The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus Review

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(More customer reviews)I read The Hiram Key a few months ago and I cannot in any number of words say how interesting it was. I was raised in a very strict church that believed only in a literal translation of the Bible. The content of The Hiram Key shocked me. Instead of being turned off, I read hungrily. Believing the authors to have honorable intentions, I finished the book and then researched every avenue I could via the footnotes,etc. It all proved out.I was amazed at how long some of this knowledge has been out there and how long it took to come to the eyes of the general public.I am 48 years old and feel released for the first time in memory. I finished The Second Messiah last week and last night started Uriel's Machine. Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas are refreshing, intellegent, courageous and so much more. I will read anything they write and wish I could share with them the dept of effect they have had on my family and many of our friends. Of course, I read the other reviews that would make them out to be of the devil or some such nonsense as that and surely there are many who would agree. It is threatening to read substantive material that flys in the face of all the beliefs that make up our eternal retirement plan. Truth doesn't set everyone free. Everyone can't handle the responsiblity. Hurray for these men and thank you so very much.

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The Hiram Key is a book that will shake the Christian world to its very roots. When Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, both Masons, set out to find the origins of Freemasonry they had no idea that they would find themselves unraveling the true story of Jesus and the original Jerusalem Church. As a radically new picture of Jesus started to emerge, the authors came to the startling conclusion that the key rituals of modern Freemasonry were practiced by the early followers of Jesus as a means of initiation into their community.

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The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel?annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations) Review

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(More customer reviews)The Secret Book, or Apocryphon, of John is perhaps the most important text of classic Gnosticism. It is also one of the most complex, difficult to follow in the standard translations, its meaning more or less impenetrable without a commentary. In The Secret Book of John: Annotated and Explained, Gospel of Thomas expert Stevan Davies provides a clear and accessible introduction to this important text. Step by step Davies steers the reader through the different layers of the text, outlining the structure of its thought and even providing diagrams. The translation is straightforward and formatted in such a way that the reader cannot get lost in the maze of terminology and ideas. What is more, the introduction is the best short explanation of Gnosticism that I have ever read. Davies sketches out the fundamentals of Gnosticism clearly, appealing to contemporary spiritality without compromising historically accuracy. Anyone genuinely interested in understanding ancient Gnosticism should start here.

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This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual questThe Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion. Part of the library of books found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, this central myth of Gnosticism tells the story of how God fell from perfect Oneness to imprisonment in the material world, and how by knowing our divine nature and our divine origins—that we are one with God—we reverse God's descent and find our salvation.The Secret Book of John: The Gnostic Gospel—Annotated & Explained decodes the principal themes, historical foundation, and spiritual contexts of this challenging yet fundamental Gnostic teaching. Drawing connections to Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, kabbalistic Judaism, and Sufism, Davies focuses on the mythology and psychology of the Gnostic religious quest. He illuminates the Gnostics' ardent call for self-awareness and introspection, and the empowering message that divine wholeness will be restored not by worshiping false gods in an illusory material world but by our recognition of the inherent divinity within ourselves.Now you can experience and understand this foundational teaching even if you have no previous knowledge of Gnosticism. This SkyLight Illuminations edition presents the most important and valued book in Gnostic religion with insightful yet unobtrusive commentary. It provides deeper insight into the understanding that in Gnosticism the distinction between savior and saved ceases to exist—you must save yourself and in doing so save God.

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Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts: The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt Review

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(More customer reviews)Jeremy Naydler has rescued the deep wisdom of Egypt - experiential insight into the deeper reality and how we can travel there for initiation and empowerment - from the Egyptologists. For all of us who have long suspected, or remembered, that the palace tombs and pyramid texts of Egypt are about much, much more than funerary arrangements, here is ringing confirmation that the Egyptians traveled beyond the gates of death while very much alive, not only to bring back first-hand knowledge of the afterlife, but to enter into sacred union with the gods and enthrone their power in the body, and so acquire the spiritual and sexual potency to marry the worlds. Shamanic Wisdom of the Pyramid Texts is 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

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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 traditionTo the Greek philosophers and other peoples of the ancient world, Egypt was regarded as the home of a profound mystical wisdom. While there are many today who still share that view, the consensus of most Egyptologists is that no evidence exists that Egypt possessed any mystical tradition whatsoever. Jeremy Naydler's radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts--the earliest body of religious literature to have survived from ancient Egypt--places these documents into the ritual context in which they belong.Until now, the Pyramid Texts have been viewed primarily as royal funerary texts that were used in the liturgy of the dead pharaoh or to aid him in his afterlife journey. This emphasis on funerary interpretation has served only to externalize what were actually experiences of the living, not the dead, king. In order to understand the character and significance of the extreme psychological states the pharaoh experienced--states often involving perilous encounters with alternate realities--we need to approach them as spiritual and religious phenomena that reveal the extraordinary possibilities of human consciousness. It is the shamanic spiritual tradition, argues Naydler, that is the undercurrent of the Pyramid Texts and that holds the key to understanding both the true nature of these experiences and the basis of ancient Egyptian mysticism.

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Origin of the Egyptians Review

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(More customer reviews)I was doing research on the pre-dynastic history of Egypt. I got caught up in the question that has defied archaeologists and historians alike: Where did the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians originate?Ancient Egyptian Civilization seems to have burst on the scene fully developed, from nowhere. It seems unlikely that the aboriginal cultures of Africa provided the root for this ancient and highly developed civilization. I could never accept that the ancient Egyptians were the descendants of extraterrestrials.Who, then were the real ancestors of the ancient Egyptian civilization?August Le Plongeon provided a most plausible answer. Exploring Central America, the home of the ancient Mayas, along with his wife Alice and writing of his exploits during the last quarter of the ninteenth century, Le Plongeon formulated his theory that the ancient Egyptians were the descendants of Mayan Colonists from that strange and fascinating civilization of Central America. Mayan culture has many similarties in common with ancient Egypt. Both civilizations built pyramids of impressive proportions. Both possessed a highly developed religion and an astounding body of mathematical and scientific knowledge. Both possessed a glyph type writing. Mayan words appear in the Egyptian language too frequently to be coincidence. The evidence is almost overwhelming!Many of Le Plongeon's contemporaries and today's scholars consider him an eccentric, not to be taken too seriously. On this point the call is up to the reader.Le Plongeon's theories can't be ignored! They are more than worthy of consideration.Apparently Le Plongeon had no fear of the Roman Church, he makes no attempt to hide his contempt for the Church, and its priests accompaning the Spanish military invaders of the Mayan Empire. Le Plongeon has a tendancy to tell it like he sees it and let the chips fall where they may. Refreshing!After reading Le Plongeon's book I can understand why this might not be a popular volume with the Roman Church. Fortunately in this country we don't ban or burn books, or the people who write such books, not yet!

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By Augustus Le Plongeon, M.D.Introductory Preface by Manly P. HallThe premise for this book is best summarized in the words of itsauthor, who writes: "Plutarch, in his Life of Solon, informs us thatPsenophis and Sonchis-one a priest of Heliopolis, and the other ofSais-told the Athenian legislator that 9,000 years before his visit toEgypt, on account of the submergence of the Island of Atlantis (Landof Mu of the Mayas) all communications had been interrupted with theWestern countries. If the Egyptians learned the art of writing fromthe Mayas, as no doubt they did, it must have been in times anteriorto the cataclysm. In this we would find the explanation of whyidentical characters are being found on the most ancient monuments ofEgypt and those of Mayach, having the same meaning and containing therelation of the same cosmogonical traditions." Illustrated.

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Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great book, but not an easy read. There is much here to be read several times and pondered upon.
The author states his purpose in writing the book is: "To suggest an interpretation of Egyptian metaphysical tradition in harmony with with the teachings set forth in what we call the mysteries."
In the introduction, the author lodges a valid criticism of some academics in the fields of Egyptology and archaeology. He makes a distinction between two types of academics. The first are those who are too close to the to see the trees. They are "materialistic minded men" bent on maintaining their reputations and place in the academic community. Terrified of controversy and change. Unwilling to accept conclusions and new theories based on the latest scientific methods. The second group are those bold enough to speculate on new ideas based to modern exploration and research. These people are unafraid to reveal their conclusions to public scrutiny.
This work will be of interest to hard-core students of Freemasonry, especially those who are open-minded and inclined to search for the roots of Freemasonry among the ancient Egyptians.
To the Master Mason interested in the origins of the Craft, the section dealing with the "Crata Repoa" will be quite interesting. To avoid forming the misconception that he is reading the narrative of a modern ritual The reader must keep in mind the author is dealing with a ritual that could only have originated in ancient Egypt and passed down through the ages. Ultimately, the reader must make up his own mind about the information presented by the author.
In chapter Four, "The Secret Doctrine of Egypt", Freemasons will be fascinated by the author's treatment of the "Widow's Son".
Those who are not members of the Masonic fraternity may have difficulty grasping some of the concepts relating to Freemasonry presented by the author.
Manly P. Hall was raised on November 22, 1954 in Jewel Lodge No. 374. In 1990 Mr Hall was elevated to the 33d degree, the highest honor and degree in Freemasonry.
The author has written other books on Freemasonry: "The Lost Keys of Freemasonry"; Masonic Orders of the Fraternity"; and "The Secret Destiny of America".
An extremely interesting section of the book presents the author's perspective concerning the "Curse of Tutankhamen's Tomb".
In my opinion, this book will not be well received by Christian Fundamentalists and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, based on the author'frank and historically correct criticism of these two groups.

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