Embodying Osiris, the Secrets of Alchemical Transformation, T.F.Cavalli, Ph.D.

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Introduction: Equal to God
Egypt is an image of heaven, or to speak more exactly, in Egypt all the operatio
ns of the powers which rule and are active in heaven have been transferred to a
lower place. Even more than that, if the whole truth be told, our land is the te
mple of the entire cosmos.
â Thoth, Corpus Hermeticum
The most difficult obstacle in unraveling the secrets of ancient Egypt is acknow
ledging the possibility that we might never know what these people were really t
hinking. In Jungian psychology the unknown is relegated to the boundless world o
f the unconscious. What little we know of this world is that it is the realm of
dreams, archetypes, and myths. Certainly, the greater part of the unconscious is
not known and will remain forever beyond our grasp. But somewhere before we rea
ch this outer dimension is a mysterious place that lies just beyond the threshol
d of our ordinary perception. We can, with some conditions, apprehend this numin
ous territory. The secret of gaining access to this place has to do with the way
we view the unconscious and, for our present purpose, ancient Egypt.
Many people today struggle with the whole notion of the unconscious. Some are cu
rious while others wrestle with ways to make sense...
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