The Temples of Karnak

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 736 pages
• Published by: Inner Traditions October 1, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0892817127
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0892817122
• Book Dimensions: 12.8 x 9.4 x 2.2 inches
• Weighs: 8.1 pounds

Gnosis
Of all contemporary esotericists, there are few who are as fascinating, and whose work is as potentially rewarding, as R. A. Achwaller de Lubicz.

Product Review
"Of all contemporary esotericists, there are few who are as fascinating, and whose work is as potentially rewarding, as R. A. Achwaller de Lubicz."
(Gnosis )

"As a contemporary Renaissance Man, R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz may fall into that category of genius shared by such luminaries as Rudolph Steiner and Emanuel Swedenborg. He combined the talents of social reformer, artist, scientist, visionary, and mystic to formulate ideas that were far ahead of their time."
(East West )

"R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, one of the most important Egyptologists of the twentieth century, collects the giant shards of this fascinating and strangely alien civilization and presents them in a book that is itself as monumental as it is gorgeous. Inner Traditions has now completed a task that truely warrants applause."
(The Quest, Nov/Dec 2000 )

Reader Reviews
I bought this as a gift for my wife but on flicking through it myself have found it stirred a mixture of curiosity and wonder. It is primarily a book with plates of the Temple at Karnak, but it has a good opening section on the history of the area, a nice outlay on each of the royal cartouches and, after the plates themselves, a interesting commentary. The book is not intended as a discussion on Karnak. It is the culmination of several years hard work photographing and documenting the temple. As a primary source it is already invaluable, for to have such a feast of photographs in one book is rare. Any Egpytologist or student of the area must possess this book because the Temple of Karnak is there in all its glory to look at. If it had some color plates then so much the better but that is hardly a detraction on an immensely fine piece of work. Comment | | (Report this)