall. At one time such buildings had been common, but by this period most had fallen into decay.

"I lay on a sleeping couch in my cell at the old school, deep in silent meditation, feeling the familiar floating sensation which continued beyond anything I had ever felt before. I seemed to enter a state of self-hypnosis, which being nothing new to me was easily recognizable.

By visual concentration (while maintaining thoughtlessness and weightlessness) on a small flaw in the wall of my cell, a deep hypnotic state was achieved.

A figure appeared before me, entering through the wall. Glowing slightly from an inner pulsating power, this person spoke to me, yet no sound emanated from his unmoving lips.

"Fear not: I am whom you seek: Zolumn, now of the second level of heaven, come to guide thee in thy learning. Know thee, that there is a scale of magnetic vibration beyond which man mayest not go in the quest of scientific knowledge. This scale must remain holy to Spirit, who controls all life.

It is decided that my people are now ready to know more of Truth. Through thee, I will speak to them. In His Name it has been given unto me to come to Thee. Therefore knowest thou that every child born on earth, male or female, has a spiritual guide who is a link, like a silver thread of contact twist man and The Master.

As man's mind can find expression only through the conscious transformer, so can man's spirit reach above itself only through its Guide. Not in any manner of thought reading as such, but through the spiritual aura which reflects thought. Know thee therefore, that a Guide is governed by the spiritual thought only when it has become a conscious thought interpreted into emotion, lighting up that portion of the spiritual aura denoted by indigo or violet.

In this way man can reach the Master of Love and receive even material help. Do you think that He would turn any part of Himself loose in the material world of Nature unprotected or alone?

So, to each man a spirit, and to each spirit a Guide -- able to communicate with you with much less ease than you can communicate with it. At this moment you are able to see me as I stand here because you are conditioned to permit your inner power of spirit to increase its magnetic vibrations from within, permitting you to see.

This cannot always be so. Therefore, to know of my presence in the future, drink in the essence of my being which now comes to you on a much lower scale than visualization. This scale is within the range of the carnal senses and comes to you in the form of a distinctive odour which you will always understand as being peculiar to myself, indicating my very close presence.

Believe in me. Lean upon me for truth, and through you I will do great and wondrous things for the benefit of all men. But if you endeavour to use me for worldliness I will be lost to you.

If your scientists probe deeper nought will result but confusion. There is One, great beyond all measure, able to do all things, be all things, know all things. One who is the beginning and the end of all things. He is Truth; Love; Virtue; Ego; Nature; Vengeance; Justice; The Law; happy for thee and with thee; who weeps copiously for his children. He is Glory ... GOD.

To help you understand better, here are His Words, which, being not of my own making, have come to me as I stand here.

Quote ... "I am the beginning and the end. I had looked upon Myself to know love in the beginning. Therefore, I had looked upon Myself and loved Myself first.

But were I to look upon Myself in the beginning, or in the end, and loved only Myself, then I could not know love, for I cannot love Myself and not love thee. Neither can I love Myself without loving all things in the Universe.

Love, being an emotion, must then be part of Truth, which, in turn, must be all things, as all other things are subordinate to love, and emotion is subordinate to Truth.

I am therefore, Truth, knowing emotion, love, and ego. For I had looked upon Myself in the beginning to know love." ... End of Quote.

Zolumn continued. "One other thing I would lay before thee. When Ego is laid to rest, and the spirit is given freedom in trance, it is sometimes replaced by one of us who, being now the spirit of that person, has available that person's preconscious information, plus its own spiritual knowledge.

In such cases it is not always the same Guide who takes over the body.

Know also who I am that no mystery shall remain. I am Zolumn, the first of the three, who were of the six, and the twelve. Look to thy archives and know me".

The apparition left and I aroused to record first, the detailed appearance of my visitor, and secondly, the words which he had given me. Then I slept.

The dawn brought active wakefulness. Rising from my pallet, with no word other than hasty greeting to my fellows, I hastened to the archives of Suerne to spend long hours in searching the records. Before the day was over I had found him. Recorded in perfect detail many generations before. Zolumn indeed was the first of the six spiritual adventurers to die in the Abwa experiment. And these six were part of the twelve Metaphysicians who had conducted the tests.

Once these facts were written into the records of my people they were accepted, and within a short period of time many authenticated instances of Guides were reported. In some of these cases the Guide was actually seen, giving sense to the common phenomena of odour recognition which most people had experienced, but failed to understood. This added greatly to the mental abilities of my people. Self healing, through faith, became an every day occurrence.

Meanwhile in Atlantis the powerful Priesthood, having searched among in numbers, had found those who, under hypnosis, spoke of previous lives on earth. They took this opportunity to announce far greater powers for themselves than others, adding spectacle to their growing list of errors. Even as the tempter tried with the Christ.

But in Atlantis, the tempter, "Excitation" had complete success. Spectacle: Ritual: Dogma ... these were introduced by the Priesthood.

Unwilling to subject themselves to lifelong rigorous training in humility and meditation, and finding mass adulation far more egotistically rewarding, the Priesthood concentrated upon perfecting the art of mass psychology, using "miracles" to enhance their image, with ever increasing following.

From the viewpoint of mass psychology techniques the Priesthood added a great deal of proof to the studies of both Atlantean and Suernian Scientists. Taking male children at birth, and with lifelong training along sectarian lines, it was possible to develop an amazing degree of a single magnetic vibrational power. These powers included the ability to walk through fire without harm, to overcome cold by perspiring even when subjected to subzero temperatures, to be impervious to pain, (Ears, fingers, or such could be cut off without the subject flinching or bleeding). Some could make rain with projected vibrations. Some could visibly improve crop growth.

All this and more was done. All in His Name.

But it was impossible for the Priesthood to develop a well balanced spiritual individual under these conditions. Thus sects arose which practised one "art" to the exclusion of others. Each sect had its particular form of ritual and worship, exhibiting its prowess to the public on set calendar days. Each sect tried to demonstrate its superiority, vying for greater numerical adherence.

Thus God became divided into a number of demigods. The Fire god; The Rain god; The goddess of fertility; each with its own temple and trappings; each with its particular rituals and dogmas. Each with its own subtle method of depreciating other gods. Each ignoring the first commandment.

Mass psychology flourished. These lies, introduced in infancy, fostered in youth, and confirmed in adulthood by logical explanations such as Karma and Reincarnation, became as truth to the people.

The age-old monetary system in Atlantis was undoubtedly the root of this evil; for, of course, the Priests of each demigod demanded a high price from worshippers for their intercession.

Now the younger Priests of Suerne began to vie for a similar system. Knowledge hard earned should be hard bought they reasoned. Feeling themselves to be superior in their wisdom, ego hinted at the status to which they were entitled, it having seen the spectacular settings of the aristocratic Atlantean Priesthood.

Using every conceivable subterfuge at their command, the insidious tentacles of greed driving them on, these younger Suernians agitated for "progress". They stressed Atlantean modernization, its miraculous achievements. They began teaching their own children privately. Teaching them among other things to desire more for themselves than for others.

The time honoured system of being chosen by The Council for vocational ability was ignored. For a Priest's son to be become a shepherd they reasoned, was illogical. For a leather worker's son to become a ruler was idiotic.

This did not come about in one generation. Systematic catering to material logic conceived this devil. The people began to go to them for special favours. Distinguishing dress, revelry and sex began to creep into the rituals as the Priests vied for power. Promise of a superior station in after life for those devoted to a particular sect was openly suggested -- all played its part. Equality was obsolete.

A magnificent temple sprung up here and there. Ornamentation began to appear on Priestly apparel. Feast days were inaugurated. "We can do wonders for you" the sects insisted, with always the excuse of a bad Karma to fall back on if things went poorly. These things brought the fall of my civilization.

The Priesthood then inaugurated courts of punishment for disobedience. Individual thinkers were the only menace to their power and had to be dealt with forcibly. Conform or die was the motto, only with far more subtle presentation. It was simple enough to trump up charges. The Christ story re-enacted the same methods.

Laws governing human behaviour now came into effect. Laws governing human worship also came into being. Prior to this, and for hundreds of generations previously, emphasis had been placed on individual integrity and ethical family codes. Dishonour within a family was dealt with by the head of the family, usually by sending the erring member for spiritual re-education rather than punishment.

But now the vogue was mass sectarian education, mass worship, mass beliefs. The Priesthood had perfected the scientific theory never before proven ... how to herd the masses at will.

If one man took the life of another and had influence with the Priest, he need only declare, "I was ordered by the Fire-god to revenge a slight done to him, because this man worshipped the false god of another sect." And he was, after a suitable tribute, excused.

Covetousness and pillaging was applauded if directed against people who thought differently, or belonged to a weaker sect. Most of the Priests were very careful to avoid encounters with more powerfully numerical sects. The weak were always a more logical target for "conversion."

Pity the thief who gave less than two thirds of his ill-gotten gains to swell the coffers of the Church, which the Priests' reasoned was fair compensation, as it helped them to "teach" more people, thus to extend their ever increasing power.

And if a man was too poor to pay for the privilege of belonging to a certain group, it was always acceptable to donate infant sons, somewhat older daughters, sisters, or even mother's to the church. All this was done in His Name.

It should be noted here, after the downfall of this continent, scattered remnants of outlying tribes remained. Most of their culture and learning had originated from Atlantis shortly prior to the catastrophe. These partially trained and incomplete remnants of Atlantean culture formed what is known today as the ancient civilizations. Traces of all the vices and virtues of Atlantis can be found in their cultures.

There are sects today, the occultists and theosophists in particular, who believe they hold the key to many of the ancient mysteries. There are many who believe in Karma and Reincarnation, the false doctrines so prominent at the time of Atlantis' annihilation.

Of these groups, indeed one of the small tribal remnants of outlying Khe, Spirit chose a race of spiritual teachers. Into their hands was placed the responsibility for human evolution. First He taught them obedience. Then, through the Christ-Jew He taught Love. Through this race He moulded the two great prongs of spiritual evolution ... Christianity and Islam.