Egypt
Paul Brunton
E.P. Dutton & Co. INC
New York
1936
ISBN-10: 0943914981
This 1936 book is one of those which has become a classic I have to say that I started to read it a few years ago however I stopped because the author Paul Brunton kept talking about Atlantis so I shied away till know.
So here I have re approached this book in a different light and must say that I am enjoying the first few chapters. The list of characters who put on displays of mysticism or chicanery for the author are a colourful bunch who preform a series of trivial and unnecessary talents.
You never know when you will need to stick hatpins in your face to entertain guests or sacrifice the neighbors pet with your mind, very useful indeed! The book interestingly goes on to an interview on Islam with an Egyptian cleric who gives answers to common misconceptions of the faith.
The author then goes into a comparative study of Islam, Christianity and other faiths which has taken me on a journey I did not see coming. The authors words are well placed in a story that deals with the mystical world without challenging the reader into believing anything other than toleration of different faiths including the often misunderstood deities of Pharaonic Egypt.
Mr. Brunton visits and amply describes beautiful mosques and ancient temples who's walls are covered with images of ancient Pharaohs making offerings to animal headed gods. At the temple of Denderah the author heads to the roof to see the famous zodiac, the original now in the Louvre and in it finds tens of thousands of years in its conception. Then again are the authors "Atlantian's" who he credits for the original seed of this zodiac even claiming the starting date of the alignment of the zodiac was 90 000 years old.
Mr Brunton visits the ruins of Karnak and appears to misinterpret a scene on its walls to fit his beliefs but his night descriptions of the complex at karnak are challenging and fascinating.
The author visits a well known snake charmer who is responsible for keeping the village clear of snakes particularly the deadly ones including cobras with the author himself being taught the art of the snake charmer and becoming though reluctantly a charmer himself.
The book ends with a message from an Adept(holy man) warning about the opening of ancient tombs and the wrath the spirits who are released from the tomb may have on modern society and modern man.
Mr. Brunton was an obviously colourful character who held a lot of ideas I might otherwise consider to be wacky but I finished this book with a respect for its eloquent author and his eccentric views.
I have felt that this was indeed a very interesting search in secret Egypt.
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Egypt
A Search in Secret Egypt
Paul Brunton
E.P. Dutton & Co. INC
New York
1936
ISBN-10: 0943914981
This 1936 book is one of those which has become a classic I have to say that I started to read it a few years ago however I stopped because the author Paul Brunton kept talking about Atlantis so I shied away till know.
So here I have re approached this book in a different light and must say that I am enjoying the first few chapters. The list of characters who put on displays of mysticism or chicanery for the author are a colourful bunch who preform a series of trivial and unnecessary talents.
You never know when you will need to stick hatpins in your face to entertain guests or sacrifice the neighbors pet with your mind, very useful indeed! The book interestingly goes on to an interview on Islam with an Egyptian cleric who gives answers to common misconceptions of the faith.
The author then goes into a comparative study of Islam, Christianity and other faiths which has taken me on a journey I did not see coming. The authors words are well placed in a story that deals with the mystical world without challenging the reader into believing anything other than toleration of different faiths including the often misunderstood deities of Pharaonic Egypt.
Mr. Brunton visits and amply describes beautiful mosques and ancient temples who's walls are covered with images of ancient Pharaohs making offerings to animal headed gods. At the temple of Denderah the author heads to the roof to see the famous zodiac, the original now in the Louvre and in it finds tens of thousands of years in its conception. Then again are the authors "Atlantian's" who he credits for the original seed of this zodiac even claiming the starting date of the alignment of the zodiac was 90 000 years old.
Mr Brunton visits the ruins of Karnak and appears to misinterpret a scene on its walls to fit his beliefs but his night descriptions of the complex at karnak are challenging and fascinating.
The book ends with a message from an Adept(holy man) warning about the opening of ancient tombs and the wrath the spirits who are released from the tomb may have on modern society and modern man.
Mr. Brunton was an obviously colourful character who held a lot of ideas I might otherwise consider to be wacky but I finished this book with a respect for its eloquent author and his eccentric views.
I have felt that this was indeed a very interesting search in secret Egypt.
- Egypt By H. H. Powers
Harry H. Powers The University Travel Series The Macmillan Company 1924 Right from the start of this pocket sized book by Harry Powers the author appears to be a bit of a pessimist as his journey takes him to Egypt for of Madeira the author says...
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Rosicrucian LibraryVolume XXVSupreme Grand Lodge of A.M.O.R.C., Inc.Printing and Publishing DepartmentSan Jose, California 1956 This 1946 book was originally published as "Son of the God" but by the 1956 second edition was renamed. The author was the...
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Christine El Mahdy Thames & Hudson New York 1989 Library of Congress Catalogue No. 89-50542 This 1989 book by author Christine El Mahdy was appointed with a number of nice images gracing its 192 pages though there was interesting details I also...
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Brian M. Fagan Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1975 ISBN 0-684-15058-1 It has taken me a while to get to this book the last year I have been "showered" with books having to select from too many possibilities. That loss of time was truly a loss when...
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