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ISBN10: 0892817550, ISBN13: 9780892817559, [publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, Rochester, VT] Softcover Paperback. 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 pharaohs 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 Naydlers 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 ...
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ISBN10: 0892817550, ISBN13: 9780892817559, [publisher: INNER TRADITIONS] Softcover &Uumlber den AutorJeremy Naydler, is a philosopher who has for many years been interested in the religious life of ancient cultures, receiving his doctorate in religious studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He is the author of.
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ISBN10: 0892817550, ISBN13: 9780892817559, [publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company, Rochester, VT] Softcover Paperback. 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 pharaohs 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 Naydlers 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 ...
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