Edgar Cayce's Tales of Ancient Egypt. John Van Auken

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СКАЧАТЬ end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die. But I will establish my covenant with you.” In Cayce’s readings, this covenant was established with many soul groups around the planet; thus many were saved from the flood cleansing and were the incarnate souls that began the legendary “Second Creation,” of which the new nation of Egypt played a most important role.

      The Temple of Sacrifice also provided services for reducing selfishness, cravings, and out-of-control sensual urges that had come to possess so many souls in the chaos of the First Creation.

      In his deep meditative-like state, Cayce was asked to “have before you the Temple Beautiful in Egypt at about the period 10,500 BC after the return of the high priest Ra-Ta from banishment. You will describe in detail this temple and the services held in it, explaining how an understanding of the work carried on there may be of help to us now in carrying forward our healing study and work [today].” Cayce replied, “many of you here were both in and of the temple service, whether in the purifications in the Temple of Sacrifice or the Temple Beautiful. In the Temple of Sacrifice there were the altars to cleanse the bodies of those things that hindered in body, that were emblematical of the source of the stumbling block. In the Temple Beautiful there were the expressions of the service as an activity to maintain and to purify the bodies for the necessary associations of spiritual understandings in material bodies. Do not, my children, confuse your bodies of today with those attributes of that ancient period, with the conditions existent in the Temple Beautiful.” Cayce explained this last comment, saying that bodies in those ancient times were much less dense and not so possessing of the souls that inhabited them as our bodies today. Most of us actually think of ourselves as our bodies, not sensing the independence of the mind and soul inhabiting the physical vehicle.

      As we learned in chapter one, the Temple of Sacrifice could best be compared to a combination of a modern-day spa, yoga center, and hospital in which the focus was on improving the physical body, which is the temple of the incarnating soul. The Temple Beautiful could best be compared to a combination of a modern monastery, university, and vocational training center in which the focus was on improving the mind and spirit of an individual and preparing him or her for a service that contributes to the whole of the community and the growth of the souls.

      Cayce explained that the physical bodies in the most ancient of times were not as physical as our bodies today and could be absorbed into the nonphysical aspects of a soul-mind while they “traveled” to heavenly realms—then, they could be projected again when they returned to the realm of form and physicality. Even the Hopi have legends of a long-ago time when souls could manifest in this world and then leave at will, moving their bodies back into pure energy or spirit and traveling through the door between this world and the heavens.

      So different were our ancient bodies that Cayce also spoke of an additional chakra in our thighs that was particularly earthy. It was this chakra that was being removed surgically in the Temple of Sacrifice to help a soul keep its consciousness and spirit at higher levels of vibration and awareness. We see references to this chakra in the Scriptures. In Genesis 24 and 47 there are scenes in which a person is asked to “put your hand under my thigh.” These may be indications of the existence of that ancient chakra.

      Cayce’s response to the request for information about the ancient Egyptian temples continued:

      “There had been gathered from all the nations of the earth that which represented from their environ, their surrounding, the most beautiful gift; that it might be a reminder of those, to those, that purified or gave themselves in service or activity there, of the beauty of service of every land in this preparation of the bodies for their greater service and for their intermingling with those of the earth’s environ as well as enabling the servants, the workers, the priestess, the prophetess, those that labored—or joyously gave themselves—to give their activity for others.

      “The materials [stone blocks] that composed the outer portions of the temples were of the mountains nigh unto the upper waters of the Nile. The temple was in the form of the pyramid, within which was the globe—which represented to those who served that their service was to the world.”

      The globe of the world was central to the temple’s work as they were training people from all over the world and sending helpers to every corner of the planet. We don’t think of the ancient people as globally interconnected, but they were according to Cayce. And they had the means via their flying machines, as described in greater detail in a later chapter.

      As far as what was actually going on inside these temples, Cayce explained that on the altars of the temples no life was ever sacrificed, neither human nor animal, not even grains. These sorts of bloody offerings came much later after the original higher consciousness was lost. The offerings on these altars were the initiates’ weaknesses, poor habits, fears, and vices. Cayce explained that in the center of the altars a sacred fire was ignited to consume these offerings of the soul’s weaknesses. However, before an initiate could step away from the altar ceremony, he or she had to assume a new strength, greater purpose, a new virtue, and a higher consciousness. They could not simply cast off their weaknesses; they had to take up a new level of virtue and strength, and even a mission or work that helped make life better for others.

      In the desert between the now famous Step Pyramid in Saqqara and the Great Pyramid in Giza there is a huge, beautifully carved, alabaster altar (see illustration 20). It is inside the rubble of a Ra Temple with an attached pyramid (just as Cayce described). The center of this magnificent altar is a raised circle, around which is a huge square with four arrow-like projections that point to the four cardinal points of the planet (north, east, south, and west) and between these projections are four corners that point to the location of the sun in the four seasons. When the sun is in the northern regions, it is spring and summer [in the northern hemisphere, and Egypt is in this hemisphere]; when the sun is in the southern regions, it is fall and winter in the northern hemisphere. Alabaster is a crystal-like stone that conducts light, so the sacred fire on the center circle of this altar would have dispersed its light throughout the altar. Imagine the scene inside a relatively dark temple, with a glowing altar and a flickering fire and all the initiates and attendants in white linen and golden accessories moving in a ceremonial procession, offering up their vices and assuming stronger virtues. What a scene it must have been.

      According to Cayce’s readings, there were also regenerative ceremonies and devices that would raise the vibrations of initiates so as to rejuvenate their bodies. Cayce indicated that these were first used in Atlantis and then later became a part of Egyptian temple practice. We may have some evidence of these carved on some surviving temples. Today there remains a strange device, reminiscent of a light bulb, on the walls of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. (See illustration 21 for images of this device; for details, see illustrations 82a and 82b.) In these carvings we see a full-size Egyptian holding a large bulb with a serpent filament. The bulb is connected to a lotus-like socket with a long cord leading back to a well-known Egyptian symbol, the djed (see illustration 22).

      The djed symbol actually predates the dynastic period of Egypt, reaching back into prehistoric times! It continues to appear throughout the period of the pharaohs. Most scholars agree that it is a symbol of resurrection and is called the “backbone of Osiris” after the god who oversees the weighing of the hearts of all souls attempting to pass from this world to the heavens. If their hearts are heavy, they must return and get lighter ones. If their hearts are light, then they may pass on into the heavens and enjoy the fruit of the Tree of Life and the thirst-quenching Water of Life. The djed is a СКАЧАТЬ