The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter Ii : p. 37 CHAPTER II RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT EGYPTIAN VIEW OF CREATION MAN in all times and places, has speculated on the nature and origin of the world, and connected such questions with his theology. In Egypt there are not many primitive theories of creation, though some have various elaborated...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter I : p. 1 THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS CHAPTER I THE STORY OF EGYPT EGYPT has been called the "Father of History and the Mother of Civilization" and well may she be called both for her influence upon the ancient world must have been great. Thales, the founder of Greek philosophy, was a student...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter Vii : p. 263 CHAPTER VII THE VISION OF HERMES 1 ONE day, Hermes, after reflecting on the origin of things, fell asleep. A dull torpor took possession of his body; but in proportion as the latter grew benumbed, his spirit ascended into space. Then an immense being, of indeterminate form, seemed to call...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter Iv : p. 125 CHAPTER IV THE "BOOK OF THE DEAD" THE "Book of the Dead", the Egyptian title of which, "Pert em hru," has been variously translated "coming forth by day" and the "manifestation day," is a great body of religious compositions compiled for the use of the dead in the other world. It is...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter Iii : p. 93 CHAPTER III THE PTAH-HOTEP AND THE KE'GEMNI: THE OLDEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD THE Instructions of Ptah-hotep and of Ke'gemni possess, apart from the curious nature of their contents, a feature of the greatest interest, and an adequate claim on the notice of all persons interested in literature...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Title Page : The WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS The Story Of The Egyptians, The Religion Of The Ancient Egyptians, The Ptah-Hotep And The Ke'gemini, The "Book Of The Dead," The Wisdom Of Hermes Trismegistus, Egyptian Magic, The Book Of Thoth Edited, And With An Introduction BY BRIAN BROWN New York: Brentano's [1923]...
Previous : p. 279 CHAPTER VIII THE STORY OF THE BOOK OF THOTH NOW Ahura was the wife of Nefer-ka-ptah, and their child was Merab; this was the name by which he was registered by the scribes in the House of Life. And Nefer-ka-ptah, though he was the son of the King, cared for naught on earth but to read...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter Vi : p. 230 CHAPTER VI EGYPTIAN MAGIC TO the peoples of antiquity Egypt appeared as the very mother of magic. In the mysterious Nile country they found a magical system much more highly developed than any within their native knowledge, and the cult of the dead, with which Egyptian religion was so...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Chapter V. Hermes : p. 178 CHAPTER V HERMES TRISMEGISTUS HERMES TRISMEGISTUS, "the thrice greatest Hermes." The name given by the Greeks to the Egyptian god Thoth or Tehuti, the god of wisdom, learning, and literature. Thoth is alluded to in later Egyptian writings as "twice very great" and even as "five times very...
The Wisdom Of The Egyptians. Introduction : p. v INTRODUCTION IN ancient times the land that is now called Egypt was called by the people, then inhabiting that part of Africa, "Kam," a word that means "black" or "dark-colored" and referred to the dark color of the muddy soil in their land. To the Hebrews this name was known as "Khm"...