Books About Egypt

GENERAL AUTHORS: EGYPT     SPIRITUALITY / MAGIC / MYSTICISM               Ashby, Muata  Abhaya        Egyptian Proverbs, Temt Tchaas : Mystical Wisdom Teachings and Meditations. – Cruzian, c1996. Bauval, Robert                    The Orion Mystery : Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids. – Crown, c1994.            Brier, Bob                    Ancient Egyptian Magic / Quill  1981            Chaney, Earlyne                    Initiation in the Great Pyramid. – Astara, 1987.            Dee, Jonathan                    Isis : Queen of Egyptian Magic ; Her Book of Divination and Spells / Sterling Pub.Co.            Ellis, Normandi                    Awakening Osiris : The Egyptian Book of the Dead. – Phanes Press, 1988        Feasts of Light : Celebrations for the Seasons of Life, based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries / Quest, c1999. Farr, Florence                    Egyptian Magic : An Essay On the Nature and Applications of Magical Practices in Pharaonic and Ptolemaic Egypt. – Aquarian Press 1982, 1896  Haich, Elisabeth                    Initiation / Seed Center, 1974.            Hancock, Graham.        The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind / Crown, c1996.  Heath, Maya        The Egyptian Oracle / Bear& Co., 1995 Hope, Murry        Practical Egyptian Magic / Aquarian Press 1984 Ishbel                    The Secret Teachings of the Temple of Isis / Llewellyn 1989                    (This is one example of a system of Kemetic Wicca.)            Jacq, Christian                    Egyptian Magic 1985                    The Living Wisdom of AncientEgypt  1999                    The Wisdom of Ptah Hotep  2006            Lamy, Lucie                    Egyptian Mysteries : New Light on Ancient Spiritual Knowledge. – The Crossroad Publishing Co., 1981           Leadbeater, C. W.                  Ancient Mystic Rites / Theosophical Publishing House, 1986.                  (Discourse on the Egyptian origins of some Masonic rites)            Masters, Robert                    The Goddess Sekhmet : The Way of the Five Bodies. – Amity House, c1988.            Naydler, Jeremy        Temple of the Cosmos : The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred. – Inner Traditions, c1996            Reed, Bika                    The Field of Transformation : A Quest for the Immortal Essence of Human Awareness / Inner Traditions International 1987  Rolfe, Mona                    Initiation by the Nile / C. W. Daniel, 1976            Schueler, Gerald & Betty                    Coming Into the Light : Rituals of Egyptian Magick. / Llewellyn, c1989.                    Egyptian Magick / Llewellyn 1994                    The Truth About Egyptian Magick / Llewellyn 1991            Schwaller DeLubicz, Isha                     Her-Bak : Egyptian Initiate / Inner Traditions International, c1978.                   Her-Bak : the Living Face of Ancient Egypt / Penguin, c1972                   The Opening of the Way : a Practical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of Ancient Egypt / Inner Traditions International, c1981  Schwaller DeLubicz, R. A.        The Egyptian Miracle : an Introduction to the Wisdom of the Temple / Inner Traditions International, c1985  Temple, Robert K. G.                    The Sirius Mystery. – St. Martins Press  1976     HISTORY              David, Rosalie                    Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt. – Facts On File, 1998            Shaw, Ian                    The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt / Harry N.Abrams 1955                    The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt / Oxford University Press 2000            Silverman, David P.                    Ancient Egypt / Oxford University Press. -- 1997            Strouhal, Eugen                    Daily Life in Ancient Egypt  Tyldesley, Joyce                    Daughters of Isis : Women of Ancient Egypt. – Penguin 1994                LANGUAGE  Budge, E. A. Wallis        Egyptian Language : Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics / Routledge & Kegan Paul; Dover, c1971.             Collier, Mark        How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs : a Step-By-Step Guide to Teach Yourself / University of California Press, c1998. Jacq, Christan                    Fascinating Hieroglyphics  1997     SOURCE MATERIALS              Apuleius                   The Golden Ass.            Erman, Adolf                    The Ancient Egyptians : a Sourcebook of Their Writings. – Harper, 1966            Budge, E. A. Wallis        The Book of the Dead  Griffith, F. L., editor                    The Leyden Papyrus : An Egyptian Magical Book /Dover 1974  Lichtheim, Miriam        Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume 1: the Old and Middle Kingdoms / University of California Press.         Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume 2 : The New Kingdom. – University of California Press Meyer, Marvin W., editor        The Ancient Mysteries : A Sourcebook / Harper San Francisco 1987 Pound, Ezra, translator        Love Poems of Ancient Egypt / New Directions 1962     MYTHOLOGY and RELIGION             Baines, John                  Religion in Ancient Egypt -- Cornell University Press 1991           Boylan, Patrick             Thoth : The Hermes of Egypt. – Ares Publishers 1987, 1922                Budge, E. A. Wallis                    Egyptian Magic / Routledge & Kegan Paul 1985, 1899                    Egyptian Religion : Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life / University Books 1959        The Gods of the Egyptians : Studies in Egyptian Mythology. – 2 volumes. – Dover1969 Eliade, Mircea                    The Encyclopedia of Religion. – Macmillan 1986              Forman, Werner                    Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. – University of Oklahoma Press 1996           Hart, George                  A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Routledge & Kegan Paul ISBN 0-415-05909-7           Jacq, Christian                  Magic and Mystery in Ancient Egypt            Sadek, A                    Popular Religion in New Kingdom Egypt           Iamblichus the Neo-Platonist                  The Origin of Egyptian Symbolism / Alexandrian Press, 1991           Lurker, Manfred                    The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt / Thames & Hudson, c1980.            Mackenzie, Donald A.                    Egyptian Myths and Legends / Crown, c1978.            Rundle Clark, R. T.                    Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt. – Thames and Hudson 1959            Wilkinson, Richard H.                    The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt / Thames & Hudson. ISBN                    0500051208              Witt, R. E.                     Isis in the ancient world. – Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.     ART & ARCHITECTURE   Fakhry, Ahmed             The Pyramids. – University of Chicago Press  1961  Lacovara, Peter             The Realm of Osiris : Mummies, Coffins, and Ancient Egyptian Funerary Art in the Michael C. Carlos Museum. --  The Museum, 2001  Macaulay, David             Pyramid. – Houghton Mifflin 1974     FICTION   Grant, Joan             Eyes of Horus / Ariel Press, 1988 c 1942             Lord of the Horizon / Ariel Press 1989, 1944             Winged Pharaoh/  Ariel Press ed., 1985 c1937  Jacq, Christian             The Battle of Kadesh  1998             Beneath the Pyramid  2004             The Black Pharaoh  1999             Champollion the Egyptian  2002             The Conspiracy of Evil  2005             Empire of Darkness  2002             The Flaming Sword  2003             For the Love of Philae  2003             The Great Secret 2005             The Lady of Abu Simbel 1998             Nefer the Silent  2000             Paneb the Ardent  2000             The Place of Truth  2000             Secrets of the Desert  2004             Shadow of the Sphinx  2004             The Son of Light 1997             Temple of a Million Years (The Eternal Temple) 1998             The Tree of Life  2005             The Tutankhamun Affair  2003             Under the Western Acacia 1998             War of the Crowns  2003             The Way of Fire  2005             The Wise Woman  2000  Mailer, Norman             Ancient Evenings. – Little Brown 1983                FOR CHILDREN             Cashford, Jules                   The Myth of Isis and Osiris -- Barefoot Books 1993            Lattimore, Deborah Nourse                    The Winged Cat : A Tale of Ancient Egypt. – Harper Collins 1992  Onclincx, Georges                    Nefrou the Scribe (Children of Other Times series) / McGraw Hill 1967     CLOTHING   Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian             Patterns for Ancient Egyptian Clothing             Gegevens Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, c1992.   ISBN 90-800973-1-4.  Further copies available from : Stichting Textile Research Centre, c/o National Museum for Ethnology, Steenstraat 1, PO Box 212, 2300 AE Leiden, The Netherlands.             (This book describes how basic garments were constructed, and to give paterns and instructions for their creation.  Patterns are based on surviving Pharaonic garments in museums.  There is a glossary.  Patterns include loincloths, aprons, kilts, skirts, sash-kilts, sashes, wrap-arounds, dresses, tunics, shawls, cloaks, kerchiefs, and information on clothing combinations.)