THE SCARLET EDDA
Oath To The Nineteen Gods (Or, A Lemurian Oath) EDITED by ALLEN MACKEY
Note !"y the Nineteen Gods#! Ma$e no mista$e, des%ite the e&treme bre'ity o this sared oath, *reat im%ortane +as attahed to it The one-%otent sentene +as used by the %eo%.e o Lemuria, re*ard.ess o station or .ass or .inea*e, to a.. u%on their *ods Lin Carter, +ho o+ned t+o rare douments trans.ated into En*.ish by Dr /a.ter Good+in in the ear.y 0123s, a.so made use o the same +ords on mu.ti%.e oasions in his ear.y ta.es o Thon*or o Lemuria (4ome ha'e ha'e .aim .aimed ed that that Cart Carter er5s 5s Le Lemu muri rian an it itio ion n +as +as base based d more more on or*otten ats than antasy) It seems that Carter +as 6uite ta$en Scarlet +ith--and ins%ired by--a ertain Lemurian o..etion, The Scarlet Edda /ithout re'ea.in* his e&at soures, Carter %rouse.y 6uoted rom Good+in5s editions o the anient reords many times in his ear.y ear.y itio ition n 7The 7The seond seond 'o.ume 'o.ume %rodu %rodued ed by Dr Dr Good+i Good+in, n, The Lemurian Chronicles Chronicles , +as a.so hi*h.y re*arded by Carter or a time8 Oath To The Nineteen Gods (or, A Lemurian Oath) "a$ in those ear.y days o the Earth, +hih da+ned soon ater the A*e o 9e%ti.es, the .aoni %eo%.e o Lemuria *reat.y re'ered the Nineteen Gods o Men :or years the most ommon e&.amatory oath +as sim%.y, !"y the Nineteen Gods#! No other oath ou.d so eeti'e.y in'o$e the %o+er and assistane o the Gods o Man, +ho in those days +ere not a.oo and unseen, but too$ ati'e ro.es in the nurturin* and de'e.o%ment o their morta. %ro*eny And the Gods areu..y +athed o'er the Chi.dren o Men, and otimes %ersona..y res%onded to the sinere utterane o their entreaties and %.eas, and ans+ered %rayers !"y the Nineteen Gods#! 4uh +as the +ay o the
Lemurians ; Commentary As stated +ithin the te&t--the .itur*ia. e&am%.e abo'e, hai.in* rom the ar-distant %ast--most.y or*otten sa'e or a e+ remnants o $no+.ed*e +hih are a'ai.ab.e to sho.ars--+as the most ommon sayin* or *enerations o humans on Lemuria Dr Good+in trans.ated the anient Lemurian sayin* or the modern day (the %reda+n o the A*e o A6uarius, ira ear.y 23 th entury Common Era), mere.y by usin* a desri%ti'e (yet *eneri) tit.e, !A Lemurian Oath! "ut to the un$no+n sa*e +ho had %enned, in im%erishab.e in$s, his (or her) serets u%on do
; An annotation by Dr Good+in, immediate.y be.o+ the te&t, stated !The use o this oath in Lemurian u.ture +as both or so.emn %romises to their *ods, and as an e&%.eti'e= and doubt.ess in a.. areas in bet+een, simi.ar to ho+ +e o the %resent use .an*ua*e to e&%ress our emotions!