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...Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascinating land so many years ago. It has stood well the test of time, being both well researched and well written. It's a fun book for everyone, an...

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...Ledscha, living in ancient Egypt, has lost her betrothed and all hope of love. But the gods see otherwise. She now loves a Greek sculptor, who only wanted her for a model, but even that will not happen. She has been replaced by another woman fo...

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Brief, and in some cases incomplete, stories of magic from ancient Egypt. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

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...G.A. Henty’s “tale of ancient Egypt” tells the story of Amuba, prince of the Rebu, who is taken captive when his people are conquered by the Egyptians, and then becomes the servant and companion of Chebron, son of the high priest of Osiris. A myst...

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...For 12,000 years a dark and deadly secret has been hidden deep below the Great Sphinx of Giza. In present day Egypt, a frightening, yet awe-inspiring story unravels as archaeologists race against time to decipher an ancient truth? A deep probing mystery riddled with prophecy and danger, Secret of the Sands uses Egypt and her mytholog...

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...d, “There is no way out from here, we must do some- thing!” The language they spoke was an ancient one. “We have no chance to escape,” another said, ... ...on. Then a deadly silence… CHAPTER 1 THE DISCOVERY, PRESENT-DAY EGYPT “I don’t know if I will ever get used to working... ...PRESENT-DAY EGYPT “I don’t know if I will ever get used to working in the heat of the Egyptian desert. I honestly think I am about to pass out,”... ... serious work to do and if we don’t speed things up, we’re toast. Dustimaine wants those ancient tools that were found yesterday to be cleaned and c... ... leading down into it. It was not far from a much larger site where he had found numerous ancient tombs, and where he was now focusing his own effor... ...t tombs, and where he was now focusing his own efforts. Very little had been found in the ancient cellar he left Mitch and Alex to work on, a few to... ...ghed. He then turned a bit more serious. “It is still an honor and a privilege to work in Egypt, Alex. It was our dream, remember?” Alex nodded, th... ...thinking back to her father, Dr. Devlan Logan, who she had al- ways idolized. A celebrated Egyptologist himself, he was responsible for igniting his ... ...has detailing in it like nothing I’ve seen before.” “These symbols look an awful lot like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs,” Alex started, “but they’re ...

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...tal question: What is the meaning of my life? Their interpretations of The Book of Zohar and The Tree of Life explain how we can benefit by using the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, clear illustrations accurately depict the evolution of the Upper Worlds as Kabbalists experience them....

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...rs of the generation, and they pretend to know the difference between the ancient books and tell which of them is worthy of study and which is not, s... ...he spiritual can beget and extend anything corporeal. This question is an ancient philosophical query that much ink has been spilt attempting to res... ...and shall be full of the knowledge,” as in the example of the exodus from Egypt, where there was a precondition that Pharaoh, too, would acknowledge... ...ook of Zohar, as the power of engaging in the holy book is known from our ancient sages. –The Holy Rav of Ziditshov, Sur MeRa (Depart from Evil), p 4... ... holy fathers—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—but was held until the exodus from Egypt, when they came out and became a whole nation of six hundred thousan... ... at the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but only when they came out of Egypt and became a complete nation. Only then was there a possibility to g... ... f o r T h e s T u d e n T However, while they were still mingled with the Egyptians, a portion of their needs was necessarily given into the hands o... ...eyes of every sensible, educated person, has preoccupied humanity even in ancient days. And there are 263 Th e Pe a C e many methods to explain the... ...ence, which occupy the same world. firST mEThod: nATUrE This method is an ancient one. Since they did not find a way and an outlet to bring these tw...

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...heart--and consequently your life--toward success, tranquility, peace, and happiness.In this distinctive, personal, and awe-filled introduction to an ancient wisdom tradition, Rav Laitman--a disciple of the great Kabbalist Rabbi Baruch Ashlag (son of Yehuda Ashlag)--provides you with a deeper understanding of the fundamental teachings of Kabbalah, and how you can use this ...

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...lization of his spiritual attainment in our world, such as the exodus from Egypt. With the wisdom he acquired and the upper forces he Great Kabbalists... ...rael out of exile. Moses’s task was to deliver the people of Israel out of Egypt and write a book with which any man could “conquer” the upper world a... ... write a book with which any man could “conquer” the upper world and leave Egypt in the spirit—stop worshiping idols, objects, the sun, and other fals... ...e Torah is a historic tale about the exodus of the peo- ple of Israel from Egypt. But in fact, it depicts an exit from a state of corporeal lowness ca... .... But in fact, it depicts an exit from a state of corporeal lowness called Egypt to a higher state called “The Land of Israel.” Moses used the languag... ...ped in paper. The Kabbalist was astonished to see that the wrapping was an ancient manuscript. Great Kabbalists throughout History 13 Awakening to Kab... ...and thought to use them as wrappings for his spices. Thus the pages of the ancient book of Zohar were put together again. The Kabbalist Moshe De Leon ... ...g, and he went to live with his uncle. At thirty-five he came to Tzfat, an ancient city in Israel that at the time of the Ari was home to many Kabbali...

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...ercourse with familiar spirits, invisible beings who must be supposed to be enlisted in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in these ancient memorials of any league of mutual benefit entered into between the merely human party, and his or her supernatural assistant. But modern times have amply supplied this defect. The witch or sorcerer could not secure th...

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...branch of whose special profession was the exercise of magic. The Chaldeans and Egyptians had their wise men, their magicians, and their sorcerers. ... ...to be enlisted in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in these ancient memorials of any league of mutual benefit entered into betwe... ...ng the antiquity of Witchcraft, we must needs confess that it hath been of very ancient time, because the Scriptures do testify so much, for in the t... ...the Scriptures do testify so much, for in the time of Moses it was very rife in Egypt. Neither was it then newly sprung up, being common, and grown ... ...ive our ideas on the subject of witchcraft, unquestionably is in the Bible. The Egyptians and Chaldeans were early distinguished for their supposed ... ...rs of famine. At that period the king ―sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men; but they could not interpret the dream,‖ ... ...hen Moses and Aaron, armed with miraculous powers, came to a subsequent king of Egypt, to demand from him that their countrymen might be permitted t... ...ers of the Middle Ages and biblical times, and many of the magi and wise men of ancient ages, succeeded in curing numbers of diseases, without any m... ... diseases, without any medicine whatever; these men were the true magicians, or ancient physicians, and of the race of Hindoos , Israelites, Jews, A...

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...diments, to the observation of the true Phenomena. They are those two great and ancient fortresses, which have served, and do serve, as a refuge and... ..., in the least reflection, you will not fail to recollect, that this same thing anciently happened to the Jewish doctors, when they came to the expl... ...t various time oppressed and sought to exterminate them. Who can point out the Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, or even the R... ...lection, that this, and a thousand other things more minute, were already, from ancient time, entered and announced to the whole house of Jacob ... ...s; and that the true sense of the prophecy is, that as various nations, to wit, Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Greeks, and Romans, had at various ... ...t, are not found in the sacred interpreters, nor in the theologians, nor in the ancient fathers of the church: therefore they are, or may be, false ... ...e second is the true cause or origin of this fact. The fact is, that neither the ancient fathers of the church, nor the ecclesiastical doctors, who h... ...hemselves secure, tarried not long, but became voluntary exiles, by flying into Egypt. The seventy years, predicted by Jeremiah (chap. xxix.) having... ... wicked and insensate king, having returned worsted from his expedition against Egypt, thought to console himself in some way, by turning all his ra...

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...the whole earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of r... ...e; and preserving the mourning Jewish church, as Goshen was preserved in the plagues of Egypt: and when the promised land shall have been cleared of... ...ered its great weight and value, as an all-sufficient argument for the orthodoxy of the ancient system, and the heterodoxy of the commonly received ... ...be at all compared to him. His book is the finest demonstration of the orthodoxy of the ancient system of the millenarians which can be imagined; in... ... which hath happened to the church and nations since the destruction of Pharaoh king of Egypt. This is further manifest from the vision of the eight... ...at I know not how it is possible for those prophecies which respect the latter times of Egypt, and Moab, and Ammon, &c. to be accomplished if you mak... ...he history of the sufferings of the church from so high a source even as the bondage of Egypt. And what wonder then if in this prophecy, whose object... ...lonish captivity did possess the same assurance of the divinity of this book, which the ancient Jews had of all their prophecies when they had seen ... ...ed with all manner of rust and corruption. But as he hath justified the opinions of the ancient Millenarians from the errors and gross indelicacies ...

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...s. Maurice Bévenot, S. J. (Westminster, Maryland, 1957), p. 31. (Vol. 25 of Ancient Christian Writers.) 50 infanti, a child under the age of seven ... ...romises of God from the beginning of the world; indeed, whatever value those ancient promises possessed was altogether derived from this new promise ... ... whenever they turned to repentance, remembered above all their exodus from Egypt, and remembering turned back to God who had brought them out. Moses... ...afterwards did the same. How much more ought we to remember our exodus from Egypt, and by this remembrance turn back to him who led us through the w... ...ed a sacrament of the New Law and of the church alone. The marriages of the ancients were no less sacred than are ours, nor are those of unbelievers... ...s Graeca, vol. 3. Luther was among the first to question the high repute and ancient origin which tradition had assigned to these writings when it id... ...r praying priesthood is not of God; as, indeed, it is not. But which of the ancient Fathers claimed that in this passage priests were ordained? Where...

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...ialogs Timaeus and Critias written by the Greek philosopher Plato (428-347 BC). An Egyptian priest was supposed to have described it to the Greek s... ...ic civilization), through the Canary Islands to Scandinavia. Considering that many ancient civilizations - such as Troy, long considered a mere fab... ...o the Gregorian one. Sweden adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1753, Japan in 1873, Egypt in 1875, Eastern Europe between 1912 to 1919 and Turkey in... ...s etched in our minds. The crossword puzzle appears to be a British institution, as ancient as the monarchy and a lot more rewarding. The surpri... ... - until Faisal II of Iraq was deposed and killed in a military coup. Syria and Egypt proclaimed in a federation in February 1958. It lasted til... ...ary state: single flag and anthem, shared armed services and common foreign policy. Egypt retained the name - UAR - until 1971. Ukraine was nomi... ...reat_wall/ http://www.walkthewall.com/ Greek Philosophers There were so many ancient Greek thinkers that virtually every bit of modern knowle... ...onal hygiene was rediscovered only in the late 19th century, having been popular in ancient Greece and Rome almost two thousand years before. W... ...ulti-cellular organisms, such as plants and humans, evolved over billions of years. Ancient bacteria infiltrated the first eukaryotic cells - i.e., ...

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...hters of ether, ye clouds of the mountains ! Rise, sons of the sea, most ancient re- tainers, Flow towards your father's need! the River calls - ... ...ICT ARNOLD We the movers, we the rovers, Come to your eternal dwelling. Ancient father, we will bring News and thought of everything, From the mo... ...se things must be: therefore endure. Lo, thy old trees are as grass; thy ancient summits as fresh ant-hills. Chaldea sends thee this message, fath... ...ent summits as fresh ant-hills. Chaldea sends thee this message, father; Egypt salutes thee; Greece sends thee this song; a song of tribulation. F...

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...tage specifically for those living today? Humanity is ever developing. In ancient times, people’s needs were very basic: food, shelter, and procreat... ...icted. The first time such a state occurred was thousands of years ago in ancient Babylon. The Biblical story about the Tower of Babel described peo... ...s form. Man was made to raise the heavens Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotzk In ancient Babylon, it was Abraham the Patriarch, a resident of Ur of the cha... ...from the world of Ein Sof [infinity], through the worlds of Adam Kadmon [ancient man], Atzilut [Emanation], Beria [creation], Yetzira [Formation],... ...st who lived at that time. Moses led them to the exodus from the exile in Egypt—out of the domination of the new ego—and taught them how to exist “a... ... german humanist, political counselor to the chancellor, and an expert in ancient languages and traditions, was affiliated with the heads of the Pl... ...and to spare one’s friend’s honor as one’s own. The group of the sages of Egypt, among which was the Ari, 1558 27 Tie a strong and unfailing tie of l... ...tion and from birth, all the days of our lives. The group of the sages of Egypt, 1564 28 90 uNloCkiNg the Zohar Let each think of one’s friend as th... ...proach it, the c reator said, “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers.” The c reat...

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..., for He Hath Done Pride ......................305 151. And Israel Saw the Egyptians ...................................................306 152. For a... ... (shell), which is the evil inclination, an evil person, Pharaoh king of Egypt. The letters of the word Pharaoh are like the letters of the word Or... ...wrote (Shaar HaKavanot for Pesach) that Pharaoh is considered the Oref of Egypt. 17 He would suck out the abundance that comes to the lower ones wi... ...Commentary): 16 In Hebrew. 17 The Ari divides the Hebrew word for Egypt—Mitzraim—into two words: Metzar Y am, meaning Narrow Sea. 210 Shamat... ...eir cry came up unto God,” and they were awarded exodus from the exile in Egypt. It turns out that before they saw the situation, that they are in t... ...ing to Kabbalah A distinctive, personal, and awe-filled introduction to an ancient wisdom tradition. In this book, Rav Laitman offers a deeper under...

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...attains. It is the total opposite of the Creator and is termed, “the exile in Egypt.” The natural power that works on us in that state, the power of... ...n we “work on ourselves” with Kabbalah, we enter a state called “the exile in Egypt.” During this process, we feel that we are be- coming less virtuo... ...ich is the closest desire to the Creator. The neighbors of this Eretz—Jordan, Egypt, and Syria—want —want — the Land of Israel because that is where ... ...m our current state to the state of “this world,” our descent to the state of Egypt. The acute sensation of that state is called “the exile in Egypt... ...pain! A: Take Abraham, for example. We see that he did not want to go down to Egypt (symbolic of those of us who don’t wish to occupy our- PA RT O N... ...lgalta to the Parsa. That Partzuf is called Atik (meaning De- tached, but also Ancient), because it is detached from the attainment of the lower ones... ...ter still belongs to the Partzuf Keter First Restriction. Thus the name, Atik (Ancient, but also Detached) means detachment from the lower ones the l... ... S W E R S W H AT I S K A B B A L A H ? Q: What is Kabbalah? A: Kabbalah is an ancient teaching that covers a number of lan- guages and many forms of ... ... Zohar, for example, was written in Aramaic, which was the spoken language in ancient Persia T H E PAT H O F K A B B A L A H 272 two thousand years...

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...er and they would disperse or kill each other off. As the Bible and other ancient Hebrew texts teach us, the Babylonians rejected and scorned Abraha... ...mrod, over- - coming the new level of egoism—this time represented by the Egyptians and their king, Pharaoh—meant escap- - ing it. 22 K abbalah f... ...er (more similar) to the Creator. To de- - feat Pharaoh, Moses returned to Egypt after his escape, united the people around the same idea that Abraha... ...ld is in touch with Him, experiencing the bond of love and unity that the ancient Babylonians did, before the first outbreak of egoism. Put Chapt... ...Abraham’s fol- - lowers and family was enough. Then, when Moses fled from Egypt, he had to unite a whole nation in order to succeed. Today, we need ... ...despair, his mother decided to send young Isaac to live with his uncle in Egypt, where he spent most of his life. As a young boy, the Ari would conf... ...entioned here because they are spreading around the globe. Conclusion: An ancient Chinese proverb says, “When you want to curse someone, tell him, ‘... ...desire or quality is naturally evil; it’s how we use it that makes it so. Ancient Kabbalists have said: “Envy, lust, and (the pursuit of) honor brin... ...ng to Kabbalah A distinctive, personal, and awe-filled introduction to an ancient wisdom tradition. In this book, Rav Laitman of- - fers a deeper und...

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...only difference between them being the manner of the logic. It is rather like an ancient tongue translated into four languages. It is self-evident th... ...en according to its power, direction and character. The wisdom of Kabbalah is an ancient and proven method. Through it, man can receive higher awaren... ...born in Jerusalem in 1534. A child when his father died, his mother took him to Egypt where he grew up in his uncle’s home. During his life in Egypt,... ...50 years). This is a life belt for our generation, since it enables us to study ancient texts as if they had been written now, and to use them as a ...

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...ous nature of such utopias has been proven throughout history, particularly in ancient communities, in the former USSR and in other attempts to build ... ...balah,sincethereisnostrongermeansofcomingcloserto the spiritual. In the Bible, Egypt symbolizes the supremacy of our egoism(itisthusknownasMitzraim,fr... ...h. Kabbalah warns against such thinking when it tells the story of exodus from Egypt: When Amalek attacked the people, Moses defeated them only by rai... ...megoismandtowardsthespiritualworldcan be found in the Bible as the exodus from Egypt. The appearance of vessels of bestowal in a person is called "the... .... The appearance of vessels of bestowal in a person is called "the exodus from Egypt." However,altruisticdesires(vesselsofbestowal)meanthat apersonwou... ...piritual downfalls) he cries for the "plates of meat and bread" that he had in Egypt, namely, that served his egoism in abundance. As long as Pharaoh ... ...bbi Baruch once asked his grandfather, the Baal Shem Tov: "It is known that in ancient times, those desiring to experiencetheCreatorwereconstantlysubj... ...chaelLaitman AnInterviewWithTheFuture "Kabbalah is not about researching an ancient mystical body of knowledge, but is rather the most modern scien...

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... the knowledge within the (authentic sources of) Kabbalah, the legacy of the ancient Kabbalists. Rav Laitman follows in the footsteps of his mentor ... ...ure we will gradually present to the reader is founded on principles from the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, along with contemporary science’s latest d... ...uld be more bal- anced and, on the whole, feel better. If we were to study how ancient tribes lived, we would find that the closer they were to Natur... ...of Kab- balah expand worldwide, we must go back to the cradle of humanity, to ancient Babylon, Mesopotamia. This is the beginning of the process tha... ... to implement it. A few generations after Adam, humanity was cen- tered around ancient Babylon, and that is where the first outbreak of egoism occurr... ...hod was Moses, the great Kabbalist of that time. Moses led the people out of Egypt, out of the domination of the new ego, and taught them to be “as...