Primaeval Temples Of Egypt: Hidden Gods In The Sand
Temples have always fascinated people. Although their structure, design and meaning, are sometimes taken for granted, they seem to be magical religion made manifest. It seems to be one of mankind’s earliest instincts, this construction of a special building, or enclosure for divine encounter. Right back in the mists of time, some of the cave paintings in Lascaux show a glyph that could well be a ritual structure of some kind, it is not an animal, human or otherwise, perhaps it is some enclosure for livestock. There is a theory that it is a four-square ritual space, a sacred building that myth suggests is one of the very first actions mankind’s ancestors undertook after emerging from the oceanic waters of subconsciousness.
Lascaux Caves- depiction of a gateway or maybe a tent (Public Domain)
In The Beginning In Egypt
“Your life will be millions of years long and this land will return to the state of Nun, to the floods which were there at the beginning. I shall destroy everything I have created,” reads an ominous Book Of The Dead spell number 175. Naturally, every Egyptian temple had an account of its own creation, some longer and more detailed than others. Such accounts were likely displayed in a logical or prominent place. These narratives were often also accounts of the creation of the world, or rather the recreation of the world, after some ancient cataclysm, such as the famous flood or following an epic battle at the beginning of the current timeline.
