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(More customer reviews)Two hundred years ago, Egypt seized our interest in its great mysteries and the unbelievably long civilization they created when Champollion, the young French genius, discovered the key to translating the Rosetta Stone bearing inscriptions in Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic characters (a simplified form of ancient Egyptian writing), and ancient Greek.
Egyptian texts present the translator with greater technical problems than most ancient tongues. The Egyptians left behind none of the usual and invaluable aids to translation. Like modern Hebrew and Arabic, Egyptian was written without vowels, so that only the consonantal structure is left. Its vital organs are gone, leaving behind dry bones. Much of the poetry and word play is lost forever. Much eludes us.
Merely translating the hieroglyphics was truly not enough, however, since the hieroglyphs are not only pictures (such as an owl), but also picture-signs used to convey the sound and meaning just as our alphabet does for us. An owl, for example, also stands for the letter "m," just in case you're curious. It does not end there, because there is also an inner meaning to the pictures, so that it was not so much the cat, dog, or snake that was worshipped, but the principle it represented; and that principle was, in turn, as aspect of the greater creation or ultimate spirit. Our modern quest for the wisdom of ancient Egypt centers on the true meaning of the symbolism, temples, tombs, and pyramids of this enigmatic motherland. We know many Egyptian words that express some degree of fear or happiness, but which one of these expresses dread, anxiety or worry? How do we distinguish between ecstasy, delight, joy, and jubilation?
Egyptologist Rosemary Clark, who reads Egyptian hieroglyphics firsthand, examines the esoteric tradition of Egypt in remarkable detail. She explores dimensions of the language, cosmology, and temple life to show that a sacred mandate--the transformation of the human condition into its original cosmic substance--formed the foundation of Egypt's endeavors and still has relevance today.
As founder of the Temple Harakhite, a group devoted to the experiential religious practices of Egypt's Old Kingdom. She is well versed in hieroglyphic script, its transliteration, and the translation of ancient texts, and in the subtleties of Hermetic philosophy and Sacred Science. I especially enjoyed the history of the initiatory schools and the Mystery Tradition recorded in ancient times and their methods of clairvoyance, prophecy and healing.
Clark quotes R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz from "Esotericism & Symbol." He said, "Initiation does not reside in any text whatsoever, but in the cultivation of intelligence of the heart. Then there is no longer anything occult or secret, because the intention of the enlightened, the prophets, and the "messengers from above" is never to conceal--quite the contrary."
This is the time of revelation of all occult secrets.
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