Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

Serpent in the Sky - Cover......Page p0001.djvu
Serpent in the Sky: The Higher Wisdom of Ancient Egypt ......Page p0002.djvu
Copyright......Page p0003.djvu
Contents......Page p0004.djvu
Acknowledgments......Page p0005.djvu
Foreword to the first edition......Page p0006.djvu
Foreword to the revised edition......Page p0011.djvu
Preface......Page p0014.djvu
Introduction......Page p0018.djvu
The development of orthodox Egyptology in the historical context......Page p0027.djvu
The pyramids and pyramidology......Page p0028.djvu
The Symbolist interpretation of Egypt......Page p0033.djvu
Pythagoreanism in history......Page p0036.djvu
Looking for phi......Page p0038.djvu
The question of secrecy......Page p0041.djvu
The linguistic thesis......Page p0045.djvu
The mathematical thesis......Page p0047.djvu
1 One, the Absolute or unity , created multiplicit y out of itself . One became Two......Page p0049.djvu
2......Page p0051.djvu
3......Page p0052.djvu
4......Page p0054.djvu
5......Page p0057.djvu
6......Page p0059.djvu
7......Page p0064.djvu
8......Page p0067.djvu
9 Egypt evoked, but never explained.......Page p0071.djvu
Serpent in the Sky......Page p0075.djvu
Astronomy......Page p0107.djvu
The calendar......Page p0110.djvu
Mathematics......Page p0121.djvu
The exception: 2/3......Page p0131.djvu
Medicine......Page p0134.djvu
The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus......Page p0139.djvu
Myth, symbolism, language, literature......Page p0144.djvu
Symbolism......Page p0146.djvu
Language......Page p0152.djvu
Literature......Page p0163.djvu
The Eloquent Peasant......Page p0166.djvu
The Temple of Man......Page p0169.djvu
The axes......Page p0172.djvu
Deliberate effacement of reliefs and inscriptions......Page p0185.djvu
The old as \'seed\' of the new......Page p0190.djvu
The grid......Page p0192.djvu
The Royal Apron......Page p0195.djvu
Meaning of the axes......Page p0198.djvu
The five kings of the Holy of Holies......Page p0199.djvu
The origins of Egyptian civilisation......Page p0201.djvu
The evidence: two approaches......Page p0203.djvu
The nature of the erosion of the Sphinx......Page p0204.djvu
The evidence: positive approach......Page p0205.djvu
The evidence: negative approach......Page p0206.djvu
The Sphinx and the sand......Page p0207.djvu
Erosion damage to other Egyptian temples and monuments......Page p0215.djvu
Chemical weathering and insolation......Page p0217.djvu
Chephren: non-builder of the Sphinx......Page p0220.djvu
The riddle of the face......Page p0223.djvu
A question of style......Page p0225.djvu
Suggestions and one answer......Page p0226.djvu
The unasked question......Page p0228.djvu
Summary......Page p0231.djvu
Atlantis: a brief recapitulation......Page p0232.djvu
Egyptian chronological accounts......Page p0233.djvu
The implications......Page p0235.djvu
Appendix I: The Gauri/Lehner survey......Page p0238.djvu
Appendix II: Sphinx update......Page p0241.djvu
Afterword: Ringing outthe old......Page p0249.djvu
La Querelle des Egyptologues......Page p0251.djvu
Prophets on Hold......Page p0253.djvu
Fortress Egypt......Page p0255.djvu
Laying Siege to Switzerland or: Prophets with Firepower......Page p0256.djvu
A: Works by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz and the Symbolists......Page p0259.djvu
B: Gurdjieff and His Followers......Page p0260.djvu
C: Esotericism and Anti-Materialism......Page p0261.djvu
D: Egypt and Egyptology......Page p0262.djvu
E: General and Popular Works......Page p0263.djvu
F: Specialized Books......Page p0264.djvu
H: Atlantis and Lost Civilizations......Page p0265.djvu
J: Progress, Darwinian Evolution and Other Fantasies......Page p0266.djvu
Index......Page p0268.djvu