Heaven's Mirror: Quest for the Lost Civilization Review

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(More customer reviews)This is no mere picture book and Hancock is no Velikovsky. This book has a message of pivotal importance to all humans. It rolls back the horizon of human knowledge to unknown epochs, to a prior high-civilization with technological skills we may not even possess today. Hancock's claim is no less than that. He proves that the monumental layouts of ancient Tiwanaku, Gizeh and Ankor are actually based on star-patterns from 10,500 B.C. and that they contain the coded numbers of the earth's 26,000 year precessional zodiac cycle. Talk about ante-diluvian amnesia! If this theory is correct, then a high civilization existed at or before the 11th Millennium B.C., located in the equatorial regions, with the ability to travel world-wide, while most other humans were still in the stone age. One may ask why are there no inscriptions in stone from this civilization? That mystery may be resolved in due course. More importantly, I think this basic hypothesis is very plausible. With new dating techniques, we must now reevaluate the entire basis of pre-history which, until now, been based on stale eurocentric + mid-eastern cultural preconceptions limited to notions about ice caps and Cro-Magnons inexplicably leading to the rise of the Sumerians, Babylonians, through a series of Indus valley migrations. These findings will surely force the world's archeologists to reappraise those areas of the planet not covered by ice in the period 20,000 to 10,000 BC. I predict that the impact of this theory over the long term may mirror that of Darwin's Origin of the Species. Heaven's Mirror is a disturbing master-work in every respect. My sincere wish is that conventional archeologists should hold back from scorning Mr. Hancock. I ask them to open up to the new evidence with equanimity and address it with a scientific rather than emotive response.

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The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols (Dictionary, Penguin) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a thinker's dictionary, not a guide to road signs and icons. The editors took the trouble to recruit symbol experts from many different professions, ranging from the paranormal to the skeptical academic. The result is a dictionary with entries that have more depth than the usual "quick hits" that other symbolism dictionaries give you. Chevalier is not afraid to give contradictory or contrasting meanings of icons. (He is not a universalist, but a relativist.) He is usually careful to identify the culture in which a particular meaning is given. I keep this in easy reach on my bookshelf, reminding myself, however, that no dictionary on this subject can possibly cover all the meanings a symbol may have. It is worth having around.

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This is a remarkable dictionary, exploring the vast and various symbols which abound in literature, religion, national identity and are found at the very heart of our dreams and sub-conscious. Compiled by an international team of experts, each entry is given its complete range of interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, cultural and religious - to bring meaning and insight to the symbol.

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Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions Review

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(More customer reviews)The book is about the coming changes to our consciousness in the next age.The author's theory is that the stories through the ages about the end of the world are not what is really going to happen,but that we will change as a species,on a mental level.Every 26,000 years our sun is in alignment with the very center of our galaxy.the center of the galaxy is connected to everything that revolves around it.For a long time our world has been in a down cycle,very low consciousness,greed,anger materialism.There was a time (our golden age)when we were in a up cycle,when our world/consciousness was connected to this nucleus/life force.The book goes into detail about astrological alignments and the old religions that new about this connection to our consciousness.This knowledge has trickled down to our times through things like the occult and meditation teachings,but has become distorted.It made me think about why it seems that the world is going crazy(lots of medicated people out there!),and that this is part of the effect before the 2012/new age changing.It might also explain why more and more people are experiencing paranormal stuff and becoming more spiritual,and the tensions for war are also building.It got me to read some more books on this subject.Instead of doom and gloom about coming earth changes the author's theory gives us some light at the end of the tunnel.

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A History of the Ancient Egyptians (Classic Reprint) Review

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(More customer reviews)The front cover should give you a clue about this book. The pages inside were apparently copied from the original book using one of those old magnifying copiers -each page is the size of the book, but in the very center of each page is a very, very tiny photocopy of a book page - about 1/2 inch by 3/4 inch (about the size of that black square that you see on the cover). The print, of course, is smaller than that. You need a magnifying glass to read these pages. I am not joking, but this book IS a JOKE - in other words, if you want to give someone a joke gift, then send this book. Otherwise, avoid this book. It is a sham. I wish I could attach a photocopy of one of the pages. Be warned!

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PREFACE As works on the early Orient multiply, it becomes more and more easy to produce such books at second and third hand, which are thus separated by a long remove from the original monuments forming our primary sources of knowledge. As the use of this volume is in a measnre conditioned by the method which produced it, may the author state that it is based directly and immediately upon the monuments, and in most cases upon the oT1:ginal monuments, rather than upon any published edition of the same? For this purpose the historical lnonuments still standing in Egypt, or instal1ed in the museums of Europe (the latter in toto), were copied or collated by the author anew ad hoc and rendered into English (see infra, p. 445, n. Translations, BAR). Upon this complete version the present volume rests. Those students who desire to consult the sources upon which any given fact is based, are referred to this English corpus. A full bibliography of each original monument, if deTable of Contents CONTENTS; PART I; INTRODUCTION; I THE LAND OF THE EGYPTIANS; II PRELIMINARY SURVEY, CHRONOLOGY AND DocuMENT; ARY SOURCES ; PAGE; 14; III EARLIEST EGYPT ? 29 "; PART II; TIlE OLD KINGDOM; IV EAHLY RELIGION 55; V THE OLD ]~INGDOlI: GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY,; INDUSTRY AND ART 74; VI THE PYRAMID BUILDERS 10:~; VII THE SIXTH DYNASTY: THE DECLINE OF THE OLD; KINGDOM ? 117; PART III; THE MIDDLE KINGDOM:: THE FEUDAL AGE; VIlI THE DECLINE OF THE NORTH AND THE RISE OF; THEBES ? 133; IX THE MIDDLE KINGDOM OR THE FEUDAL AOE; STATE, SOCIETY AND RELIGION; X THE TWELFTH DYNASTY; 139; 152PART IV; THE HYKSOS: THE RISE OF THE EMPIRE; XI THE FALL OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM THE; PAGEl; HYKSOS 173; XII THE EXPULSION OF THE HYKSOS AND THE TUIUMPH; OF THEBES ; PART V; THE EMPIRE: FIRST PERIOD; XIII THE NEW STATE: SOCIETY AND HELIGION ?; XIV THE CONSOLIDA'l'ION OF' THE KINODOM; THE; RISE 01

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Ancient Egyptian Magic Review

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(More customer reviews)The reader who gave this book a bad review probably didn't understand the nature of Egyptian magic in the first place, which could explain why nothing "worked" for him or her. Without the guidance of God behind it, Egyptian magic truly is nothing more than a few odd herbs and some mumbled phrases and it is indeed true that if you want to perform your heka without the touch of the source behind it, then you would do best to avoid this book.
For historical purposes, this is a very useful tome. For others, you may find this of some use as well. Brier is a touch sensational -- as always -- but he has a fondness of Egypt that comes through quite clear in his writing style and it's rather obvious that he loves the land of the pharaohs even if he himself does not completely understand it....

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Ancient Egyptian Magic is the first authoritative modern work on the occult practices that pervaded all aspects of life in ancient Egypt. Based on fascinating archaeological discoveries, it includes everything from how to write your name in hieroglyphs to the proper way to bury a king, as well as: Tools and training of magiciansInterpreting dreams Ancient remedies for headaches, cataracts, and indigestionWrapping a mummy Recipes for magic potions and beauty creams Explanations of amulets and pyramid power A spell to entice a lover A fortune-telling calendarThese subjects and many more will appeal to everyone interested in Egyptology, magic, parapsychology, and the occult; or ancient religions and mythology.

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