sed black vaults in ancient Ur, should Hildebra...onic deities of the ancient world were once offered solemnly beneath the stygian skies of this sweltering place, I wonder? What sublime power awaits the aspirant, the querent who dares seek answers in those shadowed places where men of lesser fortitude fear to gaze? Blackthorne often berates me for what he calls my preoccupation with the arcane, the occult, the sinistrous lore of the chthonic... he insists no good will come of such delving into nighted realms. Ha! The path to elucidation is seldom devoid of thorns, the road to knowledge rarely free of perils! I seek enlightenment, and by the erudite tongue of Herodotus, I may have found it! Ancient tradition of this land has long spoken of strange flashes of light emanating from the depths of pyramid passages and temple catacombs. Over a thousand years ago the Arabs wrote of the transient walls and hidden chambers of these monuments; of secret doors moved by an unseen force and of implacable sentries who guarded the secrets of the temples with dour tenacity. What I found this evening gives credence to all that and more. Is the lore which I discovered carved into the ancient stone of Karnak's t...ts inscribed in the ancient Coptic papyrus, ...orgotten peoples... ancient Atlantis... time-lost Lemuria... Hyperborea, Ultima Thule, utopian Atland and its enduring legacy. Fragments, memories... descendants... the Incas, the Aztecs, the Maya, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Britons, the Frisians, the ancient Sumerians. Yes, it is clear to me, like a diamond worked to perfection in the skilled hands of a master craftsman. The sigils and glyphs I beheld carved into the ancient stone of Karnak (which I somehow understood implicitly), the visions I experienced within the temple, it is all quite clearly compelling me to the next stage in my grand voyage of enlightenment. According to the inscriptions, the truth, the key, awaits me within the ziggurats of ancient Sumeria. I hear the call of the ancients, beckoning me to that aeon-veiled place across the unforgiving sands. We shall depart at once. I feel sure I shall find that which I seek between the two rivers, at the place of the seven cities. Yes, I shall surely meet my destiny within the mystery-haunted catacombs of ancient Ur... ...The Keeper of the Ancient Lore of Ur:

No more the ancient conversation ...This crooked path we pave ...This crooked path we pave ...This crooked path we pave ...This crooked path we pave

Came upon an ancient forest ...A guided path had led me there

a thousand ancient mysteries ...your path erased ...a thousand ancient memories

An ancient passage surrounded ...of stones marks the path ...Ancient evil is awaiting th

Ah yes, this ancient map (its true origi...Cleave a path through the massing...the true path to man's dark desti

Pick your path and I'll pray ... Rock on- ancient queen

Follow ancient footsteps, a path that's so well know

Open a path through the air ...And like an ancient compass told

I'm caught in an ancient dream so bright ... dusty god forsaken path

Pick your path and I'll pray. ...Rock on ancient woman.

A gathering of such ancient souls ...Our path cross the barren la

Burn Take your Path through the fading ...ce my Sword in your Ancient Might

Pick your path and I'll pray ...Rock on- ancient woman

yed my trade in the ancient art of falling apar...nothing stand in my path