John Anthony West is a writer,
scholar and Pythagorean. He is
the author of The Traveler's
Key to Ancient Egypt, Serpent
in the Sky: The High Wisdom of
Ancient Egypt, The Case for
Astrology, as well as
consulting editor for the
Traveler's Key series. John
writes articles, essays and
criticism for The New York
Times Book Revie
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John Anthony West is a writer,
scholar and Pythagorean. He is
the author of The Traveler's
Key to Ancient Egypt, Serpent
in the Sky: The High Wisdom of
Ancient Egypt, The Case for
Astrology, as well as
consulting editor for the
Traveler's Key series. John
writes articles, essays and
criticism for The New York
Times Book Review, Conde
Nast's Traveler and others. He
won an EMMY Award for his 1993
NBC Special Documentary, The
Mystery of the Sphinx, hosted
by Charlton Heston. He is the
leading authority and
proponent of the 'Symbolist'
school of Egyptology, an
alternative interpretation of
ancient Egyptian culture
advanced by the French scholar
and philosopher, R.A.
Schwaller de Lubicz. In
addition, John lectures
extensively on Egypt and
personally leads several
in-depth study tours to Egypt
every year.
John shared theories,
evidence, and interpretation
regarding the Sphinx and the
pyramids at Giza. It's 'deep
heresy' to today's scientific
establishment that an ancient
civilization had skills that
surpass our own-- yet that is
what they must have had to
make these awe-inspiring
structures, he argued.
Visiting the Sphinx in-person
gave West a sense of
'unspeakable antiquity' and
pride that human beings had
made such a monument. It's
meant to signal an 'ingress to
the Age of Leo,' and the last
one occurred 10,500 BC, though
he believes the Sphinx might
have been constructed in the
earlier age of Leo which took
place at 36,500 BC. Edgar
Cayce predicted that a Hall of
Records would be found at the
base of the Sphinx, and West
shared that a cavern under
bedrock has been detected by
seismograph under the left
paw. It appears to be a
rectangular shape
approximately 36 X 45 feet.
He explored various theories
as to how these structures
were built:
They used a technology we
don't recognize, which could
be hidden in a religious
symbol.
They employed a 'soft'
technology such as music or
sound.
The work was performed by
people in a heightened state
of consciousness.
Beyond issues of how and when
these grand structures were
made, West stressed their
religious importance in
reconnecting humankind with
divine consciousness.
June 21st, 2006

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