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4.0 out of 5 stars Difficult unless you know what he is talking about., Aug 26 2001

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Steve Lemaster "Steve LeMaster" (Lynden, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SERPENT IN THE SKY: HIGH WISDOM OF ANCIENT EGYPT (Paperback)

This book is difficult unless you have an idea of what he is talking about. If you don't then bone up on Schawller de Lubicz' works. This book is not for the casual reader.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Opening of the Mouth, Jan 22 2001

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Holy Olio "holy_olio" (Grand Rapids, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SERPENT IN THE SKY: HIGH WISDOM OF ANCIENT EGYPT (Paperback)

J A West has nearly singlehandedly revived R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz' prolific work on the discerned symbolism of the ancient Egyptians. Those interested in learning about SdL's interpretation would find this to be a good introduction, and will also find that many of SdL's titles are back in print, though a little pricey. I have no need to learn any more about what may have been the intent of people attempting to apply magical thinking to the physical world, whether those people are long dead or my contemporaries.

The real value of this book is in a single idea from SdL's work, which is the realization that the Great Sphinx at Giza was heavily eroded by water (pp 177-179). Geologists who oppose the idea that rain caused this erosion are few in number, and their motives are suspect since they'd previously not noticed or not pointed out in public the obvious fact of water erosion. Such geologists are now limited to a slow retreat, attempting to accept water erosion without accepting greater antiquity, and the way they do this is by dreaming up new ways water erosion can do its work with great rapidity in an arid environment with essentially no rain.

One of the revolting aspects of the debate has been that the core argument gets attacked not on any lack of merit, but through damning by association. Robert Schoch doesn't attribute the Sphinx to Atlantis. Even though John Anthony West suggests such a link, the main point of disagreement between Schoch and West is that Schoch's estimate of the Sphinx' age is much lower than West's. Both put the Sphinx origin in what is known as Predynastic times.

West does a good job showing the (two) roots of the various conventional beliefs about the Sphinx, and shows the ancient documentary evidence which supports a pre-Khafre Sphinx. While Robert Schoch's "Voices of the Rocks" is a better choice, one has to read Schoch's articles (KMT, etc) to get the specifics of his views about the water erosion in any detail. West's book is a better choice for that particular narrow focus. Those with an occult or fringe interest will find that West's book is also a better choice than titles by Hancock, Bauval, Gadalla, and Sitchin.

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4.0 out of 5 stars for open-minded readers, Aug 18 2000

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Francesca Jourdan (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
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The author has always been an unorthodox scholar and this shines through in this work, in which he espouses the views of Schwaller de Lubicz and his own. It is a pioneering study with revolutionary interpretations. The author puts forward his case for a Sacred Science of the Pharaohs, which was conveyed through the hermetic messages embodied within the hieroglyphs. He details Egyptian science, medicine, mathematics and astronomy in vivid and concise detail. The book ends with a presentation of his views on the age of the Sphinx. This book is a must for open-minded readers.

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