The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness Review

The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness
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I bought this book in high anticipation that an author had finally written about the obvious and spectacular depth of ancient Egyptian (ne Kemetian) spirituality. Who could blame me given the title of this book, "The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt?" What I got was wholly unexpected. This proved to be a great thing and a bad thing.
The principal problem with this tome is that it is a dramatically unfocused brain dump of a book. The author is unquestionably learned and well read; and what this means as a reader is that you are forced to read hundreds and hundreds of pages of the author's personal synthesis of his research interests. This would not be a bad thing if the interest was laser-focused on ancient Egypt (remember the book's title). Instead, the first section of the book is a review of modern physics, both Newtonian (Einsteinian) and Quantum. Additionally, in the other major section of the book we are given very, very lengthy descriptions of neolithic people's presumed spirituality, the roots of Judaism, the lost Gnostic gospels, Essene beliefs, the polluting of Christianity, etc. Interspersed amongst this splattering and smattering of spiritual information is an overview of cellular biology, discussions about DNA and blackholes, creationsim and intelligent design vs. Darwinism, an extensive review of R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz's thinking, Pythagorean thinking, etc. Thus, if what you wanted in a book was an overview of the state of science, as projected through a spiritual lens, then this book is certainly for you. Ironically, on my backburner reading list was the desire to find a book that did just what Malkowski's book here has done. But this work is horribly titled and very misleading. So this is, in a sense, what I meant by the contents being wholly unexpected in a great way.
The wholly unexpected bad thing has to do with the low ancient Egyptian content contained in the work. Yes, Malkowski ultimately tries to tie the literally dozens of threads and digressions back to ancient Egypt. But by the time he does this you have long since lost interest in his point, or just plain gotten lost. At times I had to remind myself I was reading a book that was supposedly about ancient Egypt because the digressions were so very enormous and frequent. If this book's many concepts were put on a flow chart you would reach for a jar of marinara sauce to accompany the spaghetti. Yikes!
The other bad thing about this book that demands mentioning is the unnecessarily academic language and tone of the book. There are many, many passages that need to be read and re-read to be understood. I certainly don't mind being intellectually and spiritually challenged. I would just prefer that the challenge came from the concept, not from the language! What seems to be utterly lacking on Malkowski's part is a mastery of metaphor, analogy, and parable. Furthermore, the author seems to lack the ability to relate his concepts to the real world. As a reader I felt as if I was being subjected, not entertained. And by 'entertained,' I mean titilated and interested. This was a big disappointment because for spirituality to be relevant for people it cannot be such a massive abstraction without grounding in everyday experience. Nor can it be presented to us with such an utter lack of a sense of humor. This was a slog of a book that I began once, put down, then began again many months later as an exercise in personal discipline. With sheer determination I made it through this work in three weeks, all the while feeling as if I was an ascetic wearing a hair shirt.
In conclusion, the strengths of the work are its massive overview of modern science and the tying of those theories to the spiritual experiences of people. Its primary weaknesses are that it is really not a book about Egyptian spirituality as it is about the author's dull brain dump.
Jason Voss

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How ancient Egyptians understood quantum theory • Investigates the history of how modern religion and the Age of Science were inspired by the sacred science of the ancients • Examines how quantum theory explains that the cosmos arises from consciousness • Reveals the unanimity between Schwaller de Lubicz's "sacred science" and the science of a cosmos governed by quantum mechanics Since the dawn of the Age of Science humankind has been engaged in a methodical quest to understand the cosmos. With the development of quantum mechanics, the notion that everything is solid matter is being replaced with the idea that information or "thought" may be the true source of physical reality. Such scientific inquiry has led to a growing interest in the brain's unique and mysterious ability to create perception, possibly through quantum interactions. Consciousness is now being considered as much a fundamental part of reality as the three dimensions we are so familiar with. Although this direction in scientific thought is seen as a new approach, the secret wisdom of the ancients presented just such a view thousands of years ago.Building on René A. Schwaller de Lubicz's systematic study of Luxor's Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu during the 1940s and '50s, Edward Malkowski shows that the ancient Egyptians' worldview was not based on superstition or the invention of myth but was the result of direct observation using critical faculties attuned to the quantum manifestation of the universe. This understanding of reality as a product of human consciousness provided the inspiration for the sacred science of the ancients--precisely the philosophy modern science is embracing today. In the philosophical tradition of Schwaller de Lubicz, The Spiritual Technology of Ancient Egypt investigates the technical and religious legacy of ancient Egypt to reveal its congruence with today's "New Science."

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