Akhenaten: Pharaoh Of Egypt:
(Did he die for believing in only one God?)
Part 1:

To understand the times and the confusion that surrounds Pharaoh Akhenaten: Pharaoh of Egypt during 1354 B.C., we must first understand and accept that most of today's history is either a complete fabrication of truth, or, at best, a perversion of truth; in any case, because of the custom of the times, a custom of showing the human form in a classical format lest a human king not look like a living God, history gives little acceptable data.

To begin, we shall present a partial history of our people, The Essenes of The Monastery of Arkashea and their influence upon the peoples of Earth.

The history of The Essenes of the Monastery of Arkashea traces itself back more than 5000 years before the accepted birth of the Christ-child, to a now sunken land mass known as Lemuria to some and Mu to others. The brotherhood of Arkashea had its true beginnings in a long since forgotten providence of Lemuria [called The Land of The Twin Rivers] in a temple that was said to be built while the crust of the Earth was still warm and steaming from the creation of Planet Earth, itself.

As is the way with all great truths, the belief system of Lemuria slowly spread across the land mass which we now call Pangea. Pangea is the scientific identification for the time when there was only one land mass upon Planet Earth. It was a time when the earth was not spinning on its present-day axis. It was a time when Planet Earth knew not the four seasons of the year.

As The Brotherhood of Arkashea spread across the massive landmass of Lemuria, a new heavenly visitor became known which caused a vast change in the earthly patterns-- Pangea began to break apart as the earth began to slowly slip upon its magma [its internal core which was a mass of liquid rock and iron]. Finally, after a time of quakes and other natural disasters, most of Lemuria sank beneath the sea. As the people migrated to places where the ground did not move beneath their feet, the spiritual teachings of the Brotherhood of Arkashea found its way to one of the holy places of the ancient land which would one day become Atlantis [specifically, The Great Temple of Light of Heliopolis], then when that land also began to quake, the people again migrated to where the ground did not shake--the spiritual teachings found their way to the land that would one day become Egypt.

Modern historians claim that Egypt is about 7000 years old. In fact, it is much, much older than that. The land we now call Egypt was, in fact, inhabited during the time of Atlantis and Lemuria, which were the oldest human civilizations on the planet. The land we know as Egypt was the low lands of Atlantis. The same cataclysm which sunk Atlantis also raised the elevation of Egypt and thereby saved it from destruction.

The parent civilization of Egypt, Atlantis (which was a colony of Lemuria), was highly developed. There was much wisdom, both scientific and spiritual. The pyramids themselves, one of the greatest mysteries of our modern world, were built during this time, when Lemuria and Atlantis were at their strongest. When Lemuria sank, Egypt suffered greatly from the loss of spiritual guidance. When Atlantis sunk, almost all of the great spiritual wisdom was lost. All that remained were bits and fragments. Spiritually, the Egyptian civilization was set back thousands of years.

For our purposes, it is not important to go deeply into the history of that ancient civilization. What is important to understand is that the inhabitants of that civilization possessed most, if not all, of the great spiritual wisdom of what we now call The New Covenant. Unfortunately, wisdom can be put to both good and evil uses. The inhabitants of Lemuria destroyed themselves, along with much of the planet Earth, with the forces that they unleashed upon each other. The best description of the process which led to this cataclysm would be a psychic war.

The fragments of this great Spiritual wisdom that remained were not shared by all; very few had this wisdom. Those who had it shared it with even fewer. Lemuria's and Atlantis' great spiritual wisdom very quickly became a myth, the myth of a Goddess [Isis] who came from The Sea of Uncreated Futures to create and rule the known Universe. While no one really believed in it, it was the State Religion for a very long time.

By Akhenaten's time, the only ones who did have small pieces of this wisdom were the various temples of Egypt, and the Royal Family. What was important to the modern world of thought is that Egypt was what we today would call a "sacred society." Every aspect of life centered around religion.

In the Egypt of 1354 B.C., there were three classes of people.

1. First there was Pharaoh, the Royal Court, and all those whose lives centered around serving Pharaoh. Pharaoh himself was considered to be The Living God. He was considered to be the link between the mortals of Egypt and the Divine Forces which controlled their lives. As such, he was both a human and a God; thus, the living God.

As the new colony grew, a king attacked and captured the kingdom which existed on the other side of the Nile River; thus uniting the land into one kingdom. It then became known as The Double Lands of Egypt because its king wore upon his head a double crown.

As the ages passed, many kings sat upon the throne of Egypt. All were quite comfortable following the old ways. One day, a priest from another temple ascended to the Throne of Egypt--a new religion was introduced to the people--the God called Amen Re. The new King, a long time follower of Amen Re, was quick to forget the old religion of Isis wherein came the teachings of Lemuria, the teachings of The Brotherhood of Arkashea. The old religion was forgotten when the Priests of Amen Re declared that Amen Re was husband to Isis and their son--Horus--ruled the known Universe. This, at last, was the connection to officialdom. Amen Re became the new State Religion.

However, as the succession of kings changed, it was inevitable that a time would come when the belief of a new king and the official State Religion would conflict. This king was known as Akhenaten: Pharaoh of Egypt, who is today called the heretic Pharaoh. The new religion of Egypt's Amen Re branded Akhenaten a heretic because he tried to, again, change the official religion from the God Amen Re back to the old religion of Isis, the teachings of ancient Lemuria, the teachings of Atlantis, and, the teachings of The Brotherhood of Arkashea.

As we said earlier, in order to understand Akhenaten's life, it is necessary to understand the nature of the society he lived in. Further, in order to understand that society--Akhenaten's Egypt--it is necessary to understand certain elements of prior Egyptian history.

While this concept of The Living God is seen by today's world as a laughable, if not an outright infantile, custom--possible only in a primitive, superstitious society, the little truth which history teaches is that the Egyptians were not primitive. They were the most advanced society of their time; but, no other society of that time regarded their ruler as their Living God.

Why then should the Egyptians claim their ruler as the Living God? The answer again lies in the antiquity of Egypt's origins, back to events that influence man even today, although he is almost always unaware of it. For now, let us just say that at one time, there sat upon the throne of Egypt an entity that was well deserving of the title Living God from humanity's point of view.

Even during Akhenaten's time, because of tradition, because of the special wisdom he possessed that others did not, and because of power, Pharaoh was still considered by the people to be The Living God. Thus, Pharaoh's word was law. Only the priesthood, which had grown tremendously in power and influence down through the ages, prevented Pharaoh from wielding absolute and total power. Nonetheless, his power was near unlimited.

As said earlier, Pharaoh possessed wisdom that neither the priests of the day and the common people did not. For example, because of their knowledge of astronomy, Pharaoh and his court could foretell the coming of the seasons. Thus, they knew to a high level of accuracy when natural events, such as the annual flooding of the Nile, would occur.

Each year, sufficient grain was stored to last through the flood. Also, the people were told when to move to higher ground, and when it was safe to resume their farming in the Nile valley.

Understand that in the day to day life of the Egyptians, these natural events such as floods, droughts, and proper planting times were of the utmost importance. One bad year agriculturally, and thousands of people might die.

To the commoners, it was beyond their conception how Pharaoh could predict these events with such unerring accuracy if he were not given the information by the Gods. Remember, they had no calendars. For them, June seemed much the same as July or August, in terms of weather. Thus, they had no way of pinpointing any event with real accuracy. If their Pharaoh were not there to commune with the Gods, they would plant at the wrong times, and lose their crops! Worse yet, the floods would come unexpectedly and they might lose all their belongings, not to mention their lives.

With this example we can see why the commoners of Egypt still maintained that Pharaoh was the Living God. It is just one example among many of why Pharaoh was looked upon with awe. Still, it is true that Egypt had not had a ruler truly worthy of the title Living God for eons, if it can be said that any life form is truly worthy of that title. The point is that in the beginning, Pharaoh was a beneficial and wise ruler whose purpose was to make life better for his people.

By Akhenaten's time, Pharaohs had become men of power and wealth, self serving and bereft of almost all wisdom or true compassion for the fate of mankind. In many respects, ancient Egypt could be compared to the more modern period in history that we call the Dark Ages. During the dark ages, many people lived under terrible conditions, no better than animals. Most were completely illiterate. They were unconcerned with anything but fulfilling their basic needs such as food, shelter, and sex. The conditions of the time resulted in men being of a very warlike and barbaric nature.

Still, during this time, the new religion of Egypt existed in the worship of the God of all Gods, Amen Re. Within the walls of the new God's church, men had better lives. They read and wrote. They studied mathematics and other sciences. While they may have still been very base in their nature, the knowledge they had and the better living conditions combined to make them far better off than the average man.

The gulf between the higher classes (Pharaoh's court and the temples) and the lower classes was enormous. While the gulf existed, both in terms of material comforts and in terms of opportunities for learning, it was the lack of learning opportunities which was by far more important; especially if we considered that many civilizations outside of Egypt were still almost complete barbarians.

Within Egypt, the upper classes had wisdom and abilities that were completely incomprehensible to the common people. These wisdoms included scientific and spiritual subjects. The feelings of awe that Pharaoh commanded could almost be likened to the feelings a man of the 16th or 17th century would experience if he were transported in time to the present day.

The Priests of Amen Re were so powerful,
they became the second power in Egypt, after Pharaoh.

2. The second segment of Egyptian society was the priesthood. This group's alleged function was to serve the people by teaching the proper behaviors each individual would need to adopt in order to bring the God's favor upon themselves and their family. The priesthood also had the job of appeasing the Gods, so they would look upon Egypt as a whole with favor. Because of the nature of Egyptian society, the priesthood exerted a great influence over the people.

While the people, in their ignorance, believed that the priesthood had real wisdom, wisdom which made it possible for them to protect the land from the wrath of the Gods, the real truth is that then, as now, religion was nothing more than mind control. The majority of the temples were concerned only with the acquiring and maintaining of power. Any dogma given to the people was not to the ends of enabling them to find greater happiness, but to the ends of having them remain loyal to the temple, both financially and behaviorally. The only thing that the priesthood wanted was to maintain the status quo--to maintain the current power structure.

Any wisdom that the priests might have had was zealously guarded. It was never shared with any but the highest initiates. This was because the priesthood wanted to maintain their power. Sharing their wisdom with all would make all equal--the priests would no longer be able to command the prestige of having something that others did not. The priests would no longer be able to manipulate the common people through the use of fear.

It is much the same as what we see today in the affairs of the modern organized religions. Whenever an individual questions any of the Church's doctrines, he is told that he must have faith... that is, he must accept unquestioningly. He who does not have faith is in danger of losing his immortal soul. The only unpardonable sin, in the eyes of today's Churches, is that of the unbeliever. He who denies that the messengers of today's Gods via their Churches knows all. . . he who denies that the Church's ways are the only way to salvation, is condemned as a heretic. . . is condemned to be an individual doomed to burn for an eternity in hell.

We feel it a very sad thing that Man's religions are the way they are. Almost without exception, they are very corrupt organizations, practically devoid of any real spiritual wisdom. While they claim to be a path for Man to seek his higher nature, their true purpose is usually to control the behavior of others, and to gain material wealth for the insiders.

The commoners, in the Egypt of 1354 B.C.,
regardless of their money,
were only third class citizens--They were expendable.

The idea of a hell, worse than the one we call life, was one of the great achievements of Earth's religions. This came about because without it, religious groups could not control the behavior of anyone. Life was so difficult back in ancient times that death was seen as a sweet release. Thus, when threatened with death, most people laughed. So, religion began threatening people with everlasting torture in a pit of fire--hell. Now, people took notice! So, religion in Ancient Egypt, as now, had very little truth. Still, it was a dominant force in society.

The third class of people was, of course, the commoners. In ancient Egypt, there were farmers, merchants, and craftsmen. They were all considered the personal possessions of Pharaoh. His was the right to give life or death. His was the right to create any law and to force its obeyance. Of course, Pharaoh was wise enough to realize that if he ever abused his power, the people would turn against him. Pharaoh knew that his power ultimately came from the people who accepted his rule.

In the Egypt of 1354 B.C., Pharaoh was, indeed, The Son Of God--A beacon of godly light.

However, the people believed in Pharaoh because of tradition, because of the Royal Court's hidden wisdom, and because of the influence of the priesthood. The priesthood preached the merits of the status quo, and warned of catastrophe should Pharaoh, his Royal Court, or the temples be disobeyed. No commoner dared disobey, even if he did not believe!

By Akhenaten's time, the people had been brainwashed for lifetimes with the idea that they could not exist were it not for the Divine Son, were it not for Pharaoh and his advisors, who kept counsel with the Gods and protected them from harm. Still, it is important to remember that it was not always this way. What we are looking at here is a Sodom and Gomorrah from a spiritual point of view. We are looking at an Egypt that had lost almost all of its spirituality.

At one time, as we said before, Pharaoh was truly a beneficial ruler... truly a servant to his subjects, as any ruler who has a shred of spirituality must be. And, at its height, Egypt had spiritual wisdom so high that most men of today do not even contemplate its existence. Thus, although Egypt had fallen mightily, it had not lost everything. It was still a great civilization, especially from an Earthly point of view. It was into this type of society, that Akhenaten was born.

For a long time, it had been the custom for there to be one state religion in Egypt. Although there were many, many Gods--a god of War, a God of the Nile, a God of Death, a God of Life, a God of Fertility, a God of the Sun, a God of the sky, etc.-- one was usually predominant in any given time period, depending upon the present King's preference. This predominance was, in the beginning, due to the fact that Pharaoh favored the temple from which he came over all the others. . . where Pharaoh was, so, too, went those who desired favors from Pharaoh. . . what they truly believed went for nothing in the face of politics.

During the time of Thutmosis III (We disagree with recorded history; in that we believe Thutmosis III is Akhenaten's father), the state religion was that of Amen Re. Amen Re was a Sun God, meaning that it was concerned with creation (the sun was seen as the source of all creation). Still, the priests of the God Amen Re did not concern themselves with the everyday aspects of creation such as growth, reproduction, and the natural laws of science. They were more concerned with the esoteric, the mysterious, the hidden side of creation. Only those who were high in the inner circles of the temple were initiated into this wisdom. The public at large received only political propaganda.

The Pharaoh Thutmosis III hated the priests of Amen Re. This was because they had tried to aid his mother Hatheshupat in keeping Thutmosis from ascending the throne. She was easier for the priests to control! In the end, Thutmosis had to gather a great army to war upon Hatheshupat to gain his rightful place upon the Throne. In his war, his men killed many people in order to gain what was rightfully his. This made him a very brutal and callous Pharaoh. Also, he never forgot that the priests of Amen Re had been against him.

If it had been possible, Thutmosis would have stripped the priesthood of Amen Re of their power. It was not possible. It was not possible for many reasons; one reason is that Amen Re had been the state religion for too many years. In fact, it had been the predominant religion throughout the lifetime of the last four to five Pharaohs--longer than any religion before it. Another reason is that the dogma of Amen Re was widely accepted among the commoners. Also, Amen Re had political and monetary influence even among the Royal Court. So, during Thutmosis' reign, there was the constant undercurrent of a power struggle between the priesthood and Pharaoh.

Another long standing custom was that the heir to the throne, in this case we believe that to be the personage which history calls Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), was to be sent to the temple of the state religion to be educated; there, he would be initiated into all the wisdom that the priesthood possessed. And, of course, from the priesthood's point of view, they would gain an influence over the future Pharaoh.

However, Thutmosis broke with this tradition. He sent his heir [which we believe to be Akhenaten] to the relatively obscure temple of Heliopolis, for his training. Also, Thutmosis sent his other children (illegitimate offspring, and therefore having no claim to the throne) to temples other than Amen Re for their training.

The teachings of Heliopolis was also that of a Sun God--that is, concerned with aspects of Creation. However, it was the opposite of Amen Re. It was concerned with mathematics, the laws of science, and the everyday experiences of Creation that everyone was familiar with, such as the cycles of the seasons, and the cycles of life and death.

The temple of Heliopolis had never gained a large following. It had never achieved the political power of the temple of Amen Re. Thus, the priests were more pure. They were not so much caught up in power struggles, and political games as were the Amen Reites. While these priests had lost most of the wisdom of their Atlantian counterparts, they did retain some of it. Akhenaten was taught all of this wisdom. This training aided Akhenaten's development, and was one of the factors leading to his readiness to be contacted by The GreatForce, as we shall see later on.

Akhenaten was introduced to the then ancient wisdom of
Lemuria's Temple Of Light at an early age.

Meanwhile, as Akhenaten grew to manhood, the power struggle raged between Thutmosis III and the Amen Reites. In the minds of the priests of Amen Re, Thutmosis III had declared out and out war by snubbing them and sending his true heir to another temple. No longer was the power struggle a private game between Thutmosis III and the Amen Reites. It was out in the open, and all knew it.

Understand that sending Akhenaten to the temple of Heliopolis was more than just an affront to Amen Re. It was a forthright attempt to wrest control of the people from out under the thumb of Amen Re. After all, if the temple of Heliopolis was good enough for Pharaoh's son, maybe the commoners would begin to pay more attention to its priests. Also, if the usual pattern remained true, Akhenaten would bring many of the priests of Heliopolis to the Royal Court as advisors when he ascended the Throne, thus displacing the Amen Reites.

Still, the Amen Reites could not attack Pharaoh directly. They didn't have that much power! All they could do was to try to influence any and all against him.

During this time, Egypt was a world power. In fact, Thutmosis III and his predecessors had greatly increased Egypt's influence by sending out armies which conquered many of the surrounding lands. The Amen Reites were in favor of this. They were accorded a share of all the booty of war--slaves, other material property, and political influence in the new territory.

One way the Amen Reites began to get back at Thutmosis III was to plant the seeds of doubt in the minds of key military figures. They told them that Akhenaten, upon his rise to power, would replace them with men of his own choosing. However, if they pledged allegiance to Amen Re, they would never be replaced. After all, the Amen Reites told them, Pharaohs come and go but our mighty temple, the temple of Amen Re, has stood for lifetimes.

The machinations of the priests of Amen Re were very effective. They knew exactly what they were doing, and they did it well. Thus, because of the lies and deceptions of the Amen Reites, combined with the corruptibility of these military personnel, it came to pass that, secretly, many did give their allegiance to Amen Re. Still, they did not succeed in wresting complete control of the army from Pharaoh.

This was the state of affairs as Akhenaten grew to manhood. Somewhere around this time, he began to be contacted by The Great Force--that which created all things. He began to have visions.

This contact was made possible by at least two factors. The first factor was Akhenaten's training at the temple of Heliopolis. This training had opened his mind to many things. It had made him realize that there are forces which control the Universe and everything in it. It made him realize that it was, indeed, possible to learn more about these forces, and how to make contact with them. He learned Projection and Astration.

The second, and by far the more important of the two factors, was Akhenaten's nature, itself. Akhenaten was a man of peace. In his heart he knew that love, and the Brotherhood of Man was the greatest thing one could strive toward. How he knew these things is unknown, and to us, unimportant. The fact is, he knew. Akhenaten was a man out of time. That is, he was unlike any man of his era. The majority of the TwinSpecies:Human at that time, if they were not complete barbarians (many were), were still very cruel, very self-centered, very aggressive, and, very warlike. In terms of the level of consciousness, from a spiritual viewpoint, one could almost think of it as if Akhenaten were a man, but the rest of the individuals were still Apes.

These two factors allowed Akhenaten to be contacted by The Great Force. It was the purpose of the GreatForce that the wisdom which had been lost to Earth with the fall of Lemuria and Atlantis be regained. Thus, Akhenaten was given many, many visions within which he gained much wisdom. And, thus, the New Covenant again was given unto the conscious mind of man. However unappreciated, it was a great event for the people of Earth.

Akhenaten was taught that there was only one God, only One Force which was responsible for all of Creation, although this one force had many aspects. Every other religion, including Amen Re, believed that there were many separate forces or Gods.

Akhenaten was taught the nature of the Creative forces themselves. He was shown how the laws of Cause and effect gave rise to the law of continuums of creation, and repeated patterns. He was shown how the continuums of creation interwove with each other to create what we call the fabric of creation.

The content of these visions, what the modern world calls The New Covenant was recorded. Akhenaten's love of the Universe blossomed as did his understanding. His desire was to create a new way of life. He wanted to make a new beginning. Instead of each man caring for himself only, at the expense of all others, Akhenaten saw a vision which taught of a Brotherhood of Man, in which all cared for each other. All would work together for the greater purpose--the unfolding of the love of the Universe.

As CoRegent under his father, Thutmosis III, Akhenaten was the second most powerful man on Earth. Thus, he had the power to implement his dream. Think of it! To be able to conceive of a spiritual haven on Earth, and to have the ability to realize this dream in your own lifetime. To give the people of Earth a chance to live in peace, as brothers, instead of in hatred as enemies. This vision of the Brotherhood of Man became the driving force of Akhenaten's life.

The first thing Akhenaten did was to choose a symbol for this new way of life. The symbol became the Aten--the corona of the Sun. The sun's corona was chosen as the outer symbol for the GreatForce for several reasons. Firstly, the light cutting through all darkness was symbolic of wisdom dispelling spiritual ignorance. The blinding light of the sun is also symbolic of man's first flash of awareness, his first thought, his first awareness of being separate from the GreatForce.

Then, he realized that his visions were, in fact, re-teaching the TwinSpecies:Human what was then called The Old Religion of Isis. When Akhenaten had his first awareness that the brightness of the sun was in fact Man's awareness that he was separate from the Great Force, he understood his psychic communication to mean that because of the nature of the descent of man onto the physical, Man is really but a Brotherhood. And, that Man was not alone. And, because it was the beginning, Akhenaten understood it to be to Brotherhood of Arkashea (Arkashea = the beginning). Akhenaten also understood that the Brotherhood of Arkashea (Man) was destined to be aided by other world teachers that came to be known as The Brotherhood of The Chain. Pharoah understood that The Brotherhood of The Chain, itself, became seed for The Great White Brotherhood.

The sun's corona also represents other things on other levels; depending upon the Ankh's Magic Circle and The Broken Cross [to be spoken of elsewhere].

Modern historians grossly misinterpret Akhenaten and his significance. They believe that, since Akhenaten's new temple had the same outward symbol, the sun, that it was much the same as the old temples... In particular, Amen Re. They feel that the only real difference is that Akhenaten espoused monotheism, while the other religions were polytheistic. While it is true that Akhenaten was the world's first monotheist, the differences go far, far beyond that.

Understand that Akhenaten's purpose was not the creation of a new religion designed to exclude the commoners from its wisdom. He believed in The Brotherhood Of Man. Thus, one of the reasons he choose the sun as a symbol was because he intended to use it as a symbol of the creative forces. He did not want to alienate the common people. He wanted to use a concrete symbol to illustrate abstract principles, in order to have the people understand the new brotherhood.

It was not sun-worship, as modern historians think, but worship of the creative forces, themselves. Many of the older religions, such as Amen Re, were merely sun worship. At least, that was all that the commoners were taught.

Akhenaten hoped to use the outward symbol of the Sun to illustrate the principles of the new brotherhood. For example: As there is one sun, there is one God. As the sun shines equally for all men, regardless of their social position, regardless of their past misdeeds, regardless of anything, so, too, the new brotherhood was for all men, equally. As the sun is necessary for material life, so, too, is contact with the creative forces necessary to maintain life in a greater sense.

Many of Akhenaten's feelings are put into words in the beautiful poem Hymn To The Aten. Again, this poem is completely misunderstood by today's historians. It is, indeed, a pity that they judge everything according to their own standards--the standards of today--instead of trying to understand things within the context in which they were created.

It was during this time that the son and heir of Thutmosis III [we believe it to be the personage that history calls Amenhotep IV] dropped his old name in favor of the name Akhenaten, because Akhenaten meant glory to the Aten.

The next thing that Akhenaten did was to begin building the temple of the Aten. It had been for ages that anything important in Egypt was done in the city of Thebes. Thebes was the seat of power of both, Pharaoh and the state religion, Amen Re.

To everyone's surprise, Akhenaten choose to build his temple not in Thebes, but 300 miles to the north, in the place that is now known as Tel El Amarna. The temple would be at the very center of a new city, which would be called Akhetaten--resting place of the Aten.

One reason that Akhenaten chose to build his city at that specific point is that it is the exact geometric middle of Egypt. Akhenaten perceived an inconsistency. Pharaoh was always supposed to be at the center of Egypt in all things. He was the spiritual center, the social center, and the physical center. Thebes had always been claimed to be the center of Egypt since Pharaoh resided there, but Akhenaten knew that Thebes was not the actual navel center of Egypt.

To Akhenaten, living up to one's own perception of truth, or Maat, as it was called back then, was of the utmost importance. If Pharaoh was supposed to be the center of Egypt, then Pharaoh would be the center of Egypt! It was not simply vanity; Nor was it a power struggle over an insignificant point. If we again examine the history of ancient Egypt we shall begin to understand what was really transpiring.

Remember, Egypt was once a part of Atlantis. The people of Atlantis were highly evolved--higher than anything that Man has yet achieved. In fact, some things that were commonplace then are considered nothing but fairy tales today. Many men cannot even conceive of these things being possible, so close-minded are they.

Akhenaten was taught the history of Man's migration across the Galaxies
in its search for peace, in its search for the Divine Connection.

Without getting into the specifics of what these things were, which is not necessary at this time, let us simply say that some of the most important wisdom was concerned with interplanetary travel. When we use the term interplanetary travel, we are talking about travel through both time and space, up to and including interdimensional travel.

If you wanted to go from New York to California by car you would need a map. Likewise, in order for the Atlantian to travel through space and time, they also needed maps. Of course, their maps were unbelievably sophisticated by our standards.

The maps of the Atlantian had to map both time and space, to an extremely accurate degree. If we forget about the mapping of time right now, and just think about space, we begin to see what is necessary. Today, we use trigonometry, astronomy, geometry, Cartesian coordinate planes, and other mathematical and scientific tools to map space. The Atlantian knew of all these sciences. They were at least as competent in their use as we were, and if the truth be known, probably more so.

The pyramids of Egypt were built in the time of Lemuria, during the beginnings of Atlantis. They were built for many reasons. One of these reasons was to enshrine--to save for all time--the scientific knowledge of the Lemurians and the Atlantians.

The greatest of all the pyramids on Earth is called The Great Pyramid of Cheops by modern man. The Great Pyramid functioned as an astrological observatory, a landmark, a surveying benchmark, a map of the northern hemisphere of Earth, an obelisk, and a repository of much of the Lemurian and Atlantian wisdom. The pyramid also has many other more arcane uses which are not within the scope of this discussion.

Some of the knowledge enshrined within the pyramid includes: the circumference of the Earth, the distance of a degree of a latitude, the number of days in a year--accurate to the fourth decimal place, the number of years in a galactic cycle, the distance from the sun to the Earth, and many other important measurements.

As far as being a map, the pyramid is an exact scale model of the northern hemisphere of the Earth. Contained within the pyramid is the key to being able to construct two dimensional maps of three dimensional space without introducing distortion. Modern scientists will tell you that this is impossible.

Perhaps most important, in terms of space travel, is that the great pyramid contains the key to accounting for motion when traveling through space. Since all motion takes place within time, i.e., it takes time for motion to occur, we are really talking about mapping time as well as space.

In order to understand the importance of this, think about what you do when you want to hit a moving target with a projectile such as a rock. You must aim ahead of the object. If you aim directly at the target, by the time the rock reaches the destination, the object has passed. Our scientists had to account for this when they landed a rocket on the moon. The calculations had to be exact. If the launch did not take place at exactly the scheduled time, it was postponed while the scientists recalculated for the next try.

When traveling from one side of the galaxy to the other, one encounters multitudes of bodies, all in motion. One wrong calculation, and the intended landing place will be bypassed. Worse yet, with more severe miscalculation, the potential for destruction due to collision increases. It makes the problem of landing a ship on the moon from Earth seem laughable. Nonetheless, the key to this ability is within the great pyramid.

We have barely touched upon the subject of the Great Pyramid. The truths that are associated with the Pyramid really do read like a science-fiction novel. He was, indeed, wise who coined the phrase truth is often stranger than fiction.

With this new information, we can see that the culture of ancient Egypt is one that placed a high premium on measurements. Without accurate measurements, successful space travel is impossible. Without accurate measurements, seasons could not be foretold with accuracy. Without accurate measurements, the history of ancient Egypt would not be the same.

As we said before, the Egyptians were accomplished mathematicians. This was all weaved into the legacy of space travel bequeathed to the Egyptians by their predecessors. It is unknown if the Egyptians retained the ability of space travel. It is doubtful. Still, they had scraps of the ancient wisdom, much of which was concerned with space travel, mathematics, and measurements, both of time and space, both on Earth and in the skies.

Returning to Akhenaten's time, we can now see why Akhenaten's decision to build a new city was considered such a radical thing--why it was such a bone of contention between him and the Amen Reites.

In truth, if Pharaoh was the center of life in Egypt,
then Pharaoh should live at the true center of Egypt--
A new city must be built at the navel of Egypt.

As we said before, it was the custom in Egypt for Pharaoh to be considered the center of all things. By Akhenaten's time, the origins of this custom had long been forgotten, or ignored. Before it became merely empty words, the statement had the ring of truth. The halls of Pharaoh's residence were the seat of all study, all learning in the land. All scientific study, all spiritual study, were conducted with the approval and cooperation of Pharaoh. All the things that help Man reach his higher aspects were given the highest priority. Understand that this was the perceived ideal state of things. If it ever really existed, it must have been long, long, ago--before the modern age. Before Egypt was even called Egypt. Perhaps in the very beginnings of Atlantis.

Akhenaten perceived that this was not the way things were in his Egypt. In his time, Pharaoh was the center of things only in terms of power... in terms of politics.

Akhenaten was aware that the history of Egypt was strongly influenced by space travel, and thereby, the science of measurement. Not all the wisdom has been lost; remember, the house of Pharaoh still had their records which were accumulated over the years. They had calendars which gave them the ability to foretell the coming of seasons, eclipses and other natural events. Still, wisdom was not given the high priority it had once. Now, all that seemed to matter to both, Pharaoh and the religions, was power.

Akhenaten decided to build a new city. He wanted to start something new. He wanted to make a clean break with the corruption of the past. He wanted to bring back the ancient wisdom. He wanted to raise spiritual, artistic, and scientific pursuits to the high priority which they deserve in Man's life.

Akhenaten wanted his new city, and himself, future Pharaoh, to truly be the navel center of all things. he wanted the new city to occupy the physical navel center of Egypt, as well as the spiritual center.

To build the new city in the navel center of Egypt would require full use of all the scientific knowledge of the community. It would bring the wisdom from theoretical to practical use. It would, again, enshrine the wisdom in a physical structure. It would signal the return to preeminence of the old ways--that is, a return to the basic foundations of Egypt's greatness--its spiritual and scientific heritage. It would also symbolize one other thing--Akhenaten's refusal to accept Thebes, and thereby the house of Amen Re, as the center of Egypt, neither spiritually, socially, physically, or scientifically.

Akhenaten built his new city. At the borders he placed markers, (modern archaeologists call them border stellae) which proclaimed Akhetaten as the city sacred to the Aten, and that its borders would neither increase nor diminish. Modern archaeologists struggle to understand why a Pharaoh would create a city with no dreams of expanding it. Pharaoh did not want to change his city. He wanted it to be a reflection of the Universal Laws of Creation, which are eternally constant. They never grow, they never diminish, they never change. They are simply eternal. So, too, would Akhetaten be--the resting place of the Aten. Once Akhenaten built his city, he moved there. Upon his arrival, he proclaimed "Now, I am living in Maat." The modern historians have utterly no idea of the real meaning of this proclamation.

The focus of Life for Akhetaten was the raising of consciousness. Art, music, and lifestyle were all designed to pay homage to the Aten. The new "brotherhood" was at the center of all activities.

Meanwhile, back in Thebes, life did not stand still. Pharaoh Thutmosis III still reigned, although he was growing old. The Amen Reites still plotted against Thutmosis III. As Thutmosis III grew old and lost prominence, however, the attentions of the Amen Reites turned to Akhenaten.

For the Amen Reites, it had been bad enough that Akhenaten had been sent to another temple. Now, he had changed his name, declared that there was not many Gods, as the Amen Reites preached, but only one creative force, and built a new city to honor this one God.

Power struggles seemed to be a way of life for the Priests of
Amen Re--Religion is, to this day, seeking to rule the world.

If the power struggle that had existed between Thutmosis III and the Amen Reites was bad, then the power struggle which was developing between Akhenaten and the Amen Reites was an absolute nightmare.

The Amen Reites observed all that transpired concerning Akhenaten. They were not fools. Akhenaten did not have to send a formal proclamation stating I do not accept your ways as those that will best serve Egypt. I have my own ideas about how to rule, and they do not conform to yours. His actions said this as loud as could be, and the Amen Reites were listening. Akhenaten, in his turn, knew that the Amen Reites could only perceive his actions as an attack on their power base.

In truth, it was inevitable that Akhenaten would clash with the Amen Reites. It was not that he wanted to; rather, his whole life, his whole way of acting, was becoming an increasing threat to Amen Re.

In order to live his life in Maat, Akhenaten had to do what he thought was right--Akhenaten was determined to follow the first two rules of high spirituality. Firstly, he had to do his own thinking; secondly, he could not do anything he thought or felt was wrong. The actions he took made it clear to the Amen Reites that if Akhenaten reigned, they would either have to reevaluate their own position, or go to war against Akhenaten.

For example: if someone went swimming in the Nile and a crocodile happened to attack and bite their leg off, the Amen Reites would claim that the God of the river was angered over something. This was their way of instilling fear and obedience in the commoners. The priests' purpose was not to educate the commoners to the true ways of nature, but to keep them ignorant and subservient.

Akhenaten knew that this explanation was completely ridiculous. Further, he understood the priests' motivation in giving such an explanation. Akhenaten let the people know his explanation: Every creature is created by the GreatForce. It is thus that each creature has its own nature, and its own freewill. Under certain circumstances it is simply in the nature of the crocodile to use its own freewill to attack. It has nothing at all to do with any river god.

The priests of Amen Re could not deny Akhenaten's logic. All they could do was rant and rave about his being a heretic, and the doom of Egypt if it continued.

It was not Akhenaten's purpose to anger or embarrass the Amen Reites, although he succeeded in doing both. He was simply a lover of truth. When he heard something as outrageous as the crocodile story, it saddened him to see the people of Egypt lied to and kept down by myth and superstition; so, he spoke out.

With each confrontation, the power and influence of the Amen Reites over the people of Egypt lessened. The animosity of the Amen Reites toward Akhenaten grew.

Akhenaten's habit of revealing great truths to the common people
threatened the power of the Priests of Amen Re--He had to go!

Eventually, Akhenaten met with the Amen Reites. He wanted to make his peace with them. They, in turn, wanted to evaluate their options.

Here we must digress in order to bring about an understanding of what was really transpiring between Akhenaten and the Amen Reites.

Understand that, from our point of view, the Amen Reites were evil, while Akhenaten was good [a little bit of bias expressing itself there]. In this instance, we shall define evil as any force which seeks to keep man separate from his higher spiritual nature. Good, conversely, is any force which seeks to reunite man with his higher aspects.

Why do we say the Amen Reites were evil? The Amen Reites demonstrated their evil intent in at least two areas. The first was their use of religion as mind control. As stated before, the Amen Reites used religion as a means of controlling the people rather than as a means of helping people understand their true nature. This can be seen clearly in the alligator story.

The wise will be guided by the light of love that rules his heart; The King shall be ruled by the necessities of his politics; The teacher shall be ruled by the limits of his abilities and the limits of the ability of his students; The selfish shall be ruled by the whim of his emotions; The judges that are set over men shall be ruled by the necessities and limitations of the law they must protect; and, The Holy shall not be ruled at all.

What is perhaps more important is that the Amen Reites knew exactly what they were doing and continued to do it. This is what makes them truly evil, rather than just misguided.

In order to understand this subtle but important difference, let us follow an example. If someone says to you the world is flat, you may believe him. Acting upon his information would limit you, rather than free you.

In terms of the individual who gave you this information, there are at least two possibilities: he believes that what he is telling you is true, or he knows that it is not true and he tells you anyway. Either way, the information most often has an evil effect. It keeps man trapped in ignorance and superstition rather than freeing him to examine the myriad possibilities of the universe. But, the giver may be merely misguided or truly have an evil intent. If the giver is outright lying and knows it, then that person is serving evil and at some conscious level he will know that what he is doing is a disservice to his species. A person who is merely misguided is still serving evil, but not in the same way as the other--he may truly believe that he is serving his species.

It is our contention that the Amen Reites knew that they were oppressing the
commoners of Egypt--those very people whose spiritual well being was in their hands.

Remember, all the wisdom of Lemuria was not lost. The Amen Reites retained some of it. The Amen Reites had learned a certain amount of psychic abilities. As said before, they did not share this information with others, but zealously guarded it. So, the commoners got nothing. If that was not bad enough, the commoners got worse than nothing--they got lies, superstitions, and other propaganda designed solely to manipulate them into serving the Amen Reites' way of life. Thus, the "evil" of the Amen Reites was three-pronged: they used religion as a guise to brainwash and control people, they were aware of the falseness of the dogma which they gave the people, and they used their psychic abilities to aid them in their corrupt ways.

Akhenaten, on the other hand, was a man of peace. He strived to serve his species. He strived to serve the forces of light as opposed to the forces of darkness. Akhenaten wanted to share his newly found wisdom with all. He wanted to release man from the bonds of ignorance, empty ritual, and superstition.

From a higher point of view, what was really transpiring was an epic battle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. Both the forces of light and the forces of darkness had sent their servants to play out the drama. The fate of the near future of Earth hung in the balance.

And, so, the combatants met. The Amen Reites bore hatred for the young Pharaoh and his new ways. The young Pharaoh, in turn, bore peace and goodwill in his heart toward the Amen Reites. Thus it has always been when good meets evil.

One of the biggest disagreements between Akhenaten and the Amen Reites was Akhenaten's contention that there was only one God--one creative force. The Amen Reites believed that there were many forces. Each had to be studied separately. That was the only way to understand things. Thus, there was a shred of truth hidden within the Amen Reites' religious propaganda: they did not believe in a river-god, but they did believe in many gods.

"No", said Akhenaten, "there is only one creative force, one creator of all--the GreatForce. Of course, the GreatForce has myriad aspects to it--but they all emanate from one force. It is best not to think of each force as separate from each other, but to envision the Universe as a fabric, wherein each force interacts with all others. None are completely separate, and each has its origin in the one prime cause, or prime force."

Time and space are a good example of this disagreement. To the Amen Reites, time and space were two entirely different things. They bore no relation to each other, and they were always dealt with separately. This was important to the Amen Reites, because they were capable of a limited amount of astral travel through both, time and space. But, they had lost most of this ancient art, mostly because they did not understand the nature of the very medium with which they were working--time and space!

Akhenaten, however, because of his visions, knew that time and space were really the same force, or, rather, that they both obeyed greater laws--the first law of creation, which states: The creation of the one is, in and of itself, the implication of the creation of the other; the second law of creation, which states: That which exist shall exist Dual in its nature, Triune in its effects. Akhenaten understood that the limits which brought forth Triunity made holy the law of Triunity: Conductivity, Receptivity, and Frequency.

When Akhenaten told the Amen Reites that time and space could both be dealt with by understanding higher laws, it was beyond all belief for the Amen Reites. For them, everything they did was in cookbook fashion. They achieved everything that they did through the strict dealing of one aspect at a time. Now came Akhenaten telling them that they could achieve more by abandoning their ways for a new view of the Universe, wherein all phenomena of nature are intimately interconnected and conform to a single set of higher laws.

When Akhenaten continued to tell the Amen Reites that time and space were, after all, just an illusion that man had created for himself, it really curled the Amen Reites' hair, so to speak. It was just too much for them. They simply rejected it. They could not... or would not abandon their way of thinking [which had, after all, given them what mystical abilities they had] in order to partake of the wisdom that Akhenaten had brought to Earth.

The next bone of contention was the source of Akhenaten's wisdom. The Amen Reites did not believe that he had been contacted by the Universal Forces. Why should he have been contacted and not the High Priest of Amen Re? Thus, they denied that Akhenaten's wisdom was from a higher source.

What really happened was that it became necessary for the Amen Reites to deny that Akhenaten was contacted by higher forces in order for them to defend their chosen way of acting. If the Amen Reites had not denied the divine source of Akhenaten's wisdom, and denounced him as a charlatan, they would logically have had to listen to what he had to say. They already knew that they were unwilling to accept his ways, and, thus, they denounced him--both publicly and privately.