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The Atlantean Symbolism Of The Egyptian Temple-Prof.Arysio Santos

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« on: February 19, 2008, 10:29:00 pm »









The Divine Barque





The Egyptian temple was accessed by means of barques in which the gods were processioned
from temple to temple at the occasion of their festivals (see Fig.1(d)). The chapels inside the
temple were usually three, as the Egyptians, like so many other peoples, worshipped triads of
gods. In brief, one might say that the Egyptian temple consisted of an innermost closed
sanctuary were the god, placed inside the processional barque, stood upon an altar; then an intermediate, semi-open hypostyle hall, and finally an open outer courtyard planted with a
walled, well watered garden.

The king's palace was also constructed according to this sacred geometry, which was also
followed in the residences of the high dignitaries. The accessibility of the different sections
was also rigidly disciplined. The humbler persons were restricted to the open courtyard; the
high officials were admitted to the hypostyle hall, and only the pharaoh and the high priest
were admitted to the innermost sanctuary.

Accordingly, the temple structure was also rigidly linked with sunlight. The hypostyle court
was in semi-darkness, except for a small skylight at the top which allowed a ray of light to
enter through the opening, falling directly upon the god's statue. The hypostyle hall had
columns which are invariably very thick and strong, and were obviously intended to carry a
great load upon them.1

These columns were made in the likeness of a somber tropical forest composed of palm-trees,
papyrus stems and lotus stalks with elaborate capitals imitating the tops of these plants. In
most cases, the solid roof is made in the image of the sky, with the constellations explicitly represented in it (see Fig.1 (e)).

It is clear to any keen observer that the hypostyle hall represents a heavily forested under-
ground realm with its subterranean "heaven" (or canopy) forming the ground floor of our own
world. We shall see below that this subterranean world represents, rather literally at that,
the subterranean realm of Atlantis. What else? Moreover, the lotus, palm and papyrus capi-
tals of such hypostyle halls are closed and budding, as they would be at night or before
they are a button ready to open.

Only in the sections usually exposed to sunlight are the pillars, in contrast, decorated with
open flowers and fronds. Among the constellations represented in the roof of the hypostyle
chamber the Celestial Nile is represented, with the gods navigating across them in their
barques. Clearly, the chamber represents a dual of Egypt, not indeed Celestial, but sunken
underground and infernal, though extremely beautiful and pleasurable.2
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