Esoterism and Symbol [Paperback]

R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (Author)

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Publication Date: February 1, 1985

This is an initiation into the tone, structure, and mentality of Egyptian knowledge, the basis of all Western theology and science.  It is a redefinition of those concepts which are basic to the pharaonic transmission--the glory of ancient Egypt.  The author explores the "process of becoming" as related to consciousness and revealed in nature; the kinship between man and the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms; the stages of awareness leading to "Cosmic Consciousness"; and the mystery of the formation of substance into matter.

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R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887-1961) was one of the most important philosophers, mathematicians, and Egyptologists of this century. His elucidation of the temple at Luxor and his presentation of the Egyptian understanding of a special quality of innate consciousness form a bridge that links the sacred science of the Ancients to its rediscovery in our own time. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Inner Traditions (February 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892810149
• ISBN-13: 978-0892810147
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #550,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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112 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS THE BEST SLIM VOLUME..., July 6, 1999

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This review is from: Esoterism and Symbol (Paperback)

...of Schwaller de Lubicz with which to begin an approach to this unique, major thinker. Though I purchased his recently-issued $200 (list) massive 2-vol. tome THE TEMPLE OF MAN, and regret it not for a second, its sheer bulk is daunting to those of us unblessed with nice work-desks, or not as at home with geometric formulations as with the written word (there's plenty of both within)... But a valuable taste of this author's style and essential philosophic thrust is contained in E & S, which reads more poetically and resonantly than the slim volumes SYMBOL & THE SYMBOLIC and THE TEMPLE IN MAN by the same author. To clarify, the best pocket-size, affordable volumes to begin with by this author are this one and NATURE WORD; I also strongly recommend the larger volumes SACRED SCIENCE & THE EGYPTIAN MIRACLE...and the book AL-KEMI by Vandenbroeck, which is about de Lubicz... From one who's approaching 50 years of living and slightly fewer of reading, whose tastes run the gamut of great east-west spiritual/literary/esoteric/initiatic traditions, I confess no author seems more brilliant, original, multi-disciplined, and worth-the-effort-to-comprehend, than R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Information for the Spiritual Student, November 12, 2010

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This review is from: Esoterism and Symbol (Paperback)

This is a short book but has good information for those studying spirituality. The basic premise of this book is that the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt should not be look at as word-forming symbols like the letters of an alphabet, but that each one is a spiritual symbol to symbolize some spiritual truth. The main focus of this book is the difference between the two types of intellegence: the cerebral and the spiritual that he calls "intelligence-of-the-heart" which is a translation of the Egyptian symbols for this type of intellegence.
The book explores the process of awakening our spiritual consciousness to give us wisdom rather than simple material knowledge.
A fascinating chapter is the one that states that "everything that lives, moves" in which he explains that life is not what conventional science defines it to be and that many things we consider non-living really are alive. He concludes the book by telling us that esoterism is not a deliberate hiding of the truth by spiritual writers, but simply a lack on the readers part to understand spiritual things because he is trying to understand with intellect rather than with spiritual consciousness.