CHAPTER 2

CAUSE & EFFECT

For brevities' sake I will pass over much of what had been taught in Suerne prior to our entry into the Academy of Atlantis, touching only on the historical background of our culture.

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.