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The Sun’s Role in Monotheism
The existence of nearly all life on earth is “solar powered,” fueled by light from
the sun. Autotrophs or plants collect sun energy directly and convert it into sugars,
which heterotrophs subsequently live on, releasing stored solar energy. Ever since
humans started to grow their own food, the sun became the major religious focus.
Solar metaphors abound in all the world’s religions. Akhenaten (Effective spirit of
Aten), was an Egyptian Pharaoh (1351 BC–1334 BC) who attempted to change
the population over to the monotheistic worship of Aten. In an effort to “dethrone”
the many “Gods” Akhenaten declared that Aten was not merely the supreme god,
but the only god. And that he himself was the only intermediary between Aten
and his people. My interpretation is that Akhenaten was striving to promote
monotheism in an attempt to consolidate power in the monarchy and to diminish
the economic power that the nobility and priesthood had through their siphoning
wealth off the populous in religious payments made for ritualistic services to the
many gods. Akhenaten is also believed to have composed the “Great Hymn to the
Aten,” one of the most exquisite love songs to the universe ever created.
Hermetics is basically the yoga of the ascent of consciousness, which probably
stems back to ancient prehistory Egypt. Its founder is said to be Hermes
Trismegistus (Hermes the Thrice-Great), reputed to be a wise sage and Egyptian
priest, and who is commonly seen as synonymous with the Egyptian god Thoth.
The Emerald Tablet, attributed to Hermes, is an ancient text purporting to reveal the
secret of the primordial alchemical substance and its transmutations. In the book
Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean by Doreal, the tablets reveal that there are
10 Masters (charkas or Sefirot) which are both infinitesimal and also encompasses
infinity. According to Kabbalistic cosmology, these Ten Sefirot (Ten Numerations)
correspond to ten levels of creation or consciousness. These levels of creation are
seen as ten different ways of revealing God. The tablets expressed in this book by
Doreal are mostly focused on the first 7 Masters [chakras], because he says humans
are not yet ready for the others. The Emerald Tablets are concerned with bringing
man out of darkness into light...eg:P.17, Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean by
Doreal
“Place in thy body a thought-formed picture.
Think of the numbers that lead thee to Life
Clear is the pathway to he who has wisdom
Open the door to the Kingdom of Light.
Pour forth thy flame as a Sun of the morning
Shut out the darkness and live in the day.
Take thee, O man, as part of thy being,
The Seven [chakras] who are but one not as they seem
Opened, O man! Have I my wisdom.
Follow the path in the way I have led
Masters of Wisdom
Sun of the Morning
Light and Life to the children of men”