René Schwaller de Lubicz was a French writer and philosopher whose work delves into the spiritual and cosmological insights of ancient Egypt. He proposed that Egyptian civilization is far older than conventionally believed, positing that its entire culture stemmed from a profound understanding of "the laws of creation." Schwaller de Lubicz argued that every facet of Egyptian civilization, from monumental structures to everyday objects, was motivated by a central metaphysical vision of cosmic harmony and humanity's place in the evolving consciousness. Though challenging for many readers, his writings strive to express non-linear insights within linear language, reflecting his broader philosophical and metaphysical inquiries.
This is an excursion to the monuments, ruins, statues and bas-reliefs of the Ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak, and a photographic record of this important historic site. Illuminated by the insights of Egyptian scholar R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz, the temples of Karnac reveal the remains of a world devoted to an unimpeachable faith in the afterlife, a faith whose conviction seems to have exalted its builders and artists.
Symbolism is the intuitive means of overcoming the limitations of reason. Here Schwaller explains how true progress in human thought can be made only if we call upon the "symbolizing" faculty of intelligence, developed and refined in the temple culture of ancient Egypt and reflected in its hieroglyphs.
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.