When Nature breaks out of her rhythm, man's world is often destroyed. So it had been during the Great Flood. But now the winds whispered of a return to reliable rhythms. The waters that had swallowed everything in the Great Flood stilled, waiting for the sign to withdraw from their exaggerated levels and return to tidal rhythms. Dark nights and grey days ached to find the rhythm that balances dark and light, rain and sunshine, cloud and blue sky. Then, as though heaven awoke to earth's plight, the sun broke out of the underworld and over the horizon, casting its brilliant rays into the monotony. Mingling with the lingering moisture, the sun illuminated a wondrous rainbow, bridging the grim yesterdays to hopeful, sunny tomorrows. In the light it could be seen that all had been changed. Lands that were once filled with activity and life were gone. But new lands now rose in their place.

It was time to begin anew. As the waters withdrew, they exposed little mounds of earth. Sunlight dried and warmed these silt-rich soils. And it was time to live again. The great white-plumed heron descended from the heavens, and finding land, alighted.

The human spirit once again moved across the little planet seeking to enter its now friendly realms, seeking to incarnate. It was time to repeople the earth. Time to plow and plant.

With the old world gone &endash; Atlantis, Lemuria, Og, Oz, Mu ... and so on &endash; the new world emerged: Egypt, India, Persia, China, Peru, Norsland, and more.

A heavenly mind of rare power and purpose scanned the planet looking for just the right opportunity. It saw that the human remnants from the once great lands of Og, now living in and around the drying Mt. Ararat (where Noah's ark is thought to have landed), were growing strong with a new spiritual ideal. It foresaw that these people would eventually enter Egypt and lead it on a great journey of enlightenment. This was the opportunity it was seeking. Since a prophet has little honor in his own tribe and land, this great mind searched for a way to come to these people from beyond their group and lands. East of Mt. Ararat, in the Persian lands, it found the tribe of Zu and a daughter whose body, heart and mind were perfect for the incarnation of this prophet. It drew near her; with love and idealism it persuaded her deeper self to yield, and overshadowing the cells of her body, it quickened her womb, impregnating her with the seed of his form-to-be. Much to her earthly self's surprise, and her father's, she found herself pregnant, though a virgin. Unfortunately, her kinsmen had little patience for her wondrous tales of inner conception, and drove her from the tribe in shame. Her father, confused by his ready-to-believe-anything love for her and yet his rigid hold to physical laws, stood motionless as she was driven off.

Alone, with a mixture of confusion and expectancy, she journeyed west &endash; not by some thought-out plan, but by some inner, intuitive urge &endash; westward, westward! Eventually she camped near the tribe of Ararat. Ararats had no love for the tribe of Zu, so she was not welcomed, simply tolerated. But when her child was born, and his beauty perceived, she was tolerated a little better. The child grew in stature and wisdom, revealing a "knowing" that quickly identified him as a prophet. In one of the child's presentations, he prophesied the entrance of this tribe into the rich lands of Egypt, conquering it and beginning an era of enlightenment that would not be rivaled in the history of mankind. King Ararat, moved deeply by this prophecy, began to hold the boy in high esteem, giving comfort and support to him and his mother &endash; whose life had finally taken a turn for the better.

The boy was of unusual coloring. His skin was lighter than his mother's, his hair was like the sun. Because of these features he was called Ra Ta, "Sun in Earth."

Ra Ta showed a remarkable ability to control wild animals, particularly the great cats. He would attract them to himself, and then direct their activities. At the age of twenty-one, he led King Ararat and his families down out of the mountains, across the plains and into the wealthy lands of Egypt. Some 900 souls composed this invasion force. Lions, under the control of young Ra Ta, led the way. The natives of Egypt were amazed by the sight of this sunlit boy and his lions, leading a large band of hardy, life-struggling mountain people into their land of ease and plenty. It was callouses versus manicures, skins versus silks, muscle versus tender flesh. In other words, it was no contest.

In a quickly held meeting of the native rulers, a young Egyptian scribe proposed that they welcome these newcomers rather than fight them. There was plenty in Egypt for all to live well together, and it appeared that the conquerors were capable of taking Egypt if forced to. It was agreed. The proposal was carried to the invaders. Some Ararats laughed at the idea, others were inspired by the spirit of cooperation and coexistence. Ra Ta was among the more cooperative minds, and so it was agreed. However, even though there would be co-rulership over the lands, the Ararats would choose who among the natives would be the co-ruler. The sting of this counter proposal never left the young scribe who had proposed coexistence, but he was resigned to fate. Little did he know that the conquerors would choose him to be the co-ruler. A decision that would raise him from the respectable status of a teaching scribe, to the exalted position of co-ruler and councilor on the governing body of all of Egypt, during its greatest period of enlightenment.

Why did Ra Ta and the Ararats want Egypt? It was not simply for the easier life that could be lived there. The great mind that scanned the earth for opportunity had determined that, on this particular planet, the center of the universal activities of nature, as well as spiritual forces, was in Egypt. The longitude and latitude lines that pass over the greatest mass of the Earth cross at Giza. It was also a location that would have the least amount of disturbance from the convulsive earthquakes that continued after the destruction of Lemuria and Atlantis, as well as the lingering effects of the Great Flood. Egypt was the place to continue not only the physical evolution, but the spiritual evolution, as well. The willingness of the Ararats and the native Egyptians to be led in the direction of spiritual development and enlightenment made these the right peoples and the best lands to begin the new era. Therefore, the prophet came to them.

However, many challenges to this great ideal would beset Ra Ta and these seeking peoples, challenges that would test them to the limits of their understanding and patience.

First was the challenge of coexistence. It would be a marriage of two very different peoples. After a period of dissension among many of the young native leaders of Egypt, peaceful arrangements for coexistence were finally reached. As an act of peace and cooperation, the name of the young native leader chosen to co-rule was changed to Aarat, in line with the house of Arart (of which the invading King Ararat was a descendant). The co-ruler position and title gave the young Egyptian scribe recognition among his fellow natives, while the new name gave him recognition among the young leaders in the tribe of Ararat.

Aging King Ararat began to withdraw from the daily rulership role, preferring to focus his time on organizational matters. He turned over much of the rulership to his son Araaraart (A mouthful for the modern tongue, but that was his name. The sleeping Cayce pronounced it, "Raaaa-art." For our purposes here, I'll refer to him from here on as, Art.) Art was 30 years old when his father turned over the kingship to him.

Ra Ta and Art were strongly inclined to a ruling council that would cooperate with them and had some sense of their goals of spiritual development and enlightenment. So they began to choose council members according to their ideals. Those with ideals that were in accord with the great plan were prime candidates. This caused much turmoil among the upper class Egyptians who had expected to be put on the governing council, regional councils and other posts simply because of their status, not their ideals. The native co-ruler, now called Aarat, was actually more attuned with the ideals and plans of Art and Ra Ta than with his own upper class. He was also enamored with one of the invading tribe's young ladies, which made him even more inclined to their ways of thinking. The young lady taught him much about the history and customs of the Ararat.

King Art gathered many about him to act as a governing council. The highest council was the Inner Council, which ruled the general circumstances of the people as a whole. This council included some priests from Ra Ta's team of spiritual teachers, trainers and initiates, some native leaders, some leaders from the tribe of Ararat, and, of course, the king himself. Later, when a remnant of Atlanteans landed on their shores unexpectedly, the Inner Council also included some of their leadership &endash; among them the great Axtel, known to most of us as the legendary Ajax.

Ajax and his Atlantean peoples added another complication to the mix of minds and wills involved in this emerging country. Atlanteans were very different from most people on the earth. The only similarity they had with the native Egyptians was plenty of experience with leisure living. But the Egyptians enjoyed their leisure living from the bounty of Nature's resources in their land, whereas the Atlanteans used the powers of the imaginative forces to bring about their leisure living, making thought-forms and "things" to do the labor necessary for leisure existence. The Egyptians enjoyed the gifts of Nature; the Atlanteans took hold of Nature and the Creative Forces and made life leisurely!

As far as the tribe of Ararat and the tribe of Ajax are concerned, their only point of mutual understanding was their common history and customs from the land of Og. However, their purposes for life and their concepts of other peoples were nearly opposite. Atlanteans, though humbled by the destruction of their great culture and continent, were a powerfully dominating people. Weakness or timidity in others was seen as a subordinating characteristic, and such peoples were enslaved or used by the Atlanteans. Nevertheless, the Atlanteans knew the forces of Nature and the Creative Forces intimately. They knew how to use them. Ra Ta and Art had to get these power people to catch their vision of a new era of enlightenment for all peoples, and then they could enjoy the power these strange ones brought to the Inner Council and the lands of Egypt.

Beyond the Inner Council was another that focused on the supervision of the many departments of government, like the U.S. president's cabinet today, for the governmental departments were much as they are today. According to the Cayce readings, there is nothing in the present that hasn't existed from the first; only the form or manner of its use has changed. However, the art of governing has been lost, and is only recently being rediscovered. According to the Cayce material, in ancient Egypt, order, systems, organization, resource management, evaluation of talent, training and enhancing talent, and so on, were common knowledge of the most illiterate of these people. It was an art that blended a higher level of consciousness with an understanding of the physical laws of Nature. As Nature organized and utilitized her forces and resources, so these people organized and utilized their forces and resources.

With the councils established, King Art began opening mines in Ophir, later known as Kadesh, now called Persia. He also opened mines in the land now known as Abysinnia, and those lands yet to be discovered in upper Egypt. From these and other mines, he gathered rich minerals of gold, silver, iron, lead, zinc, copper, tin; and precious stones &endash; onyx, beryl, sardis, diamond, amethyst, and opal. From the seas near what is now called Madagascar, he gathered pearls. As mining boomed, stonecutters began developing their skills and gathering the materials necessary to build the grand residences of the King's people and the temples of priests' followers.

All the females of the clan or tribe were housed for the evening in large buildings connected with the temples. The males were housed in large buildings connected with the King's palaces. The buildings were beautifully laid out in tiered layers. Each hall had three to four tiered floors. The private sleeping rooms were small, 7' x 9' with 8' to 10' ceilings. All items, such as blankets, rugs, linens, etc., were handmade. These tiered halls of private rooms connected to great chamber halls for group gatherings dealing with learning and recreation, such as dancing. There were special halls and chambers for conceiving, birthing and raising children. There were also special halls and chambers for initiations and sacred teachings. According to Cayce, the buildings were "designed and built to demonstrate the relationships of individuals to individuals, and the relationships of individuals to the Creative Forces (personal attunement), and of masses of individuals to the Creative Forces (group gatherings and attunement)."

Ra Ta's priests and temples and King Art's councils and palaces began the first cooperative separation of church and state. As Art had gathered about him those with whom he felt he could govern and reach the goals to which he aspired, so Ra Ta gathered about himself those whom he discerned were right for his goals. These were quite different from the King's requirements. Ra Ta sought those who would harken to his ideas about unseen worlds beyond this one, and areas within the body that represented the non-physical life, and the activities that occurred during the intermission between one incarnation and another, between one day's activity and the night's sleep-activity! He was teaching that this inner life was important and worth knowing. The natives held more strongly to the material outer life, and the enjoyment of same, rather than seeking some unseen inner life. The Egypt Ra Ta entered was a highly developed material civilization. He brought a new view, one difficult to comprehend from a strictly material perspective. Nevertheless, the people remembered how, as a young man, he had led the lions into Egypt, so they listened to him. He also uncovered archaeological evidence to support his intuitive teachings about their prehistory. This caused many to come to him and listen. Some of these even committed themselves to the rigors of his temples.

In the temples, exercises for increasing spiritual awareness and attunement to the Universal Forces were developed, taught and practiced. Stages of initiation and enlightenment were designed. Aspiring priests and priestesses proceeded to advance through these body-changing, mind-changing stages. The first stages were in the Temple of Sacrifice, where cleansings and purifications were the focus, mostly relating to perfecting the body. The second stages were in the Temple Beautiful, where attunement and enlightenment were the focus, mostly relating to the mind and spirit.

The altars were prepared according to inner guidance. They included sacrificial altars and beautification altars. They did not sacrifice animals, birds, beasts, reptiles, or humans on these altars, as some today may think. Upon these altars individuals put their faults and blotted them out with the fires of the unseen forces that were set in motion by attunement to the powers of the Spirit. When these cleansings were combined with the inner guidance to commit oneself to a specific career of service, one could then make great leaps forward in freedom from earthiness and limited consciousness. This was only done after the seekers had chosen to give themselves to these services. None was forced into the temples, and once in the temples, none was forced to progress through the various stages. Each had to choose or be moved from within themselves.

The Temple of Sacrifice was built for those who sought physical and mental cleansing. To compare this facility to something today, we'd have to combine one of our best hospitals with one of our best health spas. Restructuring and cleansing the body could employ several means, from surgeries to scented baths, from chemistry to massage, from painful change to nirvanic transformation.

The Temple of Beauty was built for those who sought to consecrate and dedicate themselves to attunement and service. To compare this facility to something today, we'd have to combine one of our highly idealistic universities with one of our most loving missionary-type religious organizations, and combine these with one of our prayer and meditation centers. This is not something we would easily do today. The Temple Beautiful was amazingly expanding for its paticipants. It combined body, mind and soul development with service to God, to humans and to the world. The program was not reclusive or elitist. Whether one was channeled to work in the sacred services of the altars or the daily labors of the grainery, both were equally seen as divinely manifesting their ultimate potential to magnify God in life.

In these ancient temples and times, the body was worshipped much more than it is today; it was worshipped as divine in itself. It was considered the temple of the living God. Beauty was divine. Symmetry, proportion and radiance were considered to be of divine inheritance. Beauty was next to godliness. Therefore, the Temple of Sacrifice, as a combination of hospital and spa, was a busy place for transformation toward godliness. As their bodies were more perfectly structured and purer in function, they would then enter the Temple Beautiful to concentrate and consecrate their bodies, their lives, their activities in attunement and service. According to the Cayce readings, the purpose for all of this was: "That there might be a closer relationship of individuals to the Creator, and a better relationship of individuals with one another."

Many of those who advanced in these temples became staff members of the temples, cleansing and guiding others. Some became artisans, politicians, business people, all with high ideals and standards. Some became directors and staff members of smaller temples throughout the many regions of Egypt. Some became ambassadors to temples in other countries. Ra Ta became high priest of the main temples in Egypt as well as a traveler to other countries, as teacher and colleague with other spiritual leaders. There was only one language on the earth at this time, so it was easy to communicate anywhere in the world.

Though much had been lost by the Great Flood, there was a regular exchange of ideas with other lands, such as Poseidia (remnant island of the great continent of Atlantis) and Og, the Pyrenees in what is today Spain, and Sicily, even with those countries we know today as Norway, China, India, Peru (a remnant of Lemuria), and America. Though these were not their names at that time, they were the locations where tribes gathered to repeople the earth.

Despite many gains, Ra Ta struggled with disappointment and discouragement. He was in a constant wrestling match with earthly ideals held by many of the people. Many were into the comforts of living only the material life well. Some of these were also into controlling people as subordinates and slaves for their own benefit, which did not fit with Ra Ta's ideal of one God and one family of the children of God, all equal siblings. Also in these early periods, many of the people were contaminated with animalistic influences, leaving them virtually unable to conceive of spiritual realms and realities, and requiring much hard work to cleanse them of these influences. Many changes were necessary if the spiritual ideals and understandings were to be realized.

The Cayce readings state that we are coming to a period of time that is exactly like this ancient period in Egypt &endash; a return in the cycle of things. According to Cayce and other sources, it will begin as it did then. First, there will be the cleansing of the earth, not by water this time but by fire, or something akin to fire. Some think this was the atomic/nuclear bomb war that was expected but hasn't manifested. Perhaps we are beyond that. Some believe it may be by solar radiation due to the breakdown in the ozone protection. Some say that the Van Allen belts will break down during a magnetic pole shift, allowing solar and space radiation to directly hit the surface of our planet. There are many ideas about this. As before, this cleansing will be followed by a struggle to set the new ideals higher than the old ones. We will be wrestling with the very same issues as Ra Ta and his band of seekers. This will be followed by a great era of wondrous beauty, enlightenment and creativity, as was seen in ancient Egypt's four to ten thousand years of glory. The length of Egypt's glory period depends on who's doing the counting, and the method of counting. Cayce dates this post-great-flood renaissance beginning as early as 11,016 B.C. in reading 341-9. His readings seem to be dating the coming new period of change as beginning as early as 1998 to as late as 2,001, and in full swing by 2038. However, it is unclear exactly what will be beginning. But it is clearly stated that it will follow the pattern of experiences, activities and opportunities that were set in ancient Egypt. These include a transition to a new body-type, which he calls "the fifth root race." It'll also include a new view of death, less fear of this transition than we have today, more conscious understanding of what actually happens to us during and after this thing called "death."

So, the priest or seer Ra Ta had a very busy life in ancient Egypt. Still, he devoted much time to keeping himself in communion with those Creative Forces that brought the knowledge and guidance to him. He also stayed informed of the spiritual progress made in other lands. From time to time, he would visit other lands to meet their leaders and review their practices, as well as share his views and practices.

As often happens among highly motivated people, cooperative efforts are rarely without some turmoil. During his absences, there arose a growing dissension among the people, both in the temples and the palaces. Some were beginning to claim that Ra Ta was leaving too much to his subordinates; expecially the native councilors found such fault with him. Others, who had allowed avarice to arise in their hearts and minds, began to covet the control of the wealth of this great land, especially the wealth of its temples. These contentious voices generated increasing questioning and doubts about Ra Ta and his beliefs and practices. Gradually, some began to misuse their offices and influences to gratify their personal interests and desires. The special knowledge that had been shared with many of the priests, such as how to use chemical, aromatic and vibrational stimuli to aid the body in cleansing itself of the powerful forces of earth-life, was being used by some to actually stimulate the bodies to baser urges. Some of these entrusted people began to brew drinks, and create incenses and rhythms that caused the fires of the body and mind to go against everything that had been perfected in the temple work, kindling physical fires rather than spiritual ones.

Ra Ta remained unaware of this growing dissension and subversion until, returning from one of his journeys, he accidentally walked in on one of these stimulation sessions. As he observed the activity and perceived the ingredients and intentions of stimulants, he realized that they were for the aggrandizing of the lusts of the body rather than the cleansing of animalistic influences that the sacrificial priests were supposed to be doing. For Ra Ta, the blatant arrogance and disobedience of the sacrificial priests were the most shocking elements of this discovery. There arose a mighty turmoil in the temples. People losing their positions. People claiming they had nothing to do with it, while others claimed they did. Those outside of the temples began to want Ra Ta to explain what he had been doing to let the situation get so bad. An official inquiry began. Greater and greater stress was laid upon the high priest and his supporters. And those who wanted him out began to look for ways to bring him down and out of power. Factions arose &endash; small groups of people working in common against the main temple group led by Ra Ta. Even in the king's councils, a group opposed to Ra Ta began to plan ways to undercut his influence. One plan proved effective.

Among the daughters of the temple priests was one who was the king's favorite. Her name was Isris. She was beautiful, creative and cheerful. Her music, dance and song were often performed before the king, the council and visitors from other lands. Those who wanted to dislodge Ra Ta and reduce his influence in the temples induced this beautiful daughter to gain the high priest's favor and show him her beauty and talent. Isris agreed, but not out of her own volition. These factious councilors were persecuting her clan, and she acted to release her people from this persecution in return for her support.

As she appeared before the high priest with all her magic, the schemers watched Ra Ta's eyes for the telltale signs of weakness. Instead, they found that Ra Ta was more filled with joy at the daughter's beauty and talent than with lust to possess her. Sexually joining with this daughter would have been a violation of the laws, both the physical law of the land and the spiritual law which Ra Ta himself had taught. But it wasn't the law that dissuaded Ra Ta from possessing her, he simply had no lust in him. Instead, he gloried in his success at helping to develop such a wonderful human being in the temples.

It appeared that the plan had failed. But there was one thing Ra Ta sought more than anything else: pure bodies through which souls could incarnate more divinely. In the Temple of Sacrifice, these pure bodies were achieved through a painstakingly long, slow process of cleansing and sanctifying. When we desire something enough, it can be made to look right no matter by what means it is gained. The schemers began to encourage Ra Ta to consider pairing perfect couples in a special breeding program in order to more easily and rapidly produce perfect bodies. A breeding program was what was needed to fulfill Ra Ta's greatest desire. And, since Ra Ta had one of the most perfect male bodies in all of Egypt, he should certainly play a key part in this righteous breeding program. Also, of course, since Isris had one of the most perfect female bodies in all of Egypt, she should certainly play a key part in this plan. In fact, it would make the most sense to pair the two best bodies to one another, wouldn't it? Thus, despite all the laws to the contrary, this seemingly high-purposed plan hooked Ra Ta completely. And, of course, when one is doing things that others may have a difficult time fully appreciating, it is best to do them in secret. So, Ra Ta and his little band of priests and priestesses quietly began their righteous breeding program, without consulting the ruling council.

Marital relationships as we know them today did not exist then. Two people did not take vows and join together to form a home and create a family to which they were bound by blood and devotion. Companions were appointed by the leaders with the ultimate purpose being to serve the needs of the state as a whole. The individuals' desires and opinions did not matter in these decisions. Mating was not for life. And the children were raised separately.

In the temples, these rules and practices were even more guarded and restrictive. There was a specific Temple of Creation set aside for these purposes. Many individuals were required to supervise these activities, carefully holding everyone to the rules. Children born to selected companions were taken from them after three months of age and raised by groups in other halls. Then, as they reached certain ages, they would move to other select halls. As a young person began to show certain skills or interests, they would be guided to those specialties.

In his travels, Ra Ta had observed other ways to raise a people. Combining some of these ideas with his own inner guidance, he began to design and encourage arrangements and facilities that linked the male and female parents with the offspring in a special area set aside for them (a sort of "home room" idea). Though the child would still spend much time in the group training halls, he or she would always return to the "home room" and parents. Ra Ta, in cooperation with the ruling council, had set a law that companions remain loyal to their unit. However, couples still did not choose one another but were selected by the leadership. Also, more than one female was allowed in a family unit. Even so, Isris was not a part of Ra Ta's long-established family unit and their mating had not been approved by the council. Therefore, in accordance with the agreed upon law, Ra Ta should not mate with her. And he had helped to set this law! But all this was lost in the headiness of the great goal of perfect bodies for high, spiritual purposes.

Now, as many of us have learned (often the hard way), we may very well conceive something in secret, we may even grow something in secret, but eventually, despite all of our efforts to the contrary, it will make its presence known to the rest of the world. When the issue of Ra Ta's and Isris' righteous liaison was born, perfect in every way, it was a stunning shock to the king and the ruling council. Half brokenhearted, half confused, the king could not believe that his favorite had somehow become sexually involved with the high priest's operations &endash; intimate operations. The schemers had Ra Ta right where they wanted him. They simply counseled the king that the laws that Ra Ta himself had taught were broken for the mere pleasure of having the most beautiful woman in all of Egypt, who happened to also be the king's favorite. With the council's support and many of the temple priests' support, the king held a hearing on this matter, found them guilty of breaking the law, and banished them all from Egypt, forever. Furthermore, there was no way the king was going to let them go off with their new little love nest, so he took their perfect child from them and assigned her to one of the infant-raising groups.

Ra Ta was dismayed. How had his high ideals become so confused and mingled with the base desires and petty politics of this world? Where had he gone wrong? How could he have been so naive, so gullible, so blindly trusting of his advisors? All he wanted now was to regain something of the vision and wisdom that had originally guided him.

Isris was also dismayed. How had she gone from the simple purpose of freeing her clan from persecution to this high crime that resulted in banishment from her people and the king that so enjoyed her? Where did it all go wrong? What would become of her now? Not to mention the emptiness she felt from the loss of her baby, her first baby, whom she would never hold again.

It was a sad, somber caravan that journeyed out of the bounty of Egypt and into the strange lands of Nubia &endash; some 230 souls plus the weary high priest &endash; high priest of little more than sand and scorpions.

The hot, dry Nubian hills were honeycombed with cool caves. Ra Ta's little band settled into these caves and organized their resources for it was expected to be a very long stay. In these reclusive shelters, the high priest withdrew from the activities of the busy world, slipping regularly into the deeper meditations on the Universal Consciousness. Not since his early days had he so much time for meditation, attunement, channeling and recording. It wasn't long before he regained his "sight," and began to crystalize his powers beyond anything he had previously manifested. Now he could bring the Creative Forces to bear on the demands of physical life. Things began to get much better for this little band of seekers &endash; and for the native Nubians, who quicky realized that this stranger was in good sted with Nature. The Cayce readings explain that "as Ra Ta entered more and more into closer and closer relationships with the Creative Forces, greater were the abilities for him to bring about material manifestations of his growing spiritual relationship." Nature began to cooperate with him and the needs of his people and those associated with them. The readings also tell of his cosmic attunement, in which he began to receive guidance and understanding about the universe, the solar system and this planet. He began to publish reckonings of the cycles of the moon, the magnetic poles of the earth, longitude and latitude of the planet, its relations to other planets and constellations &endash; using no equipment, the information coming from inner attunement! The readings state that as his attunements got closer and closer to the Universal Consciousness, "the Sun god in him awakened." Ra was born. His name would forever be associated with the early wisdom of this culture and time.

The same had happened for Isris. In her association with the priest, his teachings and practices, she had gained a closer relationship with the great Universal Consciousness and, as a result, Isis &endash; the greatest goddess of Egyptian mythology and legend &endash; was awakening within her soul and mind. She would eventually become the leader of Egypt's seekers in Ra's stead.

Rumors of these great events spread back to Egypt, reaching the ears of a now troubled Inner Council. Things were not going well in the land of plenty. The centralizing ideal that Ra Ta embodied was lost, scattering the energies of the people. Self-interest groups were everywhere. Armed rebellions against King Art's leadership broke out, something that was never a likelihood during the joint leadership with Ra Ta. Every form of success that happened in Nubia seemed to point to the fact that Egypt had acted in haste. More and more people from the various factions sought audience with the King to call for the return of Ra Ta before everything was completely out of control. Despite these overtures, the obstacles to Ra Ta's return seemed insurmountable. King Art would literally have to reverse his ruling, change the charges against them and the sentence of banishment, while at the same time placate those who oversaw the downfall of the priest and had subsequently gained much power in the land. Nevertheless, anarchy was not a pleasant option for even these, and Ibex' rebellion had nearly broken the country in two. In the temples, those who had advanced in their purification and attunement were hearing and reading about Ra Ta advancements, and they wanted to study with him again. The Atlanteans also had grown weary of the level of life in Egypt and wanted that cosmicly-connected priest to rejoin the Council.

The three main peoples of Egypt &endash; Natives, Ararats and Atlanteans &endash; had come to think of themselves as the elect, the chosen on the earth. Now, through distractions, confusing events and decisions, they recognized that envy, selfishness, strife, contention and the lusts of the things of the body and the material world had separated them from their calling and vision. The mood throughout Egypt was changing. The priest must return.

As a result of this, secret go-betweens were contracted to begin discussions with Ra Ta concerning his return to position of High Priest of Egypt. The pull back into the strife of politics, meetings, negotiations and the general high activity of material life caused Ra Ta to age very quickly, consuming his life force in ways that were not good, pulling him away from his attunement. Yet, he knew that ultimately his return to spiritual leadership in Egypt was his destiny. So he and his band began the long trek back to the land of plenty and the temples of Sacrifice and Beauty. Many of the emissaries to the various councils thought that he was not going to make it. He physically looked decrepit and near death. But he survived and arrived amid a great fanfare of welcomers and well-wishers.

Upon arriving at the temples, Ra Ta again withdrew himself from daily contact with the people and business of material life, choosing to reattune himself to the Creative Forces. In doing such, he caught sight of a great vision and purpose that lay before him: to build a facility that would initiate thousands into the deeper truths and would remain on the earth as a monument to the unseen life, the unseen powers of the Spirit, and would also serve as a chronogram for those who knew how to use it. This was the next major focus of Ra Ta's work, the conceiving, designing and building of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

But first, the old man had to become young again, strong enough to handle this great task that would take one hundred years to build. Ra Ta began to rejuvenate his body. Through a series of exercises, cleansing processes, dietary changes, and special attunement sessions, he took hold of the Creative Forces and let go of the aging influences, rejuvenating himself to the beauty, strength and clarity of a young man. It took him seven years &endash; one complete cycle for the human body to renew all of its cells.

When the rejuvenated High Priest came out from the temples to marshall the resources necessary for his great project, the world was stunned by his appearance. Word of his rejuvenation spread throughout Egypt, Nubia and the world. People journeyed from far away places to see the priest that once visited them and that was now rejuvenated. But the old Ra Ta was not what they found. The Sun god Ra stood in Egypt's place of power, sole leader of the country, eclipsing even the King's power. Ra was considered the greatest example of the benefits of his teachings, and all listened to him.

United again, Egypt began to prosper. One ideal, one purpose, one leader, one people created the first truly national mass society with icons, themes and slogans, merging all differences into one, cohesive body: Egypt in the Golden Sun. The energy level rose to high levels of achievement in every corner of life. Egypt was the center of the world, and the Great Pyramid was to become the central temple.

While in his attunement in Nubia, Ra Ta reached a level of consciousness that enabled him to develop a relationship with one who would become an equally great god of ancient Egypt, the later Greeks would call him Hermes Trismegistus, but the Egyptians called him Thoth. Thoth brought to Ra Ta the sacred geometry necessary to design the pyramid so that it would not only stand for thousands of years, but would secretly carry within it the mysteries of life. Together, Thoth and Ra designed and built the Pyramid and initiated thousands of seekers.

Isis too played an increasingly greater role in the enlightenment of Egypt. Her presence and "knowing" had a major influence on these peoples, causing them to have a unique attitude toward women. Now, not only did a woman become that influence upon which humanity depended for incarnation (physical birth), nourishment and comfort, but for the spiritual development, as well. Isis' position was equal to the King's, and many sought her aid in understanding the goals and teachings of Ra.

Then came the period when all the monuments and the Great Pyramid were completed. The ideals were clearly established. The records preserved. And the work needed to be carried on by others growing in their "knowing." Ra, having finished his work, ascended again in the mount, and was borne away. However, the ascension of Ra Ta from earthly incarnation did not affect the power and influence of the spirit of Ra, which lives on even today. In reading 294-151 it is prophesied that he will return: "Is it not fitting that these [Ra Ta's little band of exiles] must return? This priest Ra, now Edgar Cayce, may develop himself to be in that position or capacity of a liberator of the world, in its relationships to individuals in those periods to come; for he must enter again at that period &endash; or in 1998."