Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred
In this guide to the cosmology of ancient Egypt, Jeremy Naydler recreates the experience of living in another time and place. Temple of the Cosmos explores Egypt's sacred geography and mythology; but more importantly, it reveals with unprecedented clarity an ancient consciousness in tune with the rhythms of the earth. The ancient Egyptians experienced their gods not as remote beings but rather as psychic and natural forces, transpersonal energies that played a part in everyday life. This...
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In this guide to the cosmology of ancient Egypt, Jeremy Naydler recreates the experience of living in another time and place. Temple of the Cosmos explores Egypt's sacred geography and mythology; but more importantly, it reveals with unprecedented clarity an ancient consciousness in tune with the rhythms of the earth. The ancient Egyptians experienced their gods not as remote beings but rather as psychic and natural forces, transpersonal energies that played a part in everyday life. This direct experience of the gods shaped the Egyptian concepts of human development, healing, magic, and the soul's journey through the Underworld as described in the Books of the Dead. While building on the pioneering efforts of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz and others, Temple of the Cosmos is much more than a recapitulation of previous theories of Egyptian spirituality. Rather, this book breaks new ground by placing the work of other Egyptologists in an original, magical context. The result is a brilliant reimagining of the Egyptian worldview and its sacred path of spiritual unfolding.Jeremy Naydler is a lecturer at Oxford University and has published widely on esoteric topics. Critical Review “A book that breaks new ground, a scholarly yet esoteric approach to an ancient culture and religion.”
The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the SacredPreface 1. A Metaphysical Landscape 2. Interpenetrating Worlds 3. Myths of Cosmogenesis 4. The Marking of Time 5. The Marriage of Myth and History 6. The Theology of Magic 7. The Practice of Magic 8. The Soul Incarnate 9. The Soul Discarnate 10. Orientating in the Underworld 11. The Travails of the Underworld 12. The End of the Underworld Journey Epilogue Notes Illustration Credits Index
\ John Anthony West"A valuable and original work."\ \ \ \ \ Critical Review“A book that breaks new ground, a scholarly yet esoteric approach to an ancient culture and religion.”\ \ \ I. M. Oderberg“. . . not only evokes the atmosphere of the myths, but re-creates that all too rare relationship with them that enables us to understand what it means to be part of ongoing cosmic processes as sacred realities.”\ \ \ \ \ Clement Salaman“The reader experiences living issues rather than the cold reconstructions of a guide book.”\ \ \ \ \ Robert Masters"An ambitious and lucid interpretation of ancient Egyptian consciousness, especially with respect to the experience of the sacred. As such the book also sheds light on the wild and mysterious psychospiritual currents of our present time, including the Goddess re-emergence."\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher\ “The reader experiences living issues rather than the cold reconstructions of a guide book.”\ \ \ \ \ Temenos Academic ReviewsOccasionally a book appears which is not only full of interesting facts but presents an inner meaning and significance of those facts, drawing the mind to an area of understanding which cannot be put into words. Jeremy Naydler's Temple of the Cosmos is such a book. . . .It is no coincidence that every aspect of the ancient Egyptian life upon which he touches discloses a similar quality.\ —1997\ \
