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(More customer reviews)This is one of those fun, informative books that is infused with originality as well as pure, powerful scholarship, which is often essential for activating the parts of the brain that understand and utilize, rather than just store, marvel, and speculate. It's not what I was looking for (a discussion of inked glyph technique), but it is wonderful. I think perhaps the publisher insisted on a title that sounded more accessible. But, this is a special excursion into Egyptian ideas about the power of names, and I think that shamans and gamers will appreciate it, along with the museum crowds. I believe that true genius in literature always contains a careful measure of playfulness, and I recommend this to any Hermetic, Kemetic, or other seeker of experience in the practical ways of the ancient Egyptians; as well as progressive and artistically minded serious scholars. The best books on Egypt skillfully straddle the subjective and objective worlds, like the people they investigate. Without really going out on a limb, the author shows us previously rather unexplored territory.
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The Egyptian hieroglyphic script is one of the most beautiful, fascinating, and expressive writing systems ever invented. In Ancient Egypt, only an elite few could read and write hieroglyphs, but now you too can recognize and write a selection of names, titles, descriptions, sayings, greetings--even insults! For the ancient Egyptians, nothing could exist without a name--names held the spark of life. In this colorful illustrated guide, Angela McDonald explains how the Egyptians composed names for the elements of their world and along the way opens a fascinating window on their ancient culture--their gods, enemies, animals, and more. With practical guides and a lively, informative text, she shows how to create many charming and useful phrases in hieroglyphs for yourself, your friends, your pets--even your house. There are step-by-step tips on how to draw some of the trickier signs and a collection of genuine Egyptian phrases--greetings, laments, and insults--for use in your own compositions. In the words of one Egyptian papyrus, "By day write with your fingers, recite by night. Befriend the scroll and the palette--it's more fulfilling than wine!" Copub: British Museum Press
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