Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts
The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2004
Summary
A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals
- Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists
- Examines the similarity between the pharaoh’s afterlife voyage and shamanic journeying
- Shows shamanism to be the foundation of the Egyptian mystical tradition
To the Greek philosophers and other peoples of the ancient world, Egypt was regarded as the home of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780892817559 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0892817550 |
| Author: | Jeremy Naydler |
| Publisher: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Imprint: | Inner Traditions Bear and Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 642g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
“This is an important book for it places our focus for understanding these ancient texts where it should be, upon profound human experience.”
“Erudite, rigorously developed, impeccably supported, observing all scholarly ground rules, yet revolutionary in its implications. This book should engage serious readers the world over.” * John Anthony West, author of The Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt *
“A splendid melding of fine scholarship and passionate engagement with themes that are vitally important to us today. It is must reading not only for lovers of Egypt, students of shamanism and religion, and modern practitioners of soul travel, but for all of us who hunger for the real history of humanity’s encounters with the more-than-human.” * Robert Moss, author of Dreamgates: An Explorer’s Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and *
“A fabulously convincing piece of work.” * Normandi Ellis, author of Awakening Osiris *
“This is an important book for it places our focus for understanding these ancient texts where it should be, upon profound human experience.” * Michael Baigent, Caduceus, Issue #66 *
”… the Pyramid texts are revealed as initiatory texts that give voice to a potent shamanic wisdom, which provides the key to understanding both the true nature of these experiences and the basis of ancient Egyptan mysticism.” * The Journal of Esoterica, July 2006 *
“A model of how to engage with religious literature and, still more widely, with the sacred dimension of life… . Serves as a mirror to our own consciousness, reflecting back to us objective spiritual realities which have fallen out of contemporary discourse, and waking us up to deeper layers of our own humanity… . An essential book for all of us who long to experience the greater possibilities of the human psyche.” * Jules Cashford, Temenos Academy Review *
“An invaluable contribution to the dialogue about the mysteries of ancient Egypt.” * Rosicrucian Digest *
About The Author
Jeremy Naydler
Jeremy Naydler is a philosopher who has for many years been interested in the religious life of ancient cultures, receiving his doctorate in religious studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He is the author of Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred and Goethe on Science. He lives in Oxford, England.
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