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9780892815708

The Temple of Man: Apet of the South at Luxor

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    9780892815708

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    0892815701

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-11-01
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions
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Summary

The monumental Temple of Man represents the most important breakthrough in our understanding of Ancient Egypt since the discovery of the Rosetta stone. This exhaustive and authoritative study reveals the depths of the mathematical, medical, and metaphysical sophistication of Ancient Egypt. Schwaller de Lubicz's stone-by-stone survey of the temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor allows us to step into the mentality of Ancient Egypt and experience the Egyptian way of thinking within the context of their own worldview.A 

His study finds the temple to be an eloquent expression and summary--an architectural encyclopedia--of what the Egyptians knew of humanity and the universe. Through a reading of the temple's measures and proportions, its axes and orientations, and the symbolism and placement of its bas-reliefs, along with the accompanying studies of related medical and mathematical papyri, Schwaller de Lubicz demonstrates how advanced the civilization of Ancient Egypt was, a civilization that possessed exalted knowledge and achievements both materially and spiritually. In so doing, Schwaller de Lubicz effectively demonstrates that Ancient Egypt, not Greece, is at the base of Western science, civilization, and culture.A 

To understand the temple of Luxor, twelve years of field work were undertaken with the utmost exactitude by Schwaller de Lubicz in collaboration with French archaeologist Clement Robichon and the respected Egyptologist Alexandre Varille. From this work were produced over 1000 pages of text and proofs of the sacred geometry of the temple and 400 illustrations and photographs that make up The Temple of Man.A 

The Temple of Man is a monument to inspired insight, conscientious scholarship, and exacting archaeological groundwork that represents a major contribution to humanity's perennial search for self-knowledge and the prehistoric origins of its culture and science.A 

Author Biography

<p><b>The Temple of Man</b> <p><b>Volume 1&nbsp;</b> <p>Publisher's Preface&nbsp;&nbsp; xiii&nbsp; <br>Translators' Acknowledgments&nbsp;&nbsp; xv&nbsp; <br>Translators' Preface&nbsp;&nbsp; xvii&nbsp; <br>Preface&nbsp;&nbsp; xxv&nbsp; <br>Introduction&nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; <p><b>Part 1</b> <br>The Doctrine of the Anthropocosmos Elements&nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp; <br>Chapter 1 * Consciousness and Irreducible Magnitudes&nbsp;&nbsp; 30&nbsp; <br>Chapter 2 * Symbolique&nbsp;&nbsp; 47&nbsp; <br>Chapter 3 * Anthropocosmos&nbsp;&nbsp; 61&nbsp; <br>Chapter 4 * Pharaonic Thought&nbsp;&nbsp; 72&nbsp; <p><b>Part 2&nbsp;</b> <br>Mathematical Thought&nbsp; <br>Chapter 5 * Foundations of Pharaonic Mathematics&nbsp;&nbsp; 88&nbsp; <br>Chapter 6 * Pharaonic Calculation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 126&nbsp; <p><b>Part 3</b> <br>The Master Builders' Grid: Pharaonic Mathematics Applied&nbsp; <br>Chapter 7 * Pharaonic Trigonometry&nbsp;&nbsp; 190&nbsp; <br>Chapter 8 * The Canevas: Living Architecture of Number&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 228&nbsp; <br>Chapter 9 * The Cosmic Principle of Volume&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 250&nbsp; <br>Chapter 10 * Pharaonic Cubits&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 276&nbsp; <br>Chapter 11 * The Human Canon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 310&nbsp; <br>Chapter 12 * The Royal Apron&nbsp;&nbsp; 346&nbsp; <br>Chapter 13 * The Axes&nbsp;&nbsp; 355&nbsp; <p><b>Part 4</b> <br>The Architecture of the Temple:&nbsp; <br>Themes&nbsp; <br>Chapter 14 *&nbsp; The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus&nbsp;&nbsp; 374&nbsp; <br>Chapter 15 * The Diadem&nbsp;&nbsp; 432&nbsp; <br>Chapter 16 *&nbsp; The Joints: Guides for Reading&nbsp;&nbsp; 444&nbsp; <br>Chapter 17 * The Covered Temple: The Head&nbsp;&nbsp; 448&nbsp; <br>Chapter 18 * Sanctuary V&nbsp;&nbsp; 458&nbsp; <br>Chapter 19 * Crossing&nbsp;&nbsp; 476&nbsp; <br>Chapter 20 * The Zodiac&nbsp;&nbsp; 479&nbsp; <br>Chapter 21 * The Hindu Temple&nbsp;&nbsp; 498&nbsp; <br>Chapter 22 * The Mystic Temple: A Meditation&nbsp;&nbsp; 504&nbsp; <p><b>Volume 2</b> <p><b>Part 5</b> <br>The Pharaonic Temple&nbsp; <br>Chapter 23 * The Architectonics of the Pharaonic Temple&nbsp;&nbsp; 514&nbsp; <br>Chapter 24 * Preface to the Presentation of the Architecture of the Temple of Luxor&nbsp;&nbsp; 519&nbsp; <br>Chapter 25 * The Temple of Luxor&nbsp;&nbsp; 524&nbsp; <p><b>Part 6</b> <br>Plates, Legends, and Commentaries&nbsp; <br>Chapter 26 * Amun and Suti-Hor&nbsp;&nbsp; 532&nbsp; <br>Chapter 27 * General Views of the Temple of Luxor&nbsp;&nbsp; 535&nbsp; <br>Chapter 28 * The Growth of the Temple&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 569&nbsp; <br>Chapter 29 * A Colossus of the Temple&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 591&nbsp; <br>Chapter 30 * Joints and Pieces&nbsp;&nbsp; 639&nbsp; <br>Chapter 31 * The Mosaic Figure in the Foundation of the Temple&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 677&nbsp; <br>Chapter 32 * The Crown of the Skull&nbsp;&nbsp; 699&nbsp; <br>Chapter 33 * The Moon in the Haty&nbsp;&nbsp; 721&nbsp; <br>Chapter 34 * The Knees&nbsp;&nbsp; 737&nbsp; <br>Chapter 35 * The Bows&nbsp;&nbsp; 747&nbsp; <br>Chapter 36 * The Zodiac&nbsp;&nbsp; 761&nbsp; <br>Chapter 37 * The Master Builders' Grid&nbsp;&nbsp; 779&nbsp; <br>Chapter 38 * Transformations and Mutations&nbsp;&nbsp; 861&nbsp; <br>Chapter 39 * A Secret Sanctuary&nbsp;&nbsp; 885&nbsp; <br>Chapter 40 * The Axes of the Temple&nbsp;&nbsp; 905&nbsp; <br>Chapter 41 * Receiving and Giving&nbsp;&nbsp; 955&nbsp; <br>Chapter 42 * The Architectural Structure&nbsp;&nbsp; 977&nbsp; <br>Chapter 43 * Transparency and Transposition&nbsp;&nbsp; 991&nbsp; <br>Chapter 44 * Seth-Horus&nbsp;&nbsp; 1003&nbsp; <br>Appendix:&nbsp; <br>Comparison of Parts and Chapters in the English and French Editions&nbsp;&nbsp; 1022&nbsp; <br>List of Works Cited&nbsp;&nbsp; 1024&nbsp; <br>Index&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1028

Table of Contents

VOLUME 2
Part 5 THE PHARAONIC TEMPLE 514(18)
CHAPTER 23 THE ARCHITECTONICS OF THE PHARAONIC TEMPLE
514(5)
CHAPTER 24 PREFACE TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR
519(5)
CHAPTER 25 THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR
524(8)
Part 6 PLATES, LEGENDS, AND COMMENTARIES 532(490)
CHAPTER 26 AMUN AND SUTI-HOR
532(3)
PLATE 1
532(3)
Amun, Source of Births, Creator of the Neters
532(1)
Suti-Hor: The Original Builders
533(2)
CHAPTER 27 GENERAL VIEWS OF THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR PLATES 2-11
535(34)
CHAPTER 28 THE GROWTH OF THE TEMPLE PLATES 12-15
569(22)
CHAPTER 29 A COLOSSUS OF THE TEMPLE PLATES 16-25
591(48)
CHAPTER 30 JOINTS AND PIECES PLATES 26-33
639(38)
CHAPTER 31 THE MOSAIC FIGURE IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE PLATES 34-38
677(22)
CHAPTER 32 THE CROWN OF THE SKULL PLATES 39-43
699(22)
CHAPTER 33 THE MOON IN THE HATY PLATES 44 AND 45
721(16)
CHAPTER 34 THE KNESS PLATE 46
737(10)
CHAPTER 35 THE BOWS PLATES 47-49
747(14)
CHAPTER 36 THE ZODIAC PLATES 50 AND 51
761(18)
CHAPTER 37 THE MASTER BUILDERS' GRID
779(82)
PLATES 52-67
812(49)
The Problem of Establishing a Human Canon
812(3)
Study of an Applied Canevas: The Tomb of Ukhotep at Meir
815(16)
The Use of a Grid by the Maya
831(1)
Investigation of the Canevas Imposed by the Representations and Proportions of the Figures
832(13)
Cubits and Temple
845(5)
The Grid and Architecture
850(3)
An Application of the Canevas of the Architecture of the Temple of Luxor
853(8)
CHAPTER 38 TRANSFORMATIONS AND MUTATIONS PLATES 68-74
861(24)
CHAPTER 39 A SECRET SANCTUARY PLATES 75-78
885(20)
CHAPTER 40 THE AXES OF THE TEMPLE
905(50)
PLATES 79-90
931(24)
The Holy of Holies
931(4)
The Lines on the Floor
935(2)
The Three Axes
937(10)
The Naos of Alexander and the Geometric Pi
947(1)
Discussion Concerning a Perfect Pi
948(7)
CHAPTER 41 RECEIVING AND GIVING PLATES 91-93
955(22)
Giving and Receiving, Receiving and Giving
973(4)
CHAPTER 42 THE ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE PLATES 94-96
977(14)
CHAPTER 43 TRANSPARENCY AND TRANSPOSITION PLATES 97 AND 98
991(12)
CHAPTER 44 SETH-HORUS PLATES 99-101
1003(19)
The Realizers of the Plan: Suti-Hor
1010(11)
The Unity
1021(1)
APPENDIX: COMPARISON OF PARTS AND CHAPTERS IN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH EDITIONS 1022(2)
LIST OF WORKS CITED 1024(4)
INDEX 1028

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