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The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean

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ReferenceDoreal, 'The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean'
Written1930s (published c. 1939)
SetClaimed: Atlantis, 36,000 years ago
Thoth, a priest-king of Atlantis, flees its sinking, builds the Great Pyramid, and writes thirteen emerald tablets. They describe the Halls of Amenti deep in the earth, the Children of Light, and 'Dwellers' from other spaces.

Summary by the editors. Translation: Summary (the text may still be under copyright)

What scholars say

Written by Maurice Doreal, founder of a Denver-area occult group. No ancient manuscript exists; the language copies the King James Bible and Theosophy.

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People and places hereGiza and the Great Pyramid

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Where is Doreal, 'The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean' found?

Doreal, 'The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean' (Egypt and Hermes). Translation quoted: Summary (the text may still be under copyright).

When was Doreal, 'The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean' written?

1930s (published c. 1939).

What do scholars say about Doreal, 'The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean'?

Written by Maurice Doreal, founder of a Denver-area occult group. No ancient manuscript exists; the language copies the King James Bible and Theosophy.

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PlaceAtlantisPlato's island empire beyond the Pillars of Heracles, ruled by Poseidon's descendants, swallowed by the sea in a single day and night.PersonDoreal and the "Emerald Tablets of Thoth"A 1930s occult teacher who claimed to have found and translated emerald tablets written by Thoth, a priest-king from Atlantis.GodThothEgypt's ibis-headed god of writing, the moon and secret knowledge, later fused with Hermes into a legendary sage.

Sources

  1. Plato, Timaeus 20d–25d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1871)Primary text
  2. M. Doreal, The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean (Brotherhood of the White Temple, 1930s)Primary text
  3. Plato, Phaedrus 274c–275b, trans. Benjamin JowettPrimary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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