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GENERAL AUTHORS: EGYPT

 

 

SPIRITUALITY / MAGIC / MYSTICISM

 

            Ashby, Muata  Abhaya

       Egyptian Proverbs, Temt Tchaas : Mystical Wisdom Teachings and Meditations. – Cruzian, c1996.

Bauval, Robert

                   The Orion Mystery : Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids. – Crown, c1994.

           Brier, Bob

                   Ancient Egyptian Magic / Quill  1981

           Chaney, Earlyne

                   Initiation in the Great Pyramid. – Astara, 1987.

           Dee, Jonathan

                   Isis : Queen of Egyptian Magic ; Her Book of Divination and Spells / Sterling Pub.Co.

           Ellis, Normandi

                   Awakening Osiris : The Egyptian Book of the Dead. – Phanes Press, 1988

       Feasts of Light : Celebrations for the Seasons of Life, based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries / Quest, c1999.

Farr, Florence

                   Egyptian Magic : An Essay On the Nature and Applications of Magical Practices in Pharaonic and Ptolemaic Egypt. – Aquarian Press 1982, 1896

 Haich, Elisabeth

                   Initiation / Seed Center, 1974.

           Hancock, Graham.

       The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind / Crown, c1996.

 Heath, Maya

       The Egyptian Oracle / Bear& Co., 1995

Hope, Murry

       Practical Egyptian Magic / Aquarian Press 1984

Ishbel

                   The Secret Teachings of the Temple of Isis / Llewellyn 1989

                   (This is one example of a system of Kemetic Wicca.)

           Jacq, Christian

                   Egyptian Magic 1985

                   The Living Wisdom of AncientEgypt  1999

                   The Wisdom of Ptah Hotep  2006

           Lamy, Lucie

                   Egyptian Mysteries : New Light on Ancient Spiritual Knowledge. – The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1981

          Leadbeater, C. W.

                 Ancient Mystic Rites / Theosophical Publishing House, 1986.

                 (Discourse on the Egyptian origins of some Masonic rites)

           Masters, Robert

                   The Goddess Sekhmet : The Way of the Five Bodies. – Amity House, c1988.

           Naydler, Jeremy

       Temple of the Cosmos : The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred. – Inner Traditions, c1996

           Reed, Bika

                   The Field of Transformation : A Quest for the Immortal Essence of Human Awareness / Inner Traditions International 1987

 Rolfe, Mona

                   Initiation by the Nile / C. W. Daniel, 1976

           Schueler, Gerald & Betty

                   Coming Into the Light : Rituals of Egyptian Magick. / Llewellyn, c1989.

                   Egyptian Magick / Llewellyn 1994

                   The Truth About Egyptian Magick / Llewellyn 1991

           Schwaller DeLubicz, Isha

                    Her-Bak : Egyptian Initiate / Inner Traditions International, c1978.

                  Her-Bak : the Living Face of Ancient Egypt / Penguin, c1972

                  The Opening of the Way : a Practical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of Ancient Egypt / Inner Traditions International, c1981

 Schwaller DeLubicz, R. A.

       The Egyptian Miracle : an Introduction to the Wisdom of the Temple / Inner Traditions International, c1985

 Temple, Robert K. G.

                   The Sirius Mystery. – St. Martins Press  1976

 

 

HISTORY

 

           David, Rosalie

                   Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt. – Facts On File, 1998

           Shaw, Ian

                   The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt / Harry N.Abrams 1955

                   The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt / Oxford University Press 2000

           Silverman, David P.

                   Ancient Egypt / Oxford University Press. -- 1997

           Strouhal, Eugen

                   Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

 Tyldesley, Joyce

                   Daughters of Isis : Women of Ancient Egypt. – Penguin 1994

 

            

LANGUAGE

 Budge, E. A. Wallis

       Egyptian Language : Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics / Routledge & Kegan Paul; Dover, c1971.

 

          Collier, Mark

       How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs : a Step-By-Step Guide to Teach Yourself / University of California Press, c1998.

Jacq, Christan

                   Fascinating Hieroglyphics  1997

 

 

SOURCE MATERIALS

 

           Apuleius

                  The Golden Ass.

           Erman, Adolf

                   The Ancient Egyptians : a Sourcebook of Their Writings. – Harper, 1966

           Budge, E. A. Wallis

       The Book of the Dead

 Griffith, F. L., editor

                   The Leyden Papyrus : An Egyptian Magical Book /Dover 1974

 Lichtheim, Miriam

       Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume 1: the Old and Middle Kingdoms / University of California Press

       Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume 2 : The New Kingdom. – University of California Press

Meyer, Marvin W., editor

       The Ancient Mysteries : A Sourcebook / Harper San Francisco 1987

Pound, Ezra, translator

       Love Poems of Ancient Egypt / New Directions 1962

 

 

MYTHOLOGY and RELIGION

 

          Baines, John

                 Religion in Ancient Egypt -- Cornell University Press 1991

          Boylan, Patrick

            Thoth : The Hermes of Egypt. – Ares Publishers 1987, 1922     

          Budge, E. A. Wallis

                   Egyptian Magic / Routledge & Kegan Paul 1985, 1899

                   Egyptian Religion : Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life / University Books 1959

       The Gods of the Egyptians : Studies in Egyptian Mythology. – 2 volumes. – Dover1969

Eliade, Mircea

                   The Encyclopedia of Religion. – Macmillan 1986

             Forman, Werner

                   Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. – University of Oklahoma Press 1996

          Hart, George

                 A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Routledge & Kegan Paul ISBN 0-415-05909-7

          Nornung, Erik

                 Idea Into Image: Essays On Ancient Egyptian Thought

           Iamblichus the Neo-Platonist

                 The Origin of Egyptian Symbolism / Alexandrian Press, 1991

          Jacq, Christian

                 Magic and Mystery in Ancient Egypt

           Lurker, Manfred

                   The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt / Thames & Hudson, c1980.

           Mackenzie, Donald A.

                   Egyptian Myths and Legends / Crown, c1978.

           Rundle Clark, R. T.

                   Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt. – Thames and Hudson 195

          Sadek, A

                   Popular Religion in New Kingdom Egypt

           Wilkinson, Richard H.

                   The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt / Thames & Hudson. ISBN

                   0500051208   

          Witt, R. E.

                    Isis in the ancient world. – Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.

 

 

ART & ARCHITECTURE

 

Fakhry, Ahmed

            The Pyramids. – University of Chicago Press  1961

 Lacovara, Peter

            The Realm of Osiris : Mummies, Coffins, and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Art in the Michael C. Carlos Museum. --  The Museum, 2001

 Macaulay, David

            Pyramid. – Houghton Mifflin 1974

 

 

FICTION

 

Grant, Joan

            Eyes of Horus / Ariel Press, 1988 c 1942

            Lord of the Horizon / Ariel Press 1989, 1944

            Winged Pharaoh/  Ariel Press ed., 1985 c1937

 Jacq, Christian

            The Battle of Kadesh  1998

            Beneath the Pyramid  2004

            The Black Pharaoh  1999

            Champollion the Egyptian  2002

            The Conspiracy of Evil  2005

            Empire of Darkness  2002

            The Flaming Sword  2003

            For the Love of Philae  2003

            The Great Secret 2005

            The Lady of Abu Simbel 1998

            Nefer the Silent  2000

            Paneb the Ardent  2000

            The Place of Truth  2000

            Secrets of the Desert  2004

            Shadow of the Sphinx  2004

            The Son of Light 1997

            Temple of a Million Years (The Eternal Temple) 1998

            The Tree of Life  2005

            The Tutankhamun Affair  2003

            Under the Western Acacia 1998

            War of the Crowns  2003

            The Way of Fire  2005

            The Wise Woman  2000

 Mailer, Norman

            Ancient Evenings. – Little Brown 1983

 

           

 FOR CHILDREN

 

          Cashford, Jules

                  The Myth of Isis and Osiris -- Barefoot Books 1993 

          Lattimore, Deborah Nourse

                   The Winged Cat : A Tale of Ancient Egypt. – Harper Collins 1992

 Onclincx, Georges

                   Nefrou the Scribe (Children of Other Times series) / McGraw Hill 1967

 

 

CLOTHING

 

Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian

            Patterns for Ancient Egyptian Clothing

            Gegevens Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, c1992.   ISBN 90-800973-1-4.  Further copies available from : Stichting Textile Research Centre, c/o National Museum for Ethnology, Steenstraat 1, PO Box 212, 2300 AE Leiden, The Netherlands.

            (This book describes how basic garments were constructed, and to give paterns and instructions for their creation.  Patterns are based on surviving Pharaonic garments in museums.  There is a glossary.  Patterns include loincloths, aprons, kilts, skirts, sash-kilts, sashes, wrap-arounds, dresses, tunics, shawls, cloaks, kerchiefs, and information on clothing combinations.) 

 

           

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 




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