Egypt (ePub)

EGYPT / ANCIENT MYSTERIES..."Brilliant, erudite, and controversial, John Gordon has used Madame Blavatsky's insights to throw a new light on ancient Egyptian civilization."—(Colin Wilson, coauthor of "The Atlantis Blueprint" and author of "The Atlas of Holy Places and Sacred Sites ") "That an advanced Lost Civilization is part of our human heritage should now be self-evident. John Gordon's book takes the currently neglected 'long' view of the Lost Civilization hypothesis (derived mainly from Theosophy and Hindu/Vedic accounts) and defends it with solid scholarship, reasoned argument, and a deep understanding of esoteric philosophy. This is a really interesting book."—(John Anthony West, author of "The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt" and "Serpent in the Sky") In "Egypt: Child of Atlantis" John Gordon asserts that the civilization of Egypt is far older than is commonly believed and was structured around forms of cosmic knowledge that involved astronomical and geographical competence that modern science has yet to attain. Building on evidence of the prehistoric existence of an ancient worldwide religious culture that extended from ancient Egypt to Tibet and China, Gordon traces the origins of Egyptian culture to the legendary lost continent of Atlantis. Based on an understanding of the Precession of the Equinoxes and its inextricable connection to human evolution, divine purpose, and the initiatory nature of Egyptian life, he concludes that the sacred esoteric tradition of the ancient Egyptians was a version of a worldwide prehistoric philosophy, of celestial origin, in which the divine being within Man was seen as a "fallen star god." Egyptologists contend that ancient Egypt was a civilization obsessed with death, that its greatest monuments were tombs, and that its history dates back only some 5,000 years. In contrast Gordon suggests this civilization to have been at least 50,000 years older. Furthermore, he contends that Egypt was originally not a society obsessed with death, but one that saw in life and death an initiatory transition. This idea was followed by the entire population, which was attuned to the form and nature of cosmic evolution at all levels of being, from the highest to the most mundane. In Egypt: Child of Atlantis he reveals the cosmological and astronomical underpinnings of Egyptian philosophy and how they gave structure to the entire society. JOHN GORDON is a senior fellow of the Theosophical Society of England, where he lectures on ancient history and metaphysics. He is the author of several books, including "Self-Consistent Kosmos". He lives in England.