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Buried in the Egyptian desert some four thousand years ago, the Pyramid Texts are among the world's oldest poetry. Yet ever since the discovery of these hieroglyphs in 1881, they have been misconstrued by Western Egyptologists as a garbled collection of primitive myths and incantations, relegating to obscurity their radiant…
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The Dawning Moon of the Mind: Unlocking the Pyramid Texts by Susan Brind Morrow is a deep thoughtful translation of the Pyramid Texts of Unas. The Author both translates, and gives insight into her translation process and the text itself, arguing that its akin to a Vedic Tantra in the beauty of its imagery, which is often lost in more clumsy translations. I particularly like the explanations of Egyptian humor and world play in the language and sounds of the heiroglyphs as well as their symbolic imager.
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