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Title: |
Hathor’s Alchemy |
| Sub-title: |
The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art |
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| By (author): |
Alison M Roberts |
| ISBN10-13: |
0952423332 : 9780952423331 |
| Illustrations: |
177 colour illus. & 24 line drawings |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
230x185mm |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Weight: |
.976 Kg. |
| Published: |
Northgate Publishers (UK) - January 2019 |
| List Price: |
27.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 118 |
| Subjects: |
Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology : Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought : History of science : Ancient Egypt |
| When alchemy emerged in Roman Egypt, early adepts knew their wisdom came from the Egyptian temples. Yet these deep roots in ancient Egypt have remained obscure, doubted even by many. Journeying through the beautiful temples at Abu Simbel and Dendara, dedicated to the love goddess Hathor, and delving into the Osirian mysteries enshrined in Ramesses VI’s tomb at Thebes, Hathor’s Alchemy unearths this transformational lost knowledge. Greek, Islamic and medieval European alchemists all drew on its ‘wisdom of the queen’, including the authors of Aurora consurgens and the Rosarium philosophorum. Explored, too, is alchemy’s profound influence in Sufism. Richly illustrated in colour throughout, this groundbreaking book reunites ancient Egypt and alchemy within the western Hermetic tradition. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Chronological Outline; Map of Egypt; Introduction. PART 1 Living the Hours: The Book of Life; 1 Raising Beauty: Mysticism of Light; 2 Midheaven Mountain: Making the Red; 3 Hall of Awakening: Heaven in the Palace; 4 Chamber of the Mothers: Eternal Creation; 5 Kindred Temples: Solstice Reversal. PART 2 Dendara’s Mysteries: Abu Simbel Resonances; 6 Temple of Time: Four Faces of Hathor; 7 Serpent in the Stone: The Secret Palace; 8 Rooftop Rites: The Khoiak Festival; 9 Rebuilding Osiris: Following the Sun; 10 Phoenix Rising: Black Earth Regeneration; 11 Hathor’s Turning: Moving Light; 12 Astrologer Priests: Osiris’s Zodiac. PART 3 Copper in the Crucible: Metallurgical Mysteries; 13 Hathor’s Treasure: Heaven of Copper; 14 Horus’s Wings: Copper’s Remedy; 15 Solve et Coagula: Egypt’s Way. PART 4 Alchemy’s Mirror: Egyptian Reflections; 16 Alchemical Temples: Egypt’s Legacy; 17 Alchemy of Colour: The Work of a Day; 18 Movement Alchemy: Copper Matters; 19 Two Suns Alchemy: The Copper Woman. PART 5 Alchemy’s Queen: The Western Tradition; 20 The Secret Epistle: A Missing Link; 21 Diving Deep: The Fisher King; 22 Seeking the Stone: The Soul’s Code; 23 The Fire-Tried Stone: Quicksilver Red; 24 Akhmim’s Builders: Sacred Science; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Sources of the Illustrations. |
| About The Author: |
| Dr Alison M Roberts studied ancient Egyptian and Akkadian at Oxford University, where she received her doctorate in 1984. Since then she has written and lectured on ancient Egypt, and Hathor’s Alchemy completes her quartet of books on Hathor, the Feminine, and ancient Egyptian transformational wisdom. |
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