The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man [Paperback]

R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (Author), Lucie Lamy (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: November 1, 1981

This book contains the first published results of Schwaller's 12 years of research at the temple of Luxor and its implications for interpreting the symbolic and mathematical processes of the Egyptians through their sacred architecture. 

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Text: English, French (translation)

About the Author

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: 136 pages
• Publisher: Inner Traditions (November 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892810211
• ISBN-13: 978-0892810215
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #534,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unheralded genius, February 8, 2008

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Magnificent. This short book is work of genius. It is not surprising that academics ignored it when it was first published in 1949 - and continue to do so. Of course, most thinking people are dubious of Egyptologists - they still can't explain how the pyramids were built - but de Lubicz proves that a profound ideology underpinned Pharaoh's Egypt. Its focus was less on pagan deities and fanciful notions of the afterworld, and more on a comprehensive knowledge of the human being, physical and spiritual. This understanding was inherited by medieval hermeticists and alchemists. This is a positive and uplifting book, and though the language is somewhat dated, don't let that put you off.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Y.O.U Your Own Universe, December 26, 2011

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This book was written by a man who studied the great temples in Africa for decades. This book shows and proves that Africans knew that the human body was a reflection of the universe, especially the African human body since we were the first people to inhabit this planet. The temple is a replica of the human body which mirrors the universe and was and still is one of the largest religious structures on earth dedicated to the teaching "As Above, So Below".

22 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars what if he is right?, March 25, 2003

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This book strikes me as the author's own philosophy projected onto ancient Egypt, which is mysterious enough to allow for any interpretation. But what if he is right? What if they really were the advanced scientists and mystics and founders of alchemy he believes? That would make this an important work indeed.