
Serpent in the Sky presents a revolutionary, exhaustively documented re-interpretation of the civilization of ancient Egypt; it is a study of the life work of the philosopher, Orientalist and mathematician, the late R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz.
After two decades of study, mainly on site at the
Temple of Luxor, Schwaller de Lubicz was able to prove that all that is
accepted as dogma concerning Egypt (and ancient civilization in general)
is wrong, or hopelessly inadequate; his work overthrows or undermines virtually
every currently-cherished belief regarding man's history, and the
'evolution'
of civilization.
Egyptian science, medicine, mathematics and astronomy were all of an exponentially higher order of refinement and sophistication than modern scholars will acknowledge. The whole of Egyptian civilization was based upon a complete and precise understanding of universal laws. And this profound understanding manifested itself in a consistent, coherent and inter-related system that fused science, art and religion into a single organic Unity. In other words, it was exactly the opposite of what we find in the world today.
Moreover, every aspect of Egyptian knowledge seems to have been complete at the very beginning. The sciences, artistic and architectural techniques and the hieroglyphic system show virtually no signs of a period of 'development'; indeed, many of the achievements of the earliest dynasties were never surpassed, or even equalled later on. This astonishing fact is readily admitted by orthodox Egyptologists, but the magnitude of the mystery it poses is skillfully understated, while its many implications go unmentioned.
How does a complex civilization spring full-blown
into being? Look at a 1905 automobile and compare it to a modern one. There
is no mistaking the
process
of 'development'. But in Egypt there are no parallels. Everything is there
right at the start.
The answer to the mystery is of course obvious, but because it is repellent to the prevailing cast of modern thinking, it is seldom seriously considered. Egyptian civilisation was not a 'development', it was a legacy.
Following an observation made by Schwaller de Lubicz,
it is now possible virtually to prove the existence of another, and perhaps
greater civilization ante-dating dynastic Egypt - and all other known civilizations
- by millennia. In other words, it is now possible to prove
'Atlantis',
and simultaneously, the historical reality of the Biblical Flood. (I use
inverted commas around 'Atlantis' since it is not the physical location
that is at issue here, but rather the existence of a civilization sufficiently
sophisticated and sufficiently ancient to give rise to the legend.) Proof
of the existence of 'Atlantis' rests upon a simple geological
foundation.
Questions of chronology and cause remain unanswered. And it is still impossible to say how the wisdom of 'Atlantis' was preserved and handed down, or by whom. But its existence is now as difficult to deny as the completeness and coherence of Egyptian knowledge at its inception.
Therefore, it is probably safe to say that in providing this first true picture of ancient Egypt, Schwaller de Lubicz has also provided the key to the study of the wisdom of the earlier 'Atlantis'.
- John Anthony West - _Serpent in the Sky - The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt_
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Alien
Soap Opera was formed in Cairo, Egypt by Amir Abdel Magid and Greg Hunter. In
the summer of 1993, Hunter was in Cairo recording an album with
Killing
Joke, and he met Magid, who was recording in the same studio. The day before
Hunter was due to leave Egypt he went to the studio, where Magid asked him to
do a mix of a track that evening. He agreed to do it, the mix went well, and
in the morning Magid and Hunter decided to form a band which they later named
Alien Soap Opera.
Over the next four years, Hunter lived in Cairo co-writing with Magid and collaborating on various projects, living with Arabs, producing/mixing Arabic music, and touring in the Gulf. Magid is a musician/producer/arranger famous throughout the Middle East for his Kanoon (Egyptian Harp) playing, his recordings, and his live performances. He is a familiar sight on Arabic TV, and he regularly tours with his orchestra throughout the world, performing Arabic music.
Hunter is a musician/engineer/producer in the U.K. He is well-known for his engineering/production with many artists such as, the Orband Killing Joke. More recently, he has been writing his own material -- as Alien Soap Opera on Electric Melt Records and as Subsurfing.
The skulls of 700 Egyptians from the twenty-seventh to
thirteenth dynasty (525-332 B.C.) were found to have a larger cerebral
capacity in the right hemisphere, which strongly suggests they were
left-handed.
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The Egyptians believed that sound was the basis of creation;
their most sacred ceremony, the Mystery of Mysteries, used sound
frequencies
to create a connection between the earth's center and the pole star of the heavens.
The frequency codes of this sacred ceremony, was called The Raising of
the Djed'. (The Djed is the earliest known World Tree
archetype
and was the central
focus
of the
Osirian
mysteries. ) A cylindric column of
light,
it was considered the cosmic axis that linked Earth to the Pole Star, the still-point
around which the heavens revolved. The ceremony, prefaced by the reenactment
of a mythic cosmological drama, was performed to evoke stability, continuity
and regeneration during unstable periods between cycles. Historically, the Djed
was raised at Winter Solstice, and was a time of
intense
joy and celebration. The event was orchestrated with resonant acoustic formulas
performed by sacred drummers and chanters. Rhythms of systrum and cymbal
filled the air, along with the percussive clapping of hands and beating of feet.
Research of the texts of the Temple of
Horus
indicate that the Djed served its greatest purpose at the endingof one world
age and the beginning of another. According to ancient calendric reckoning,
Winter solstice December 21, 1992 inaugurated such a period.
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