A Search in Secret Egypt

Scarce (16th printing). Burgundy cloth covered boards and gilt lettering on the spine. The book is 287 pages in length, with 4 text figures, and 69 black-and-white illustrations. The chapters devoted to reporting on snake-charming during the 1930s in modern Egypt are particularly fascinating. Our copy is perfectly clean with only a trace of wear on the boards, and remains in very good condition. Photographs are available. "In this book, philosopher Paul Brunton (1898-1981) encounters the mysteries and magic of Egypt in the 1930s, including an eerie yet illuminating night spent alone inside the Great Pyramid. Alongside his explorations of ancient Egypt's monuments and gods, Brunton encounters a variety of occultists, fakirs, and dervishes, and even manages to become initiated into the deadly art of snake charming. His frank interviews with Muslim leaders remain relevant today, and his description of the Hajj reflects the beauty and inspiring faith of Mohammad's true followers. Brunton's journey to discover the furthest reaches of what the mind and body are capable of--and to distinguish various forms of yoga and magic from true spirituality--lead him to the myth of Osiris and to the mystery that is the Sphinx itself. In the end, Brunton turns his attention to his own spiritual path, connecting all of his experiences into a single discovery: that we are more than the body and that the freedom of our spirit can be experienced here and now. This new edition has been updated to incorporate Brunton's final revisions and includes an introduction by the Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation. "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". 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.