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The Genius of Egypt
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Marlon McKenney; Illustrated by Marlon McKenney; Edited by Julia Akpan
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The Genius of Egypt
(Hardcover)
Marlon McKenney; Illustrated by Marlon McKenney; Edited by Julia Akpan
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Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning
to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of
Egyptian history.
Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third
millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt.
Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and
enduring of the ancient religions.
Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas,
traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the
trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the
Eucharist.
Reveals the cult's influence on other western mystical traditions
and groups, such as the Alchemists, Rosicrucians and Freemasons.
Written for a general, as well as a scholarly audience.
For more than 2,000 years, between 1500 BCE and 600 CE, the
Egyptian processional oracle was one of the main points of contact
between temple-based religion and the general population. In a
public ceremony, a god would indicate its will or answer questions
through the movements of a portable cult statue borne by priests or
important members of the community. The Egyptian Oracle Project is
an interactive performance that adapts this ceremony to serve as
the basis for a mixed-reality educational experience for children
and young adults, using both virtual reality and live performance.
The scene is set in a virtual Egyptian temple projected onto a
wall. An oracle led by a high priest avatar (controlled by a live
human puppeteer) is brought into the presence of a live audience,
who act in the role of the Egyptian populace. Through the mediation
of an actress, the audience interacts with the avatar, recreating
the event. The series of carefully focused essays in this book
provides vital background to this path-breaking project in three
sections. After a brief introduction to educational theatre and
virtual reality, the first section describes the ancient ceremony
and its development, along with cross-cultural connections. Then
the development of the script and its performance in the context of
mixed-reality and educational theatre are examined. The final set
of essays describes the virtual temple setting in more detail and
explores the wider implications of this project for virtual
heritage.
The Bible says that a river flowed through the Garden of Eden and
then split into four branches. There is only one river in the Near
East that does exactly this, and that is the long oasis-garden of
the Nile valley and its division into the (originally) four
branches of the Nile Delta. This observation takes Ralph into the
depths of the Genesis account, and it would seem that Adam and Eve
were actually Akhenaton and Nefertiti; and so the Genesis story is
actually a distillation of Akhenaton's Hymn to the Aten. Thus the
Garden of Eden was originally the Garden of Aten (Akhenaton's god),
and it resided at Amarna in Middle Egypt. The book also
demonstrates that Hebrew is a direct descendant of the ancient
Egyptian language, and that the Bible was written in Egyptian. This
allows us to see that much of the Old Testament was based upon very
ancient Egyptian law, stories and morality-tales.
This is the study of an anonymous ancient work, usually called
Joseph and Aseneth, which narrates the transformation of the
daughter of an Egyptian priest into an acceptable spouse for the
biblical Joseph, whose marriage to Aseneth is given brief notice in
Genesis. Kraemer takes issue with the scholarly consensus that the
tale is a Jewish conversion story composed no later than the early
second century C.E. Instead, she dates it to the third or fourth
century C.E., and argues that, although no definitive answer is
presently possible, it may well be a Christian account. This
critique also raises larger issues about the dating and
identification of many similar writings, known as pseudepigrapha.
Kraemer reads its account of Aseneth's interactions with an angelic
double of Joseph in the context of ancient accounts of encounters
with powerful divine beings, including the sun god Helios, and of
Neoplatonic ideas about the fate of souls. When Aseneth Met Joseph
demonstrates the centrality of ideas about gender in the
representation of Aseneth and, by extension, offers implications
for broader concerns about gender in Late Antiquity.
Pen, Stylus, and Chisel: An Ancient Egypt Sourcebook helps students
understand the world of the ancient Egyptians by introducing them
to primary sources that cover a broader spectrum, both temporally
and geographically, than most ancient Egyptian readers. Beginning
with The Old Kingdom in the third millennium BCE, the book covers
3,000 years of history, progressing through the Middle Kingdom, New
Kingdom, Late Kingdom, Persian Period, and ending with the
Ptolemaic Dynasty in the first century BCE. Students will learn
about the Egyptians' political ideas, social customs, religious
views, economy, ethics, and forms of expression. The material
includes documents written both by the Egyptians and by those who
observed them, which gives students a well-rounded view of the
Egyptian people, their history, and their culture. The book
includes maps, introductions to the readings to place them in
context and enhance comprehension, discussion questions to be used
in class or as writing assignments, and a glossary. Pen, Stylus,
and Chisel can be used in history and humanities courses on ancient
Egypt.
Building on the comprehensive photographic and epigraphic
documentation of the temple presented in The Temple of Ramesses II
at Abydos volumes 1 (Wall Scenes) and 2 (Pillars, Niches and
Miscellanea), volume 3 (Architectural and Inscriptional Features)
offers a detailed analysis of the overall architectural layout and
decorative programme of the temple and its symbolism. Of all the
enormous monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia that Ramesses II (the
Great; ca. 1279-1212 BCE) left behind, his temple at Abydos, built
early in his reign, stands as one of his most elegant, with its
simple architectural layout and dramatic and graceful painted
relief scenes. Though best known for its dramatic reliefs depicting
the battle of Kadesh, the temple also offers a wealth of
information about religious and social life in ancient Egypt. It
reflects, for example, the strenuous efforts of the early
Ramessides to reestablish the Osiris cult in Egypt -- and
particularly at Abydos -- in the aftermath of the Amarna period.
This discussion approaches the religious history of the site
through its archaeology, its inscriptions-both planned and
secondary (graffiti)-and its situation in the complex religious
landscape of Abydos. Of particular interest are the temple's role
as a staging point for the great Osiris Festival and its
procession, among the most important of all ritual events in the
Egyptian religious calendar during the Ramesside period; the
promotion of an active, unbound form of Osiris; and the evidence
for important cult activities that took place on the rooftop of the
temple, the presence of which is documented today by the staircase
that accessed it from Court B.
Has the ancient Egyptian cult of immortality resurfaced in
Brighton? When a freshly-mummified body is discovered at the
Brighton Museum of Natural History, Detective Francis Sullivan is
at a loss to identify the desiccated woman. But as Egyptian burial
jars of body parts with cryptic messages attached start appearing,
he realises he has a serial killer on his hands. Revenge, obsession
and an ancient religion form a potent mix, unleashing a wave of
terror throughout the city. Caught in a race against time while
battling his own demons, Francis must fight to uncover the true
identity of the Embalmer before it's too late...
Examining the power of hieroglyphic thinking--how thoughts create
reality--and the multiple meanings behind every word of power, the
author shows how, with the Neteru, we imagine the world into
existence, casting a spell of consciousness over the material
world. Uncovering the deep layers of meaning and symbol within the
myths of the Egyptian gods and goddesses, Ellis investigates the
shamanic journeys that ancient Egyptian priests used to view the
unconscious and the afterlife and shares their initiations for
immaculate conception, transubstantiation, resurrection, and
eternal life - initiations that later became part of the Christian
mystery school. Revealing the words of power used by these ancient
priests/sorcerers, she explains how to search for the deeper,
hidden truths beneath their spells and shows how ancient Egyptian
consciousness holds the secret of life itself. Revealing the
initiatory secrets of the Osirian Mystery school, Ellis provides
the essential teachings and shamanic tools needed to return to Zep
Tepi--the creative source--as we face the transitional time of
radical change currently at hand.
Most of this issue of BES is devoted to "Abbreviations in
Egyptology," a comprehensive research tool that provides scholars
with more than 5200 abbreviations used in Egyptological and
Biblical literature. It is of particular use to those without ready
access to the Lexikon der AEgyptologie. Also included are articles
by Dieter Arnold discussing an exciting new discovery about the
construction of Senwosret III's pyramid at Dahshur and John Gee
about the use of the adverbial component in Egyptian sentences.
Presents proof that an advanced black African civilization
inhabited the Sahara long before Pharaonic Egypt
- Reveals black Africa to be at the genesis of ancient civilization
and the human story
- Examines extensive studies into the lost civilization of the
"Star People" by renowned anthropologists, archaeologists, genetic
scientists, and cultural historians as well as the authors'
archaeoastronomy and hieroglyphics research
- Deciphers the history behind the mysterious Nabta Playa
ceremonial area and its stone calendar circle and megaliths
Relegated to the realm of archaeological heresy, despite a wealth
of hard scientific evidence, the theory that an advanced
civilization of black Africans settled in the Sahara long before
Pharaonic Egypt existed has been dismissed and even condemned by
conventional Egyptologists, archaeologists, and the Egyptian
government. Uncovering compelling new evidence, Egyptologist Robert
Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy present the
anthropological, climatological, archaeological, geological, and
genetic research supporting this hugely debated theory of the black
African origin of Egyptian civilization.
Building upon extensive studies from the past four decades and
their own archaeoastronomical and hieroglyphic research, the
authors show how the early black culture known as the Cattle People
not only domesticated cattle but also had a sophisticated grasp of
astronomy; created plentiful rock art at Gilf Kebir and Gebel
Uwainat; had trade routes to the Mediterranean coast, central
Africa, and the Sinai; held spiritual and occult ceremonies; and
constructed a stone calendar circle and megaliths at the ceremonial
site of Nabta Playa reminiscent of Stonehenge, yet much older.
Revealing these "Star People" as the true founders of ancient
Egyptian civilization, this book completely rewrites the history of
world civilization, placing black Africa back in its rightful place
at the center of mankind's origins.
AFRICAN RELIGION Volume 4: ASARIAN THEOLOGY: RESURRECTING OSIRIS
The path of Mystical Awakening and the Keys to Immortality NEW
REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION The Ancient Sages created stories
based on human and superhuman beings whose struggles, aspirations,
needs and desires ultimately lead them to discover their true Self.
The myth of Aset, Asar and Heru is no exception in this area. While
there is no one source where the entire story may be found, pieces
of it are inscribed in various ancient Temples walls, tombs, steles
and papyri. For the first time available, the complete myth of
Asar, Aset and Heru has been compiled from original Ancient
Egyptian, Greek and Coptic Texts. This epic myth has been richly
illustrated with reliefs from the Temple of Heru at Edfu, the
Temple of Aset at Philae, the Temple of Asar at Abydos, the Temple
of Hathor at Denderah and various papyri, inscriptions and reliefs.
Discover the myth which inspired the teachings of the Shetaut Neter
(Egyptian Mystery System - Egyptian Yoga) and the Egyptian Book of
Coming Forth By Day. Also, discover the three levels of Ancient
Egyptian Religion, how to understand the mysteries of the Duat or
Astral World and how to discover the abode of the Supreme in the
Amenta, The Other World The ancient religion of Asar, Aset and
Heru, if properly understood, contains all of the elements
necessary to lead the sincere aspirant to attain immortality
through inner self-discovery. This volume presents the entire myth
and explores the main mystical themes and rituals associated with
the myth for understating human existence, creation and the way to
achieve spiritual emancipation - Resurrection. The Asarian myth is
so powerful that itinfluenced and is still having an effect on the
major world religions. Discover the origins and mystical meaning of
the Christian Trinity, the Eucharist ritual and the ancient origin
of the birthday of Jesus Christ.
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