Edition |
1st Quest ed., [rev. ed.]. |
Description |
xx, 266 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index. |
Contents |
Pythagoras rides again -- Serpent in the sky -- Science and art in ancient Egypt -- Myth, symbolism, language, literature -- The Temple of Man -- Egypt : heir to Atlantis. |
Summary |
In this study West documents that hieroglyphs carry hermetic messages that convey the subtler realities of the sacred science of the pharaohs. Egyptian science, medicine, mathematics, and astronomy were more sophisticated than most modern Egyptologists acknowledge. Egyptian knowledge of the universe was a legacy from a highly sophisticated civilization that flourished thousands of years ago. The great Sphinx represents geological proof that such a civilization existed. This revised edition includes a new introduction linking Egyptian spiritual science with the perennial wisdom tradition and an appendix updating West's work in redating the Sphinx. Illustrated with over 140 photographs and line drawings. --From publisher's description. |
Subject |
Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
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Occultism -- Egypt.
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ISBN |
0835606910 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780835606912 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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