The Temple of Man The Revelation of the Temple Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

By R. A. Schwaller De Lubicz

Introduction

Only in recent years have people become aware of the importance of Schwaller de Lubicz, described as the last Pythagorean, an alchemist who accomplished the Great Work, both in transmutation of physical lead to gold, and correspondingly in consciousness. In his early days he wrote an analysis of the Secret Language of the Gothic Cathedrals, which he would not publish because of the value of the Sacred Knowledge, but which he did lend to his compatriot, the Master Alchemist, Fulcanelli, who proceeded, after refusing to return the manuscript for a period of years, to publish "his" masterpiece Les Mystere des Cathedrales. Schwaller was able to read and write the "Language of the Gods", the Universal Symbolic Language of the Divine Mysteries, contained in all great Sacred texts, alchemical manuscripts and Sacred architecture.

Upon his first journey to Egypt, Schwaller discovered an expression of this Universal Language with its principles of Sacred Science, so refined, that he moved to Egypt and spent the next 15 years studying in minute detail Egypt’s most exquisite and divine temple, the Temple of Luxor. Schwaller measured the entire building and proved that the plan was rigorously based upon human proportions and designed to symbolically represent man. The human being embodied in the geometry of the Temple’s architecture is symbolic of the Perfect Man.

In Egypt, the Perfect Man represented the final stage of man’s evolution, his ultimate Divinization. The Temple of Man awakens us to the resurrection of the spiritual essence of man which has involved itself in matter. Every human birth participates in this alchemy, either in a conscious manner, through the intentional perfecting and manifesting of one’s higher nature, or through the tumult and suffering of experience that lead eventually to spiritual self-awareness – the Temple of Man.

There is no question that this is one of the greatest cosmological work ever written, providing the clearest revelation of the little know Egyptian Temple science. Schwaller was not a merely an intellectual, but a Master Alchemist who successfully applied the principles of transmutation to both matter and consciousness, giving his work the added significance of being capable of bridging that gargantuan gap between Cosmological Theory and spiritual application. This is the first time the Initiated Mysteries and Sacred Hermetic Science of the Egyptian Priesthood have been laid out and explained, and in exhaustive detail. The information revealed in this work has the power to inspire a much needed renaissance in science, art and spirituality, while redefining our interpretation of the universe, history, culture, and ourselves.

Translated by Robert Lawlor, this 1100 page work gives, for the first time, a complete revelation of the Temple Wisdom, Cosmology and Mysticism of Ancient Egypt. With over 400 diagrams and plates, this masterpiece was intended by Schwaller to prove, once and for all, to the scientific and educated world, the advanced level of scientific and metaphysical wisdom possessed by this greatest of ancient civilizations. In the process he proves that Egypt, not Greece, is the cradle of Western culture and civilization, and demonstrates that a radical reevaluation of our origins is imminent.

No thinking individual should forego this opportunity to participate in what shall surely inspire a Renaissance of scientific, spiritual, historical and political wisdom. This is truly a book for the Information Revolution! The Temple of Man reveals clearly what before took the attempted deciphering of hundreds of books to hopefully understand. We have no hesitation in recommending this as one of the best books we have ever seen and the most important works in our 15,000 volume library!

For everyone interested in Mysticism, Cosmology, Metaphysics, Markets, Science, Gann, and Baumring, this is the best explanation of most of it that you will ever find. Topics include: Law of Vibration, Harmonics, Sacred Geometry, Astronomy, Cycles, Proportion, Number Series, Sacred Architecture, Masonic Grid Patterns, The Square of Nine & The Hindu Temple, Gann’s Concepts of Space Time & Volume, Everything Pythagorean, Alchemy, Medicine, Mysticism, Consciousness, Evolution, Mythology, Cosmogony, The Key to Symbolism, and The Revelation of The Mysteries, to name a few.

   

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About the Book

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Other Works of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz

The Egyptian Miracle: An Introduction to the Wisdom of the Temple
Translated by Andre and Goldian VandenBroeck
Illustrated by Lucie Lamy

Esoterism and Symbol
Translated by Andre and Goldian VandenBroeck

Nature Word
Translated by Deborah Lawlor

Sacred Science: The King of Pharaonic Theocracy
Translated by Andre and Goldian VandenBroeck
Illustrated by Lucie Lamy

A Study of Numbers: A Guide to the Constant Creation of the Universe
Translated by Christopher Bamford

Symbol and the Symbolic: Ancient Egypt, Science, and the Evolution of Consciousness
Translated by Robert and Deborah Lawlor

The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man
Translated by Robert and Deborah Lawlor
Illustrated by Lucie Lamy

The Temples of Karnak
Photographs by Georges and Valentine de Mire
Translated by Andre and Goldian VandenBroeck
Diagrams and drawings by Lucie Lamy

Reviews

"In The Temple of Man, renowned Egyptologist R.A. Schwaller De Lubicz offers an exhaustive study of the temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor.  In over 1000 pages of text, illustrations and photographs, De Lubicz demonstrates the powerful spiritual and philosophical heritage of ancient Egyptian civilization."
- Publishers Weekly

"Schwaller's grand synthesis reveals, once and for all, the full extent and significance of the knowledge of Ancient Egypt."
- Parabola

"Le Temple de l'homme by Schwaller de Lubicz is an absolute must for all who are interested in the search for the truth about Ancient Egypt and its pivotal place in the unfolding of the cosmic drama and the human quest for immortality and spiritual perfection. For years we have all waited for an English translation. Here it is at last!"
- Robert G. Bauval, author of The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids and Message of the Sphinx

"Schwaller's text demands that it not be just read, but that it be 'thought along with.' His scientific writings contain poetic and spiritual insights that touch the soul . . . because true science, as he conceives it, is capable of generating those insights--indeed, it demands that they be generated."
- Gnosis Magazine

"In my view,The Temple of Man is the most important work of scholarship of this century. R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz finally proves the existence of the legendary 'sacred science' of the Ancients and systematically demonstrates its modus operandi. It was this great science--based upon an intimate and exact knowledge of cosmic principles--that fused art, religion, science, and philosophy into one coherent whole and sustained Ancient Egypt for three thousand years."
- John Anthony West, author of Serpent in the Sky

"Schwaller de Lubicz's great work, grounded in a remarkable insight into the science and philosophy of the ancient world, opens the way to a complete reappraisal of Egyptian civilization, revolutionizing our view of history."
- John Michell, author of The New View Over Atlantis

"This astonishing and monumental book helps us understand not only the greatness of Egypt, but the depths of the human soul as well. The work of Schwaller de Lubicz stands in our time as an unsurpassed blending of objective scholarship and profound spiritual and philosophical vision."
- Jacob Needleman, author of Time and the Soul

"In the first Renaissance, the Florentines went back to the knowledge of the ancient Greeks. In this, our planetary Renaissance, we return to the esoteric knowledge of the Ancient Egyptians. The research and intuitions of Schwaller de Lubicz should be placed alongside Evans-Wentz's recovery of the esoteric knowledge of Tibet."
- William Irwin Thompson, author of At the Edge of History

"Schwaller de Lubicz is one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century--his greatness, alas, still not fully recognized, although readers who knowSacred Science and Symbol and the Symbolic treasure them as masterpieces. But his greatest and most massive achievement is The Temple of Man, surely one of the seminal works of the last half century. The news that it is to be finally published in English will delight all admirers of this highly original philosopher."
- Colin Wilson, author of The Outsider and The Philosopher's Stone

"The Temple of Man will live, like statues of Ramesses, long after we and those who follow us have joined the pharaohs. This is an eternal work, just as Egypt is eternal. To enter the minds of the Ancient Egyptians through this door will lead any reader into an enchanted realm where form and structure have life, where stone breathes and  perspires, and where the palpitating heart of traditional wisdom still throbs amongst the sands."
- Robert Temple, translator of The Complete Fables of Aesop and author of The Sirius Mystery

"The Temple of Man is a monumental product of intellect, scholarship, and exploration into the 'pharaonic mentality' of Ancient Egypt. There is no work more ambitious in seeking to render accessible the consciousness of a time and place remote from and extremely alien to our own. The sufficiently careful and aware reader can actually take on enough of the mindset being described as to arrive at states of consciousness unlike any experienced by contemporary people. It then becomes possible to glimpse that extraordinary 'mentality' which cast in Egypt a spell of luminous fascination still potent after thousands of years."
- Robert Masters, author of The Way to Awaken and The Goddess Sekhmet

Table of Contents

Volume 1

• Publisher's Preface    xiii
• Translators' Acknowledgments    xv
• Translators' Preface    xvii
• Preface    xxv
• Introduction    Pages 1-13

Part 1    

• The Doctrine of the Anthropocosmos Elements    Pages 14-29
• Chapter 1 - Consciousness and Irreducible Magnitudes    Pages 30-46
• Chapter 2 - Symbolique    Pages 47-60
• Chapter 3 - Anthropocosmos    Pages 61-71
• Chapter 4 - Pharaonic Thought    Pages 72-87

Part 2 - Mathematical Thought

• Chapter 5 - Foundations of Pharaonic Mathematics    Pages 88-125
• Chapter 6 - Pharaonic Calculation    Pages 126-189

Part 3 - The Master Builders' Grid: Pharaonic Mathematics Applied

• Chapter 7 - Pharaonic Trigonometry    Pages 190-227
• Chapter 8 - The Canevas: Living Architecture of Number    Pages 228-249
• Chapter 9 - The Cosmic Principle of Volume    Pages 250-275
• Chapter 10 - Pharaonic Cubits    Pages 276-309
• Chapter 11 - The Human Canon    Pages 310-345
• Chapter 12 - The Royal Apron    Pages 346-354
• Chapter 13 - The Axes    Pages 355-373

Part 4 - The Architecture of the Temple: Themes    

• Chapter 14 -  The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus    Pages 374-431
• Chapter 15 - The Diadem    Pages 432-443
• Chapter 16 -  The Joints: Guides for Reading    Pages 444-447
• Chapter 17 - The Covered Temple: The Head    Pages 448-457
• Chapter 18 - Sanctuary V    Pages 458-475
• Chapter 19 - Crossing    Pages 476-478
• Chapter 20 - The Zodiac    Pages 479-497
• Chapter 21 - The Hindu Temple    Pages 498-503
• Chapter 22 - The Mystic Temple: A Meditation    Pages 504-513

Volume 2    

Part 5 - The Pharaonic Temple

• Chapter 23 - The Architectonics of the Pharaonic Temple    Pages 514-518
• Chapter 24 - Preface to the Presentation of the Architecture of the Temple of Luxor    Pages 519-523
• Chapter 25 - The Temple of Luxor    Pages 524-531

Part 6 - Plates, Legends, and Commentaries

• Chapter 26 - Amun and Suti-Hor    Pages 532-534
• Chapter 27 - General Views of the Temple of Luxor    Pages 535-568
• Chapter 28 - The Growth of the Temple    Pages 569-590
• Chapter 29 - A Colossus of the Temple    Pages 591-638
• Chapter 30 - Joints and Pieces    Pages 639-676
• Chapter 31 - The Mosaic Figure in the Foundation of the Temple    Pages 677-698
• Chapter 32 - The Crown of the Skull    Pages 699-720
• Chapter 33 - The Moon in the Haty    Pages 721-736
• Chapter 34 - The Knees    Pages 737-746
• Chapter 35 - The Bows    Pages 747-760
• Chapter 36 - The Zodiac    Pages 761-778
• Chapter 37 - The Master Builders' Grid    Pages 779-860
• Chapter 38 - Transformations and Mutations    Pages 861-884
• Chapter 39 - A Secret Sanctuary    Pages 885-904
• Chapter 40 - The Axes of the Temple    Pages 905-954
• Chapter 41 - Receiving and Giving    Pages 955-976
• Chapter 42 - The Architectural Structure    Pages 977-990
• Chapter 43 - Transparency and Transposition    Pages 991-1002
• Chapter 44 - Seth-Horus    Pages 1003-1021

Appendix

• Comparison of Parts and Chapters in the English and French Editions    Pages 1022-1023
• List of Works Cited    Pages 1024-1027
• Index    Page 1028

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