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Wisdom of the Ages

By George A. Fuller

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This book, a product of automatic writing, first came to my attention in a footnote in William James' Varieties of Religious Experience. James compared this text to Oahspe, as well as the case of Helene Smith, described in From India to the Planet Mars. 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.

Title Page
Introduction
Chapter I. I
Chapter II. II
Chapter III. III
Chapter IV. IV
Chapter V. V
Chapter VI. VI
Chapter VII. VII
Chapter VIII. VIII
Chapter IX IX
Chapter X X
Chapter XI. XI
Chapter XII. XII
Chapter XIII. XIII
Chapter XIV. XIV
Chapter XV. XV
Chapter XVI. XVI
Chapter XVII. XVII
Chapter XVIII. XVIII
Chapter XIX. XIX
Chapter XX. XX
Chapter XXI. XXI
Chapter XXII. XXII
Chapter XXIII. XXIII
Chapter XXIV. XXIV
Chapter XXV. XXV
Chapter XXVI. XXVI
Chapter XXVII. XXVII
Chapter XXVIII. XXVIII
Chapter XXIX. XXIX
Chapter XXX. XXX
Chapter XXXI. XXXI
Chapter XXXII. XXXII
Chapter XXXIII. XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV. XXXIV
Chapter XXXV. XXXV
Chapter XXXVI. XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII. XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII. XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX. XXXIX
Chapter XL. XL
Chapter XLI. XLI
Chapter XLII. XLII
Chapter XLIII. XLIII
Chapter XLIV. XLIV
Chapter XLV. XLV
Chapter XLVI. XLVI
Chapter XLVII. XLVII
Chapter XLVIII. XLVIII
Chapter XLIX. XLIX
Chapter L. L
Tlaskan Words