Search in Secret Egypt

by Paul Brunton

Overview

Page by page, this deluxe, lavishly illustrated new edition of Brunton's classic spiritual travelogue shows Egypt's major splendors, long-hidden temples, underground chambers, shrines, and artifacts as the author saw them in the 1930s and as they are now—along with fascinating inner images of Egypt's ancient mysteries and enlightening talks with Islamic leaders. Specially designed maps/diagrams trace his footsteps accurately

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780943914985
Publisher:	Larson Publications NY
Publication date:	03/23/2007
Edition description:	Illustrate
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.93(w) x 11.73(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

PAUL BRUNTON (1898-1981) is one of the twentieth century's most brilliant spiritual writers. He is generally recognized as having introduced yoga and meditation to the West. His books sold over two million copies in 17 languages. He was the most popular and authoritative source of information on Eastern philosophies, gurus, and meditation systems from the mid-'30s to the '60s. In 1954, he withdrew from public life and continued writing the material that was posthumously published as The Notebooks of Paul Brunton—a truly East-West spiritual philosophy. Written with the passion of an authentic pioneer and the thoughtfulness of a seasoned practitioner, his work is re-emerging as a beacon for all contemporary seekers.

Table of Contents

1 CHAPTER I: A NIGHT WITH THE SPHINX 2 CHAPTER II: THE DESERT GUARDIAN 3 CHAPTER III: THE PYRAMID 4 CHAPTER IV: A NIGHT INSIDE THE GREAT PYRAMID 5 CHAPTER V: WITH A MAGICIAN OF CAIRO 6 CHAPTER VI: WONDER-WORKING BY HYPNOTISM 7 CHAPTER VII: AN INTERVIEW WITH EGYPT’S MOST FAMED FAKIR 8 CHAPTER VIII: IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL! 9 CHAPTER IX: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE MUHAMMEDANS 10 CHAPTER X: IN THE PEACE OF OLD ABYDOS 11 CHAPTER XI: THE INNERMOST RITE OF EGYPTIAN TEMPLES 12 CHAPTER XII: THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES 13 CHAPTER XIII: IN THE TEMPLE OF DENDERAH 14 CHAPTER XIV: KARNAK DAYS 15 CHAPTER XV: KARNAK NIGHTS 16 CHAPTER XVI: WITH EGYPT’S MOST FAMED SNAKE-CHARMER 17 CHAPTER XVII: I BECOME A SNAKE-CHARMING DERVISH 18 CHAPTER XVIII: I MEET AN ADEPT 19 CHAPTER XIX: THE TOMBS: AN ADEPT’S SOLEMN MESSAGE 20 Epilogue 21 COMMENTARY ON EPILOGUE

Editorial Reviews

"Paul Brunton was a great original and got to a place of personal evolution that illumines the pathways of a future humanity."
—Jean Houston, author of A Passion for the Possible and A Mythic Life

"Any serious man or woman in search of spiritual ideas will find a surprising challenge and an authentic source of inspiration and intellectual nourishment in the writings of Paul Brunton."
—Jacob Needleman, author of What Is God? 

“ … an elaborate account of strange happenings and beliefs, A Search in Secret Egypt is an engrossing book.…”
—Times-Union [Brooklyn]
 
“It must be recorded to the lasting credit of Paul Brunton that what he has suffered and achieved very few people would ever be willing to do.… One cannot really help admiring his zeal for daring enterprise, his totally unbiased and critical mind.”
—The Leader [Allahabad, India]
 
“Mr. Brunton's book does not make us wonder whether there are not more things in heaven and earth than are known to our philosophy; it makes us certain that there are.”
—News-Review [London]
 
“For all his love of the untoward, Mr. Brunton clearly distinguishes between what is spiritual and what is magical or super-normal, and it is just this which makes his book not only a fascinating but a valuable guide to the hidden lore of ancient times.”
—The Inquirer
 
“ … his book remains fascinating as the account of a traveler far less prejudiced and much better instructed than the average. A Search in Secret Egypt contains many excellent pen-pictures of the Two Lands and their monuments, as well as numerous accounts of literally marvelous adventures in that 'temple of the whole world' we call Egypt.”
—The New York Times Book Review
 
“Believe it or not—this book will thrill you.”
—Washington Post

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