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We are Egyptologists with over six decades of combined experience translating hieroglyphic and hieratic texts and exploring the deserts of Egypt. We are passionate about bringing ancient Egypt and its incredible religious beliefs to life, from translating the funerary compositions in the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings to writing a new biography of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, often branded the "heretics” of their time. One of our most exciting recent discoveries was the earliest monumental hieroglyphic inscription, a five thousand two hundred and fifty-year-old billboard! We share our adventures on our Instagram @vintage_egyptologist—enjoy the vintage fashion and be enlightened by the Egyptological captions.
Weaving together passages from key primary sources within a rich web of analysis, Assmann’s wide-ranging study tackles both the principles of Egyptian polytheism and its historical developments. Assmann’s important and influential work (translated by David Lorton) does not shy away from intense vocabulary, but a close read repays the effort. By the end of the dense text, the reader will be familiar with both the diversity and beauty of ancient Egyptian religious texts. Assmann’s years of work with ancient Egyptian texts, and especially his encyclopedic knowledge of ancient Egyptian solar hymns, ensures that the reader is firmly grounded in primary sources, even in the most esoteric of discussions.
First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author.This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt offers a distillation of Jan Assmann's views on ancient Egyptian religion, with special emphasis on theology and piety. Deeply rooted in the texts of ancient Egypt and thoroughly informed by comparative religion, theology, anthropology, and semiotic analysis, Assmann's interpretations reveal the complexity of Egyptian thought in a new way.Assmann takes special care to distinguish between the "implicit" theology of Egyptian polytheism and the "explicit" theology that…
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We are Egyptologists with over six decades of combined experience translating hieroglyphic and hieratic texts and exploring the deserts of Egypt. We are passionate about bringing ancient Egypt and its incredible religious beliefs to life, from translating the funerary compositions in the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings to writing a new biography of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, often branded the "heretics” of their time. One of our most exciting recent discoveries was the earliest monumental hieroglyphic inscription, a five thousand two hundred and fifty-year-old billboard! We share our adventures on our Instagram @vintage_egyptologist—enjoy the vintage fashion and be enlightened by the Egyptological captions.
Who doesn’t want to read about ancient Egyptian cannibalism? The title seems sensational, since no actual cannibalism is involved—at least as we might conceive of it in the world of the living—but Eyre employs the standard designation for the specific spell in the Pyramid Texts, the oldest major corpus of religious texts to survive from antiquity. A reader new to ancient Egypt might well read the translation of the Cannibal Hymn at the beginning of the book and be utterly confused. By the end of the book, however, the secrets of this 4300 year old text, including its relationship to butchery rituals and the mundane aspects of animal husbandry, are revealed.
The text of the Cannibal Hymn is here examined in its performative and cultural context. In its verbal recreation of a butchery ritual, style and format are typical of the oral-recitational poetry of pharaonic Egypt. It poses questions about the nature of rites of passage and rituals of sacrifice.
I love zombie movies. I am also an Egyptologist. The dead affect us in profound ways every day, even without being semi-animated corpses searching for brains. I have always been keenly interested in the relationships we have with our dead, be it Halloween, Día de los Muertos, or an urn on a mantle. The dead are with us and inform our lives. The same was true in ancient Egypt. And to me, this made the ancient Egyptians feel very familiar and accessible. They, too, were anxious about death. They, too, grieved when loved ones were gone and developed practices and beliefs that kept the dead ‘alive’.
Dr. Harrington offers an accessible yet meticulous overview of the role of the dead in ancient Egyptian society, with a general, but not exclusive, focus on the New Kingdom. Her book was published while I was just starting my dissertation and it was inspiring to see a project that dealt with similar themes being published. I admit, I also love this book because it was the first time someone ever made reference to me and my research in a footnote. It made me feel like my work was worthwhile and for that, I am eternally grateful to Dr. Harrington.
Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt, using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differences between the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead required constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings. A range of evidence is presented for mortuary cults that were in operation throughout Egyptian history and for the various places, such as the house, shrines, chapels and tomb doorways, where the living could…
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We are Egyptologists with over six decades of combined experience translating hieroglyphic and hieratic texts and exploring the deserts of Egypt. We are passionate about bringing ancient Egypt and its incredible religious beliefs to life, from translating the funerary compositions in the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings to writing a new biography of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, often branded the "heretics” of their time. One of our most exciting recent discoveries was the earliest monumental hieroglyphic inscription, a five thousand two hundred and fifty-year-old billboard! We share our adventures on our Instagram @vintage_egyptologist—enjoy the vintage fashion and be enlightened by the Egyptological captions.
Even after the priests and temples of ancient Egypt ceased to function, Egyptian religion lived on through the mysterious figure of Hermes Trismegistus (literally, Hermes “thrice great”). Originally a form of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth, late Egyptian religious texts, Greek philosophy, Roman theology, and later Christian and Islamic authors would make of Hermes Trismegistus a magically potent entity. At first a god, by the late Middle Ages he had become an ancient sage, pagan counterpart to Moses as dispenser of wisdom and guide to the transcendental world. Ebeling unravels the mysteries and history of this fascinating literary figure, and how writings attributed to him continued to exert influence on authors during the Renaissance, the birth of Freemasonry, and German Romanticism.
"Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in its many varieties, to Stoicism, to Gnostic ideas, and even to certain Aristotelian doctrines. The Gnostic, the esoteric, the Platonist, or the deist has each been able to find something familiar in the writings. One just had to have a penchant for remote antiquity, for the idea of a Golden Age, in order for Hermeticism, with its aura of an ancient Egyptian revelation, to have enjoyed such outstanding success."-from the Introduction
My interest in life after death and consciousness began early. I was raised in a family that practiced Spiritualist communications via seances and homemade Ouija boards. As a child, I sat under the dining room table while my relatives talked. I heard stories of Aunt Arzelia, who was a medium. She trained at Camp Chesterfield in Indiana. My great-grandfather created a homemade Ouija board on an oilcloth. I have always loved talking with folks across the veil, finding out about the mansions in the other life, and sending messages to loved ones and guides. From an early age, I began to study Dion Fortune, the Golden Dawn, and other topics.
I read this book several times when it first came out. I attended Jean’s mystery school based on this seminal work. It became a part of nearly every bibliography of every book I authored because of her radical way of accessing one’s consciousness.
She emphasized creativity and boundless potentiality. Because of her work, my interest in metaphysical work grew. Her deep dive into ancient histories fueled my work in Egyptian symbols. As a result, I traveled with Jean on my first tour of Egypt.
In this book, the written version of the innovative and ground-breaking workshops and programs of lecturer, scholar, philosopher, and pioneer of human development Dr. Jean Houston, readers learn how to gain access to hidden images, ideas, and sensory-based memories, and are introduced to a comprehensive theory and program for conscious creativity.
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My interest in life after death and consciousness began early. I was raised in a family that practiced Spiritualist communications via seances and homemade Ouija boards. As a child, I sat under the dining room table while my relatives talked. I heard stories of Aunt Arzelia, who was a medium. She trained at Camp Chesterfield in Indiana. My great-grandfather created a homemade Ouija board on an oilcloth. I have always loved talking with folks across the veil, finding out about the mansions in the other life, and sending messages to loved ones and guides. From an early age, I began to study Dion Fortune, the Golden Dawn, and other topics.
I read this book almost 40 years ago, and it made me want to write about angels as a form of consciousness. When I think of all the creation mythology of world religions, I realize that every religion tells us we began in God's mind as God's consciousness and that God told his angels, “Look, we have made man. We have made him one of us.”
Thompson raises so many questions, and rather than answering them, he continues to raise more questions. This book is a classic among those like me who study symbology, creativity, the power of the mind, and the power of sexuality in the making of the soul.
It is not so much full of answers as it is filled with amazing questions that unfold one after the other. Besides that, he clearly loves Osiris and the goddess and the deities of ancient Egypt.
In this book, William Irwin Thompson explores the nature of myth. Acknowledging the persuasive power of myth to create and inform culture, he weaves the human ability to create life with and communicate through symbols with myths based on male and female forms of power.
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My interest in life after death and consciousness began early. I was raised in a family that practiced Spiritualist communications via seances and homemade Ouija boards. As a child, I sat under the dining room table while my relatives talked. I heard stories of Aunt Arzelia, who was a medium. She trained at Camp Chesterfield in Indiana. My great-grandfather created a homemade Ouija board on an oilcloth. I have always loved talking with folks across the veil, finding out about the mansions in the other life, and sending messages to loved ones and guides. From an early age, I began to study Dion Fortune, the Golden Dawn, and other topics.
I love, love, love this compact, illustrated compendium for its exploration of sacred texts from various world religions. This book became my first go to book for creating texts adaptable for sermons and lectures on spirituality and consciousness.
I relish the many perspectives on the universal themes of the nature of the Supreme Being, what constitutes the good life, why love and service matter, what the role of fate and free will is in our lives, and how consciousness survives death.
I recommend it to every one of my metaphysical students preparing for ordination as a priestess in the Kemetic religion or as a Spiritualist minister.
The wisdom expressed by the world's sacred writings is one of humanity's greatest treasures. Generations of men and women have sought answers to the mysteries of life in these ancient texts. This work is an inspiring collection of readings from sacred literature exploring the perspectives of the world's religions on universal themes. It both celebrates spiritual diversity and demonstrates the common understanding that links all people engaged in the spiritual quest.
My interest in life after death and consciousness began early. I was raised in a family that practiced Spiritualist communications via seances and homemade Ouija boards. As a child, I sat under the dining room table while my relatives talked. I heard stories of Aunt Arzelia, who was a medium. She trained at Camp Chesterfield in Indiana. My great-grandfather created a homemade Ouija board on an oilcloth. I have always loved talking with folks across the veil, finding out about the mansions in the other life, and sending messages to loved ones and guides. From an early age, I began to study Dion Fortune, the Golden Dawn, and other topics.
The study of angels became a natural outgrowth for me out of my study of Egypt. In the end, it is important to understand the consciousness of the metaphysical mind of the ancients as well as the moderns. This book offered me both.
I celebrate the way this book bridges the concepts of science and spirit. Quantum physics and quantum mechanics as ways I understand now as the building blocks of matter, mind, and creative imagination. I liked the way it challenged a materialistic and mechanical view of the world. To me, physics is applied magic. It had me thinking deeply about the nature of reality, consciousness, and the intersection of science and spirituality.
Although I adore both authors separately, this book went over the top in becoming a dialog between two seminal thinkers and philosophers.
"Matthew Fox might well be the most creative, the most comprehensive, surely the most challenging religious-spiritual teacher in America."—Thomas Berry
"Rupert Sheldrake continues to chart a new course in our understanding of the non-local mind that connects all of us."—Deepak Chopra
Many people believe in angels, but few can define these enigmatic spirits. Now visionary theologian Matthew Fox and acclaimed biologist Rupert Sheldrake—pioneers in modern religious thinking and scientific theory—launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient concept of the angel and restore dignity, meaning, and joy to our time-honored belief in these heavenly beings.
Jordanna Max Brodsky is the author of the Olympus Bound trilogy, which follows the Greek goddess Artemis as she stalks the streets of modern Manhattan, and The Wolf in the Whale, a sweeping epic of the Norse and Inuit. Jordanna holds a degree in History and Literature from Harvard University, but she maintains that scholarship is no substitute for lived experience. Her research has taken her from the summit of Mount Olympus to the frozen tundra of Nunavut, and from the Viking ruins of Norway to Artemis’s temples in Turkey.
For many fans of Greek myths, Egypt is the next logical stop on a journey to a broader understanding of world mythology. As a culture which influenced both the Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian world, Egypt’s stories inform our understanding of other Western traditions. And the mania for mummies and pyramids means outstanding examples of Egyptian artifacts await in museums across the world, helping make the ancient tales come alive. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egyptmakes for a fantastic introduction into the world of Ra, Isis, and Osiris.
The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, worshipped for over half of recorded history, are among the most fascinating and complex of any civilization. Here is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society. It examines the evolution, worship and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses - from minor household figures such as Bes and Taweret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Re - that made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world, and made Egyptians, according to Herodotus, 'more religious than any other people'.
This book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom as he narrates encounters with 12 distinguished American men over 80, including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world’s most famous heart surgeon.
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Having first discovered the mystery of ancient Egypt as a small child via my father’s war-time souvenirs, this interest grew over the years until it became a serious magical under-taking, culminating in Initiation into the magical order of the Temple of Khem. I became Principal tutor of the Order in 1998 and publishedLiber Ægyptius: The Book of Egyptian Magic in the same year. I continue to teach the Egyptian Mystery Tradition to those willing to submit themselves to the exacting discipline needed to enter the priesthood, and remain a member of the Egypt Exploration Society to keep up-to-date with the current archaeological discoveries in Egypt.
Because of the complexity of the Egyptian pantheon, it is necessary to have a good ‘Who’s Who’ to hand that gives us all the behind-the-scenes scandal and gossip, as well as the genealogy. No one, expert or layman, who reads this book will look at the strange figures of the Egyptian gods in quite the same light again, thanks to The Meekses-Dimitri (Universite de Provence) and Christine (Sorbonne) - who enable us to enter this strange world by observing the daily routines of these divine beings! I have several A-Zs of the Egyptian gods but none can compare with this one…
This is the first English translation of a highly appealing volume originally published in French in 1993. Informed by a sense of wonderment at divine doings, it treats the ancient Egyptian gods as if they were an ethnic group that captured the fancy of ethnologists or sociologists.The book begins with a discussion of the gods' community as a society unto itself. The authors describe the structures of the society of the gods and some of the conflicts that frequently upset it, with individual gods acting to protect their own positions in an established hierarchy and struggling to gain power over…
