"Word of the Wise"
Laurence Gardner:
"...Not only were the Ten Commandments drawn from spells in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, while the Psalms of David were likewise drawn from hymns of Egyptian origin, but so too was a majority of Old Testament teaching directly extracted from the wisdom of ancient Egypt.
In just the same way, the early patriarchial history was derived from the records of old Mesopotamia.
The Egyptian relationships are particularly noticeable in the Bible's books of the prophets, and good examples are also found in the proverbs of Solomon- the 'word of the wise', which are customarily attributed to King Solomon himself (see chart...)
These well-known Proverbs were, in fact, translated almost verbatim into Hebrew from the writings of an Egyptian sage called Amenemope, which are now held in the British Museum. Verse after versse of the book of proverb can be attributed to this Egyptian original, and it has now been discovered that the writings of Amenemope himself were extracted from a far older work called The Wisdom of Ptah-hotep, which comes from more than 2000 years before the time of Solomon.
In addition to the Book of the Dead and the ancient Wisdom of Ptah-hotep, various other Egyptian texts were used in compiling the Old Testament. These include the Pyramid Texts and the Coffin Texts, from which references to the sun god Ra were simply transposed to relate to the Hebrew god Jehovah. Even the Christians' traditional Lord's Prayer, as defined in the New Testament Gospel of Mathew (6:9-13), was translated from an Egyptian prayer to the State-god which began: 'Amen, Amen, who art in heaven...'
The unfortunate scenario which prevailed until fairly recently was that, while the Bible was promoted to the front line of our cultural consciousness, the more ancient writings of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians were lost. Had this not been the case, then the wisdom and historical records of these...Civilizations would have prevailed and it would never have occured to anyone to consider the Old Testament as anything but another chapter in an ongoing development of morality and religion. Instead, since no contemporary annals had been discovered, the Hebrew scripture achieved a thoroughly inappropriat status as a reliable work of history.
Only during the past 150 years or so, and more specifically since about 1920, have the great storehouses of Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Syrian and Canaanite record been unearthed from beneath the desert sands. First-hand documentary evidence from before Bible times has now emerged on stone, clay, perchment, and papyrus, and these tens of thousands of documents bear witness to a far more exiting history than we have ever been told. Had these records been available throughout the generations, the concept of a particular race enjoying a single devine revelation would never have arisen, and the exclusivity of Jehovah, which has blinded us for the longest time (setting us in warlike fashion against those of other faiths who follow their own traditions) would never have taken such an arrogant hold.
With these original records now recovered and translated, it becomes apparent that, although our civilizations have reached advanced levels of science and technology, we are in many respects still novices in comparison to some of the ancient masters. It is also evident that we are barely emerging from the darkness of our own preconceived but unfounded notions, and our centuries of Church-led indoctrination make it very difficult to discard the restrictive dogma of inbred third-hand tradition in favour of a greater enlightment from those who were there at the time.
The truly inspiring prospect is that the learning curve has still not ended, for with each passing year new discoveries are made. Just as a single glacier is but a continuation of age-old activity, so too are the ancient wisdoms that now fall to us one by one, with each new facet of learning ready to be stacked alongside the former knowledge. The resultant broadening horizon cannot be ignored, no matter how difficult it might be to sever the medieval ties that bind -for in the not too distance future we shall see clear across that horizon. The dawn of consciousness is already behind us, and although many will choose to look backwards beyond its veil, those with eyes to see will step with vigour into the new millennium to witness a bright new sunrise- a revelation of unbounded possibility and a restoration of our true universal inheritance. "
Genesis of the Grail King / P. 273
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There you have it,
we've been lied to and deceited by all clergy all along.
I had a feeling, that's so lol
What it means is
Some group out there somewhere, had access to advance ancient wisdom, and had been using it all along.
Some used it to advance human life; some probably used it to control, manipulate and dominate humanity.
Question is
Wouldn't it take the truely "Wise" to fully understand the ancient Wisdom?!
guess so; cause knowledge in itself is not wisdom. Is it?
What's " True Wisdom"? I just know it's not easy to formulate.
It's not only learnt like knowledge, but more like a Gift from universe!
True Wisdom = Kind Caring Compassionate hearts + Knowledge + Mission + Good Will + ?!
I'ts the whole package; and not totally teachable... is it?
Therefore: All the traditions of the Spiritual quest!
Similar to "Hero's Journey" & "Grail quest"
Thus: the book title: ...The Grail Kings
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The difficulty of attaining true wisdom
(especially for those crazy warmongers who want to enslave humanity using the stolen and hidden ancient texts of wisdom woo doo blah blah...)
is probably the reason they are always after ways to Cheat! lol
Namely by using certain drugs and stuff...or trying crazy methods, etc.
The one cheat since ancient times was to consume certain while powder made from gold.
It's got a clear Lighten-ing efferct; but not sure about the Enlightening efferct of it on warmongers!
crazy bunch these clergy