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]
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION |
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CHAPTER |
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THE STORY OF EGYPT |
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Origin of the Egyptian Race; Beginning of Dynastic History; The Dynasties of Ancient Egypt; Thothmes of the Eighteenth Dynasty; Rameses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty. |
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RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT |
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Egyptian View of Creation; The Gods of Ancient Egypt; Egyptian View of Future Life; The Worship of Animals of Ancient Egypt; The Groups of Gods; Gods in Human Form; Sun and Sky Gods. |
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THE: PTAH-HOTEP AND THE KE'GEMINI: THE OLDEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD |
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The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep (the God Ptah is Satisfied); The Instruction of Ke'gemini (Ke'gemini--I Have Found a Soul); The Instruction of Amenche'et (the God Amon is First). |
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THE "BOOK OF THE DEAD" |
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A "Discovery" 8400 Years Old; The Three Recensions; Selections from the "Book of the Dead"; Hymn and Litany to Osiris; Of Being Nigh unto Thoth; Of Knowing the Soul of the East; Transformation into a Lotus; Of Bringing Charms to Osiris; Litany; Hymn to Ra. |
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HERMES TRISMEGISTUS |
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Hermetic Writings; The Kore Kosmou or The Virgin of the World. |
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EGYPTIAN MAGIC |
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Egyptian Occultism and Symbolism. |
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VII |
THE VISION OF HERMES |
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VIII |
THE STORY OF THE BOOK OF THOTH |
ILLUSTRATIONS
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OSIRIS KHENTI AMENTI, THE GREAT GOD; THE EYE OF HORUS AND THE GODDESSES ISIS AND NEPHTHYS, |
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PLATE I |
EGYPTIAN TALISMANS Facing page |
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PLATE II |
EGYPTIAN TALISMANS |
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PLATE III |
EGYPTIAN TALISMANS |
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PLATE IV |
EGYPTIAN AND GNOSTIC TALISMANS |