The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean is a 1930 pseudohistorical book written by cult leader Maurice Doreal. Influenced by ancient Egyptian texts and Lovecraftian stories about part-reptilian civilizations emerging from ancient Egypt-like ruins, it deals with Atlantis, an ancient race of serpent-headed men, alchemy, and a variety of other topics.[1]
| Author | Maurice Doreal |
|---|---|
| Genre | Pseudohistory |
Publication date | 1930 |
Background
editThe book Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean was authored in the wake of the Theosophical movement and the rising popularity of the fictional tales of H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). It was written by Maurice Doreal, who published it in 1930, around the same time he founded the cult Brotherhood of the White Temple.[2]
Works that had inspired Doreal in particular were The Dunwich Horror (1928) and Hounds of Tindalos (1929), as well as two fabled occult Egyptian texts, the Emerald Tablet and the Book of Thoth.[1]
Contents
editDoreal claimed that the text of the Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean is the translation of a set of tablets he found in the Great Pyramid of Giza in 1925.[3]
The book consists of 15 tablet-chapters, each consisting of cryptic poems that cover a variety of topics, including alchemy, spirituality, the nature of the universe, Atlantis and philosophy.[4]
- The History of Thoth, The Atlantean
- The Halls of Amenti
- The Key of Wisdom
- The Space Born
- The Dweller of Unal
- The Key of Magic
- The Seven Lords
- The Key of Mysteries
- The Key of Freedom of Space
- The Key of Time
- The Key to Above and Below
- The Law of Cause and Effect and The Key of Prophecy
- The Keys of Life and Death
- Atlantis
- Secret of Secrets
Influence
editDoreal's work was extensively used by David Icke, a promoter of the Reptilian conspiracy theory.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Card 2019, p. 26-27.
- ^ Barkun 2003, p. 115.
- ^ Partridge 2014, p. 705.
- ^ Doreal, Maurice (1930). The Emerald Tablets Of Thoth The Atlantean.
- ^ Barkun 2003, p. 120.
Works cited
edit- Barkun, Michael (2003). A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520248120.
- Card, Jeb J. (2019). "Older than brooding Egypt or the contemplative Sphinx': Egypt and the Mythic Past in Alternative Egyptology and the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft" (PDF). Journal of History and Cultures. 10: 22–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-24.
- Partridge, Christopher (2014). The Occult World. Routledge. ISBN 9781317596769.