“The first land on Earth wherein men dwelt was not Kahemu, it was a land out beyond the salt waters. To this land came the Immortal Spirit in the form of a Radiant One from Heaven, who had left his more enlightened place to dwell among beasts in the lower kingdom of sorrow. In some mysterious way, he became incarnated as man; how, we know not, but he founded the race of man. It is not as recorded in tales told for the ignorant.

“None knows in truth the Old Motherland or where it was; there are tales, but they disagree.

“In the old books, it is said that the Old Motherland was ruled by the Queen of Light, who was supreme above all. The temple tales tell that the lesser gods came to dwell among mortals when the Mistress of Brightness ruled in Kelathi, that they were sheltered in temples, and priests were appointed to minister unto them. It is said that places of instruction were set up within the temples, but few men were taught the inner knowledge. It was rightly held that it would be a danger to those without wisdom, and it had to be safeguarded. Is this not the tale told in the Book of Beginnings? It is said that Kelathi lay within the borders of Kahemu, but could it not have been the land of similar sounding name outward from Pontas beyond Godsland?

“Is it not said of both that they were engulfed in fire and water? In the Book of Beginnings, it is said: The generations passed, and a vast amount of knowledge and wisdom was accumulated and preserved in purity. It was the heritage of mankind, but though man had learned to cherish the

light of Truth and walk wisely with it, nevertheless then as now, false priesthoods flourished. They pandered to the carnal desires of the undeveloped and exploited the weaknesses of the ignorant. Their iniquity built up a vast weight of evil in the Netherworld, which projected itself into the material of Earth so that the powers which upheld it became unstable. This caused all the southern part of the Old Land to sink down into heaving waters.”

-The Kolbrin Bible (MAN:31:5-8)

Land Beyond the Salt Waters

If we had no idea who wrote the Kolbrin Bible, we would not know what salt waters are referred to here. Fortunately, we do know that this section was written by ancient Egyptians so the salt water is the Mediterranean Sea. That leaves quite a lot of the planet as the place where humans first existed. Until recently, scientists were convinced that the human race originated in Africa, but now that is being questioned. We may never know where this land truly was, but it doesn’t really matter. The important point here is that man originated in a higher world, a higher dimension, and descended to the material world of Earth. As the quote says, man came down as an Immortal Spirit. While there are some who disagree with this, the change from an Immortal Spirit into a physical being was a descent to a lower form of being. Fortunately, we still have that Immortal Spirit in us, although it is in a state similar to a coma. The first step of spiritual development is to awaken and develop that dormant spirit.

Ruled by a Queen of Light

It makes sense that this early place of man was ruled by a Queen (or King) of Light. While most think that early man must have been very primitive, that is not the case. The first people on Earth were very advanced mentally and spiritually. Only after many centuries of descending further into matter did they become primitive cavemen. Ice Ages and other natural disasters contributed to that happening.

Gods in the Temples

What these people called “gods” were probably just advanced beings that seemed godlike to the typical human.

Instruction in the Temples

The instruction that this part of the quote is talking about is the advanced instruction for awakening and developing the spirit. It has always been held that such instruction must be carefully guarded so that this knowledge does not fall into the hands of evil people who would misuse it.

False Priesthoods

Unfortunately, one of the side-effects of keeping the true teachings secret is that false schools and false priesthoods pop up and try to convince people that they know the truth. Some are motivated by money or power, others actually believe that what they are teaching is the truth. Today, we are seeing this happening again with certain Christian sects teaching things that are not in the Bible and not only were not taught by Jesus, but are actually the opposite of what he taught. The same is true for other religions as well as for spiritual gurus. Self-proclaimed spiritual teachers are teaching things that are, at best, partial systems that only move the student a step or two ahead on the Path to Enlightenment. Sadly, these false teachers often have far more followers than the schools with the true teachings as passed down for centuries. Still, there is hope, as the schools of True Spiritual Growth continue to grow, slowly but surely.