THE BOOKS OF
ANCIENT EGYPT
There are many apparently 'channelled' texts dating from ancient times that have been found in Egypt.Later texts are decidedly Gnostic in flavour, with many Christian interpolations.
The Sources of the Channelled Texts of the Ancient Egyptians
On the walls of the Edfu Temple*, the story of Zep Tepi displays the rule of we, the Archons, who came to Egypt and proceeded to give the people of the Nile the benefits of civilization and agriculture.
The bringers of this high civilisation incarnated in human form and often took on part of the shape of animals.
The Egyptians called us Neteru.
The Aeon (Neter) who had the greatest influence over ancient Egyptian was the Aeon whom the Egyptians called Horus, in hieroglyphic form ḥr.w; meaning "falcon".
Additional meanings include "the distant one" (a most suitable name for all the Aeons) or "one who is above".
The Greeks called the Aeon Horus Ὧρος Hōros.
This Aeon, wishing to extend his influence over the Egyptian people, taught that new incarnations of Horus succeeded the deceased Pharaoh on earth in the form of new Pharaohs.
In reality the Aeon, during what was termed the Old Kingdom, guided the Pharaohs, who were permitted to 'channel' some of the wisdom of the great Aeon - and this accounts for the 'Pyramid Texts', and the superior culture and civilisation of the Old Kingdom when compared to later periods of Egyptian history.
The Sources of the Channelled Texts of the Ancient Egyptians
On the walls of the Edfu Temple*, the story of Zep Tepi displays the rule of we, the Archons, who came to Egypt and proceeded to give the people of the Nile the benefits of civilization and agriculture.
The bringers of this high civilisation incarnated in human form and often took on part of the shape of animals.
The Egyptians called us Neteru.
The Aeon (Neter) who had the greatest influence over ancient Egyptian was the Aeon whom the Egyptians called Horus, in hieroglyphic form ḥr.w; meaning "falcon".
Additional meanings include "the distant one" (a most suitable name for all the Aeons) or "one who is above".
The Greeks called the Aeon Horus Ὧρος Hōros.
This Aeon, wishing to extend his influence over the Egyptian people, taught that new incarnations of Horus succeeded the deceased Pharaoh on earth in the form of new Pharaohs.
In reality the Aeon, during what was termed the Old Kingdom, guided the Pharaohs, who were permitted to 'channel' some of the wisdom of the great Aeon - and this accounts for the 'Pyramid Texts', and the superior culture and civilisation of the Old Kingdom when compared to later periods of Egyptian history.
The three most significant channelled texts are 'The Pyramid Texts', 'The Book of Pylons' (also known as the 'Book of Gates', and the 'Book of the Dead' (more correctly known as "Book of Coming Forth by Day")
'THE BOOK OF PYLONS'
It narrates the passage of a newly deceased soul into the next world, corresponding to the journey of the sun though the underworld during the hours of the night.
The soul is required to pass though a series of 'gates' at different stages in the journey. Each gate is associated with a different goddess, and requires that the deceased recognise the particular character of that deity.
The text implies that some people will pass through unharmed, but that others will suffer torment in a lake of fire.
The text and images associated with the Book of Gates appear in many tombs of the New Kingdom, including all the pharaonic tombs between Horemheb and Ramesses VII. They also appear in the tomb of Sennedjem, a worker in the village of Deir el-Medina, the ancient village of artists and craftsmen who built pharaonic tombs in the New Kingdom.
'THE BOOK OF THE DEAD'
The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BC) to around 50 BC.
The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated 'rw nw prt m hrw' is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day".
Another translation would be "Book of emerging forth into the Light".
The text consists of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead person's journey through the Duat, or underworld, and into the afterlife.
The Book of the Dead was part of a tradition of funerary texts which includes the earlier Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts, which were painted onto objects, not papyrus.
Some of the spells included were drawn from these older works and date to the 3rd millennium BC.
Other spells were composed later in Egyptian history, dating to the Third Intermediate Period (11th to 7th centuries BC).
A number of the spells which made up the Book continued to be inscribed on tomb walls and sarcophagi, as had always been the spells from which they originated.
The Book of the Dead was placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased.
THE PYRAMID TEXTS
The Pyramid Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian religious texts from the time of the Old Kingdom.They are possibly the oldest known religious texts in the world.
The Pyramid Texts were channelled from two Aeons whom the Egyptians called Horus and Thoth.
The Pyramid Texts were channelled from two Aeons whom the Egyptians called Horus and Thoth.
Written in Old Egyptian, the pyramid texts were carved on the walls and sarcophagi of the pyramids at Saqqara during the 5th and 6th Dynasties of the Old Kingdom.
The oldest of the texts have been dated to between ca. 2400-2300 BC.
Unlike the later Coffin Texts (Book of Gates) and Book of the Dead, the pyramid texts were reserved only for the pharaoh and were not illustrated.
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The invocations , or "utterances", of the pyramid texts are primarily concerned with protecting the pharaoh's remains, reanimating his body after death, and helping him ascend to the heavens, which are the emphasis of the afterlife during the Old Kingdom.
The invocations delineate all of the ways the Pharaoh could travel, including the use of ramps, stairs, ladders, and most importantly flying.
The spells could also be used to call the 'gods' to help - and thus they were the first 'invocations'.
'He rejoices at your coming, gives you his hands,
Kisses you, caresses you,
Sets you before the spirits, the imperishable stars...
The hidden ones worship you,
The great ones surround you,
The watchers wait on you.'
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