Symbol and the Symbolic: Ancient Egypt, Science, and the Evolution of Consciousness

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By R. A. Schwaller De Lubicz

Publisher : Inner Traditions/Bear & Company

ABOUT R. A. Schwaller De Lubicz

R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887-1961) was one of the most important philosophers, mathematicians, and Egyptologists of this century. His elucidation of the temple at Luxor and his presentation of the Egyptian understanding of a special quality of innate consciousness form a bridge that lin More...

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Symbolism is the intuitive means of overcoming the limitations of reason.  Here Schwaller explains how true progress in human thought can be made only if we call upon the "symbolizing" faculty of intelligence, developed and refined in the temple culture of ancient Egypt and reflected in its hieroglyphs.