Ancient Egyptian Mysticism and Its Relevance Today [Paperback]

John Van Auken (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

From the creation story to the mythological tales of the gods of Egypt, the author weaves together the wisdom of ancient Egypt with insights from the Edgar Cayce readings. Van Auken explores the secrets of the Great Pyramid and the hidden mysteries of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and recounts the story of Ra Ta (Edgar Cayces earlier life as a high priest of Egypt), including the events that, according to Cayce, led to the building of the Great Pyramid as a place of initiation. Also covered is the expected discovery of the Hall of Records predicted by Cayce.

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From the Back Cover

Ancient Egyptican Mysticism explores the hidden symbolism of ancient temples and correlates it with the human bodys glands and chakras. Not many know that the ancient Egyptians were masters of what would later be called kundalini meditation. We actually have much to learn from these high initiates, who had a much deeper vision of the eternal and the divine than we have ever realized. Fortunately, they left us a complete record of their wisdom in the form of temples, paintings, and special symbols, which the author interprets for us. Illustrated with 50 full-color photographs.

About the Author

John Van Auken is a world authority on Edgar Cayce and ancient Egypt. He has guided dozens of spiritual tours of the pyramids and temples of Egypt and has been interviewed on many radio and television shows, most recently the Fox-TV special Opening the Tombs -- Live from Egypt. His other books include Spiritual Breakthrough -- Handbook to God-Consciousness.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlig (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876044224
• ISBN-13: 978-0876044223
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #833,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, May 3, 2005

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Katie "book worm" (PA , USA) - See all my reviews

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I have always been interested in ancient Egypt, but I hadn't read anything new for many years - until a few months ago, when I started reading on the subject again.

So far I've found that many of the books on this topic are quite dry - with a few glaring exceptions, this being one of them.

This author looks at the evidence in spiritual and mystical terms - and I must say, his interpretations seem to make quite a lot of sense! For instance, he shows evidence that the ancient Egyptians were not polytheistic - in fact, they were quite adamant that there was only one "true source".

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic, & who is ready to look at the evidence from a fresh perspective. This book is ideal for those interested in spirituality.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disapointing, January 8, 2000

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A Bookworm (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

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This is great if your into Edgar Cayce. If your not into him, dont get this book. It is mostly filled with Cayce's prophecies, not with a more scholarly approach. I was looking for more Egyptological content. But hey that's me..

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous - But Based On The Cayce Readings, May 11, 2003

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Jeff Marzano (Essex Junction, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great book if you're a follower of Edgar Cayce as I am.
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This book is for the open minded who feel our current undertanding of history is severely flawed. If you're convinced that the great pyramid was built by a bunch of guys pulling 50 ton blocks of granite around in the desert with ropes you probably won't like this book.

You can read this book in one night as I did. Quite a few pages are taken up by beautiful pictures of art work from Egypt with explanations of the hidden meaning of the symbols and figures. If there was ever a race of people who were heavily into symbolism it was the Egyptians.

This book makes some statements which have implications that apply to the entire human race. One is that the current form of the human body is going to change somehow sometime in the near future. This has only happened a few times since the beginning of the human race.

I didn't realize that the high priest Ra Ta who built the great pyramid was a reincarnation of Edgar Cayce. I think it's obvious that Cayce is a very unusual soul. If I understand correctly it says Cayce was going to be reincarnated again in 1998 which means he may already be alive again.

Another suprise for me is there are many similarities between the ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and other religions such as Christianity and the Jewish faith. It's possible that Mary the mother of Christ and the godess Isis are the same person. For Catholics Mary is like a godess anyway and this may be an accurate symbol since she is supposedly also Eve who was created by dividing the soul of Adam (Christ). So she is the twin soul of God.

I have no problems believing all of the references to Atlantis. To me what Cayce says makes perfect sense.

For more wonderful ideas about the construction of the great pyramid I recommend this book:

The Giza Power Plant by Christoper Dunn

Dunn proves that the great pyramid was actually a machine like a form of nuclear reactor that shot a cosmic energy beam into outer space. Dunn's theories agree with this book that the great pyramid was built using anti gravity technology.

I believe what Cayce said that we are entering a new age.

The Egyptians indicated this also and said that some type of trial by fire is going to occur. Yes, I believe this. I believe Satan is going to collect all of the selfishness he has given out.

A lot of this information is consistent with theories I read in a book that was supposedly communicated to someone by people from another planet called Iarga. They said that human beings could originally communicate using a non verbal form of radiation that even the plants and animals can understand (ie. 'everyone spoke the same language'). The Tower Of Babel story in the bible indicates the point that humans lost the ability to understand the radiation. People such as Tanya Fitzpatrick (the Pet Psychic) can still understand the radiation.

Jeff Marzano

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