Wisdom of the Ages

This book, a product of automatic writing, first came to my attention in a footnote in William James' . James compared this text to , as well as the case of Helene Smith, described in . The book claims to be the revelation of one Zertoulem, who lived long ago in a land called Tlaskanata. The preface and glossary state that Tlaskanata was in Middle America, 'thousands of years ago.'

The actual text is a lot more consistent than most automatic writing I've seen. The style is similar to Lord Dunsany, Khalil Gibran, or perhaps the orientalist translations of Edward Fitz-Gerald. Although the setting is in a previously unknown lost civilization, the spiritual concerns addressed here are very modern. As far as I can tell this book has not been reprinted since 1916, and appears for the first time on the Internet at this site.--J.B. Hare, May 5, 2008.

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