CHAPTER 7

THE SHADOW OF BLACK LIGHT

As knowledge increased former beliefs were discarded (such as the theory of a father's faults being passed on to his progeny). The recognition that each individual was solely responsible for his or her own cosmic destiny, progress depending on personal effort, became firmly established.

This led to great stress being placed on the controlled thinking of the
prospective mother, it having been positively proven that prenatal
influence played a major role in human progress. Women attained far
greater respect in the communities of Khe than ever before. Formal
feminine education ended in the tenth year, at which time the girls were
returned to their homes to learn the arts of womanhood, and oh! what a
crowning achievement this can be.

Women were taught to cook and sew; to relax, to play, to rejoice, to
serve, and above all to pray and meditate on all aspects of Spirit Supreme.

Mere men meanwhile concentrated on carrying out experiments in magnetic
vibrational powers and the like. New fields for exploration were
regularly unfolding, but always a selected few were trained from
earliest childhood in the art of transition and astral travel. The
impracticability of general training for all became evident as the
spiritually dominated lost all desire for practical progress, and
harmony of development along many paths of endeavour was obviously
desirable.

Furthermore, the presence of a separate spiritual mind -- quite apart
from the physical brain in each person was not yet positively
established. Science had a little further to go in this respect.

The policy of three "minds" was accepted as the fundamental base for
further study. Up until now it was known that a single human being was
governed by a mechanical brain that had no form of expression except
through the conscious mind and the physical aura.

This memory centre had the ability to be aware of its own actions and
to express emotion in colour, while the conscious expressed thought in
both action and conscious emotion.

It was also definite that the emotional colour scintillating in the
physical aura reflected permanently on the second aura, gradually
darkening its original hue.

Emotion, not thought, was known to be the trigger for the various
chemical reactions within the body, as each of the chemical glands react
to different vibrations per second. It followed therefore, that varied
emotions cause vibration at different speeds, rarely blossoming into
full intensity in an instant -- but increasing in speed along the way.
This led directly into the field of biochemistry, its relationship to
energy, and to the final conviction that chemicals are natural energy
triggers, natures' watchdogs, alerted to prevent confusion, and as far
as possible, give self-control to matter. Drugs become extremely
dangerous when viewed from this aspect, as each foreign chemical
formula introduced into the system interferes with the specific
function of one of natures' watchdogs.

Whenever matter is transformed from one form to another there is first
a chemical reaction to neutralize the existing chemical, then, as the
new substance develops, an additive is required to restabilize.
Usually the neutralizing effect comes about through heat (motion) or
pressure (motion), (both of which deny the existence of water) as tiny
particles rush about to reform, marry, divide, etc., to control the
newly introduced substance.

From this it was learned that chemicals have no vibrational power or
phellons of their own, but adopt those of the substances which they
control, thereby maintaining control by releasing, as a trigger, larger
quantities of phellons into the substance, or extracting sufficient
quantities to slow the vibrational action of the substance.

In one instance the trigger might cause the substance to vibrate itself
into a new form, while in the other to slow its growth to non-existence.

It is because natural chemicals have no personal phellons that they
have no energy or vibrational powers of their own, thus can be
considered an essence of nature with no personal existence and are
disseminable.

The chemist holds the balance of nature in his hands, a tremendous
responsibility to create or destroy. the chemist might realise too, that
his is not the only field of endeavour or responsibilty, as chemistry
is easily and quickly destroyed out of existence.

But I wander from the substance of my narrative. We were discussing the
progress of my people (prior to my birth) which was taught in Suerne
prior to the trip Zadius and I made to Atlantis. To this point I have
related sections of pertinent documents which were required study, and
showed how former Khe'ans had overcome superstition and fictional
beliefs in learning to distinguish between fact and fancy.

Following the completion of the Abwa experiment yet another series of
instruments was devised, capable of measuring emotional diffusion and
comparing the results with aural reactions. This gave a complete
cross-reference of emotional reaction and enabled experts to subject any
person to tests which accurately predicted their reaction to any set of
circumstances.

Faith follows no set path of emotional reaction, but influences all
emotion at will. It is capable of enhancing emotion to a height of
ecstasy, the last step in the ladder leading to true love.

In the field of magnetic vibrations, other energy computers, able to
gage and reproduce higher vibrational scales up to 414 x 10/13
(opposites) were developed, producing patterns which led researchers
into the range of "Black Light" -- and in turn to great forward strides
in many scientific fields.

Experiment followed experiment in this vast new area as many fine minds
ventured beyond the now-open door. Early convictions, strengthened by
complimentary documentation, indicated diabolical destiny for mankind if
any probed too deeply into "Black Light" -- for here begins the realm of
natures' opposites, antagonistic to all natural life.

The groups dealing solely with brain and mind research, when
investigating the scale of "Black Light", found that its influence could
cause pregnant women to give birth to badly deformed and retarded
children. Throw backs to very early man were not uncommon indicating
that perhaps humanity had not yet established a staple pattern of
reproduction, and adding authenticity or otherwise to theories regarding
the form of early man.

Chemists discovered that certain combinations in their phials could
upset the balance of the vibrational systems of pregnant women so that
their emotions could become dimmed to non-existence, or greatly
heightened; producing in every instance monstrous infants, children only
partly formed, horribly malformed, disease ridden or imbecilic. They
were able to predict the type of malformity by the maternal emotion
chart. Suernian files carried many pictures of such pitiful bodies --
which led to the permanent banning of all experiments in the field of
"Black Light". And for many years this veto was respected.

Mention must be made, that one result of the efforts of the original
defiant twelve Metaphysicians, was the introduction of a certain
elasticity into Khe Law, in that any law could be modified as new
discoveries indicated the need for addition or subtraction.
The early pioneers had proven that certain tests conducted "outside the
law" might have value, and it had since been possible to apply to the
High Council for permission to experiment. This permit could be
rescinded in whole or in part at any time. The aim was to ensure that
learning would not be retarded. But any such investigations were done
under conditions of absolute secrecy and the results went unpublished.

Prior to this modification of the Law, all scientists were entitled to
full information and accurate records on any findings.
The Law read that it was the right of every citizen to be given full
knowledge on any subject desired, and teachers held nothing back.

Unfortunately, this revision of the Law, combined with the now
acceptable system of substitute teachers in the halls of learning,
became the groundwork for the rise of class distinction among my people.
The insidious tentacles of inequality, the ego-delight -- of "I have
secret knowledge" later spread to each trade. Professionals began to
retain their own secrets and took pride in cloistered cliquery -- but
this trend came much later.

Although investigations into Black Light were halted in Khe, such was
not the case in Atlantis where science had progressed along somewhat
different lines. While Suernians were unquestionably ahead in the study
of Man, the Atlanteans had placed greater emphasis on the development
of material, practical inventions and technical advancements such as the
monorail and similar engineering marvels which were enough to make any
Khe'an gasp in awe. Gadgets, similar to the electrical appliances in
Twentieth century homes abounded. Atlantean architects were incredibly
advanced; horticultural and artistic plans were superior to those of
Suerne where simplicity of living was the keynote.

For many years the governments of Khe and Atlantis had maintained
more than a passing acquaintance, mainly fostered by exchange
students, the great majority of whom were young Suernians who went to
Atlantis for more advanced technological studies.

Tribes from all over the known world sent students to Atlantis, and
these returned home to tell of the marvels of Atlantean culture.

Small tribes usually sent one or two representatives each year or two
for a definite period of time, with instructions from their elders to
learn as much as possible about as many subjects as possible in the
allotted time. On returning to their own lands these students became
teachers, but were allowed to teach only those things which the
elders considered best fitted the requirements of their people and
their way of life.

These students had a very good time in Atlantis, mainly concentrating
on those subjects which they felt would be most acceptable to the
elders. Thus lesser cultures based on the most spectacular aspects of
Atlantean culture mushroomed in the surrounding countries. This happened
particularly to the west, where a few brilliant young Aztecs started a
culture that endured for many centuries, showing itself as a very
strange mixture of both Atlantean and Khe culture, with a strong
emphasis on the later though the architectural style was strictly
Atlantean.

Being much larger than many of the Atlantean neighbouring states, Khe
regularly sent selected young men trained for a specific profession from
infancy, and well steeped in Khe tradition before being subjected to
higher education. These students had a full working knowledge of Khe's
development as outlined heretofore, plus some theoretic understanding of
the latest discoveries in their own selected field of endeavour.

There was never any lack of co-operation between the two countries. Two
thousands years before my time, Khe was recognised by Atlanteans as
being far superior in mental and ethereal practises, to the extent
where Suernian teachers were invited to the Atlantean capital to
instruct groups of high officials in these arts.

However, Atlanteans had not been idle in brain research. Indeed many
of the operational techniques and instruments mentioned beforehand were
first introduced in Khe by former Atlantean scholars. The major
diversion of development lay in the fact that where prayer and
meditation had directed Khe to an instinctive knowledge of Truth, the
Atlanteans following a more rigid path of medical science, which gave
more factual evidence, lacked true insight of the very depth of
spiritual science.

Joy through adoration was a mystery in Atlantis. Achievement without
joy and adoration seemed purposeless in Khe.

This was the main reason why Atlantis never gave up the reincarnation
theory, after all it seemed a simple answer to much that could not be
explained.