Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient EgyptJohn Anthony West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accepted as dogma concerning Ancient Egypt. In this pioneering 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Serpent in the Sky | 58 |
Science and Art in Ancient Egypt | 90 |
Myth symbolism language literature | 127 |
The Temple of Man | 152 |
Heir to Atlantis | 184 |
The GauriLehner survey | 221 |
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