The great sacred texts and lost repositories of human wisdom — from the Library of Alexandria to the Book of Enoch, the Emerald Tablet to the Key of Solomon. What was preserved, what was lost and what endures.
Some of humanity's most important texts were nearly lost — burned, buried, suppressed or forgotten for centuries before being rediscovered. Others were never lost but have been consistently misunderstood or deliberately obscured. This section covers both: the historically documented texts and the great lost repositories, presented honestly — distinguishing what we know from what we speculate.