The Temple of Man

The Temple of Man

Volume 1 

Publisher's Preface   xiii 
Translators' Acknowledgments   xv 
Translators' Preface   xvii 
Preface   xxv 
Introduction   1 

Part 1
The Doctrine of the Anthropocosmos Elements   14 
Chapter 1 * Consciousness and Irreducible Magnitudes   30 
Chapter 2 * Symbolique   47 
Chapter 3 * Anthropocosmos   61 
Chapter 4 * Pharaonic Thought   72 

Part 2 
Mathematical Thought 
Chapter 5 * Foundations of Pharaonic Mathematics   88 
Chapter 6 * Pharaonic Calculation    126 

Part 3
The Master Builders' Grid: Pharaonic Mathematics Applied 
Chapter 7 * Pharaonic Trigonometry   190 
Chapter 8 * The Canevas: Living Architecture of Number    228 
Chapter 9 * The Cosmic Principle of Volume    250 
Chapter 10 * Pharaonic Cubits    276 
Chapter 11 * The Human Canon    310 
Chapter 12 * The Royal Apron   346 
Chapter 13 * The Axes   355 

Part 4
The Architecture of the Temple: 
Themes 
Chapter 14 *  The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus   374 
Chapter 15 * The Diadem   432 
Chapter 16 *  The Joints: Guides for Reading   444 
Chapter 17 * The Covered Temple: The Head   448 
Chapter 18 * Sanctuary V   458 
Chapter 19 * Crossing   476 
Chapter 20 * The Zodiac   479 
Chapter 21 * The Hindu Temple   498 
Chapter 22 * The Mystic Temple: A Meditation   504 

Volume 2

Part 5
The Pharaonic Temple 
Chapter 23 * The Architectonics of the Pharaonic Temple   514 
Chapter 24 * Preface to the Presentation of the Architecture of the Temple of Luxor   519 
Chapter 25 * The Temple of Luxor   524 

Part 6
Plates, Legends, and Commentaries 
Chapter 26 * Amun and Suti-Hor   532 
Chapter 27 * General Views of the Temple of Luxor   535 
Chapter 28 * The Growth of the Temple    569 
Chapter 29 * A Colossus of the Temple    591 
Chapter 30 * Joints and Pieces   639 
Chapter 31 * The Mosaic Figure in the Foundation of the Temple    677 
Chapter 32 * The Crown of the Skull   699 
Chapter 33 * The Moon in the Haty   721 
Chapter 34 * The Knees   737 
Chapter 35 * The Bows   747 
Chapter 36 * The Zodiac   761 
Chapter 37 * The Master Builders' Grid   779 
Chapter 38 * Transformations and Mutations   861 
Chapter 39 * A Secret Sanctuary   885 
Chapter 40 * The Axes of the Temple   905 
Chapter 41 * Receiving and Giving   955 
Chapter 42 * The Architectural Structure   977 
Chapter 43 * Transparency and Transposition   991 
Chapter 44 * Seth-Horus   1003 
Appendix: 
Comparison of Parts and Chapters in the English and French Editions   1022 
List of Works Cited   1024 
Index    1028

R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887--1961) was one of the most important philosophers, mathematicians, and Egyptologists of this century. His elucidation of the temple at Luxor and his presentation of the Egyptian understanding of a special quality of innate consciousness form a bridge that links the sacred science of the Ancients to its rediscovery in our own time.

"This astonishing and monumental book helps us understand not only the greatness of Egypt, but the depths of the human soul as well. The work of Schwaller de Lubicz stands in our time as an unsurpassed blending of objective scholarship and philosophical vision."
Jacob Needleman, author of Time and the Soul

"In The Temple of Man, renowned Egyptologist R.A. Schwaller De Lubicz offers an exhaustive study of the temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor. In over 1000 pages of text, illustrations and photographs, De Lubicz demonstrates the powerful spiritual and philosophical heritage of ancient Egyptian civilization."
Publishers Weekly

"Schwaller's grand synthesis reveals, once and for all, the full extent and significance of the knowledge of Ancient Egypt."
Parabola

"Le Temple de l'homme by Schwaller de Lubicz is an absolute must for all who are interested in the search for the truth about Ancient Egypt and its pivotal place in the unfolding of the cosmic drama and the human quest for immortality and spiritual perfection. For years we have all waited for an English translation. Here it is at last!"
Robert G. Bauval, author of The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids and Message of the Sphinx

"Schwaller's text demands that it not be just read, but that it be 'thought along with.' His scientific writings contain poetic and spiritual insights that touch the soul . . . because true science, as he conceives it, is capable of generating those insights--indeed, it demands that they be generated."
Gnosis Magazine

"In my view, The Temple of Man is the most important work of scholarship of this century. R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz finally proves the existence of the legendary 'sacred science' of the Ancients and systematically demonstrates its modus operandi. It was this great science--based upon an intimate and exact knowledge of cosmic principles--that fused art, religion, science, and philosophy into one coherent whole and sustained Ancient Egypt for three thousand years."
John Anthony West, author of Serpent in the Sky

"Schwaller de Lubicz's great work, grounded in a remarkable insight into the science and philosophy of the ancient world, opens the way to a complete reappraisal of Egyptian civilization, revolutionizing our view of history." 

John Michell, author of The New View Over Atlantis

In the first Renaissance, the Florentines went back to the knowledge of the ancient Greeks. In this, our planetary Renaissance, we return to the esoteric knowledge of the Ancient Egyptians. The research and intuitions of Schwaller de Lubicz should be placed alongside Evans-Wentz's recovery of the esoteric knowledge of Tibet.
William Irwin Thompson, author of At the Edge of History

"Schwaller de Lubicz is one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century--his greatness, alas, still not fully recognized, although readers who know Sacred Science and Symbol and the Symbolic treasure them as masterpieces. But his greatest and most massive achievement is The Temple of Man, surely one of the seminal works of the last half century. The news that it is to be finally published in English will delight all admirers of this highly original philosopher."
Colin Wilson, author of The Outsider and The Philosopher's Stone

"The Temple of Man will live, like statues of Ramesses, long after we and those who follow us have joined the pharaohs. This is an eternal work, just as Egypt is eternal. To enter the minds of the Ancient Egyptians through this door will lead any reader into an enchanted realm where form and structure have life, where stone breathes and  perspires, and where the palpitating heart of traditional wisdom still throbs amongst the sands."
Robert Temple, translator of The Complete Fables of Aesop and 
author of The Sirius Mystery

"The Temple of Man is a monumental product of intellect, scholarship, and exploration into the 'pharaonic mentality' of Ancient Egypt. There is no work more ambitious in seeking to render accessible the consciousness of a time and place remote from and extremely alien to our own. The sufficiently careful and aware reader can actually take on enough of the mindset being described as to arrive at states of consciousness unlike any experienced by contemporary people. It then becomes possible to glimpse that extraordinary 'mentality' which cast in Egypt a spell of luminous fascination still potent after thousands of years."
Robert Masters, author of The Way to Awaken and The Goddess Sekhmet

"An important addition to the library of any serious metaphysician."
Pythia Peay,  Common Boundary

"The Temple of Man is an accomplishment of truly Herculean proportions. Nothing written in the past two hundred years, with the exeption of only one book, even approaches it in enormity of purpose, scope, subject matter, majasty and profundity. . . . One needs to learn to read this book and then immerse oneself in it. Were on to do this, and assuming diligence, sincerity, determination and some ingenuity by the reader, the outcome toward which all human life is aimed, the evolution of consciousness is assured."
Atlantis Rising

"An impressive, beautifully realized presentation that deserves consideration, discussion and debate. For those of you with interest in alternative approaches to ancient Egypt, The Temple of Man will be and important addition to your library."
KMT, 1998

"As complete an insight into the mind of pharaonic Egypt as will be found on paper. . . . Coming to the worldview from our mindset places serious damands on the reader. But, this book is both dizzying and transporting, offering the possibility of immersion in another world, cleansing the mind and clarifying the extent and the limitations of our own mental tools for grasping our world."
MKS, Whole Earth, 1998