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& REVIEWS THE SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY OF left- and right-brain thinking that played a ANCIENT EGYPT: Sacred Science and _part in the development of subsequent great the Mystery of Consciousness civilisations and is still "cutting edge" today. by Edward F. Malkowski Our new physics paradigms are only redis- Inner Traditions, Rochester, USA, 2007 coveries of this sacred science. There's ISBN 978-1-59477-186-6 (262pp tpb) much here to absorb and integrate. Available: www.|nnerTraditions.com | Computer software developer and histori- RAISING STONE 1: Paul Hai's Racks cal researcher Edward Malkowski & Pinions Theory (Before the Pharaohs; see review in 13/06) by Paul Hai continues his study of ancient Egypt in his PHP, Mount Isa, Qld, Australia, 2007 new book with recourse to modern scientific |SBN 978-0-646-47679-7 (258pp tpb) enquiry into the quantum universe and the Available: PHP, PO Box 1537, Mount Isa, nature of consciousness and perception. Qld 4825, Australia, tel +61 7 4743 3828 e asks the basic questions about the mys- Website http:/Avww. haitheory.com tery of life—who are we, why are we here : a, and how did we get here?—and surmises echanical tradesman Paul Hai, inspired by the reports of the Greek scholar that humans have always asked these ques- oor - tions but at some point the ancients integrat- _ Herodotus from his visit to Giza, Egypt, ed knowledge of creation into their wisdom around 450 BC, has come up with an expla- traditions. So, religion was originally arep- _ Nation of how the pyramids were built (see resentation of a scientific understanding of his letter published in our last edition). reality and consciousness, and the wisdom Taking the historian's cue that the Giza tradition of ancient Egypt was a shining pyramids were "built in steps, battlement- example of how the symbologies of gods wise" and that after laying the stones for the and goddesses were portrayals of the forma- _ base the constructors "raised the remaining tion of matter from nothing and its develop- _ stones to their places by means of machines ment through observable stages. formed of short wooden planks", Hai had a brainwave that a pinion-pulley system with wooden "rockers" was utilised. He suggests that cross-pegged curved wooden "lobes" were fitted radially around each block of stone, weighing an average 2,500 kg with approximate dimensions of one cubic metre, with four quadrants forming the pulley drum. A hoisting rope was tied to one of the pegs and wrapped around the drum until it was fully loaded with rope. The free end of the rope was then attached to a shaduf, an ancient type of crane, a class-one lever. Three ropes were probably wound to share the load. The load lay inside the pulley and the entire pulley wheel—a class-two lever— could then be hoisted higher using ropes Inspired by the research of René Schwaller guided by a grooved bearing stone. The de Lubicz, who from 1937 spent 13 years pulley utilised the initially placed stones as a studying the geometric proportions and the rack, helped with the placement of wooden inscriptions of the Temple of Amun-Mut- rails. A claw-lift crane was then used to Khonsu in Luxor, Egypt, Malkowski position each stone in its place, the claw fit- explores the idea that the ancients, and even _ ting into pre-gouged holes in an already- the precursors to the Egyptians, had a tech- placed stone. Hai says such an apparatus nology that was in harmony with nature; could provide a 2.8 mechanical advantage, indeed, it was a "spiritual technology". In thus a 2,500 kg load could be hoisted with the foreword, engineer Christopher Dunn three ropes, each sharing 300 kg of load. (who in The Giza Power Plant and other Hai points to excavated artefacts which works conjectures that the Great Pyramid confirm that the pyramid-builders used these was a gigantic machine; see 5/06) defines technologies and that this construction sys- this as "the manifestation of spirit through tem would have been much more efficient inspiration, creativity, invention, and work". than one using a ramp. His self-published Malkowski posits that the science of Pharaonic Egypt was a sacred science that involved a qualitative approach to investi- gating nature. It also involved a harmony of book Raising Stone contains many colour illustrations and photographs to show how this ingenious construction method could have worked. It seems he's onto something. THE SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT: Sacred Science and the Mystery of Consciousness by Edward F. Malkowski Inner Traditions, Rochester, USA, 2007 ISBN 978-1-59477-186-6 (262pp tpb) Available: www.InnerTraditions.com Conpucr software developer and histori- cal researcher Edward Malkowski (Before the Pharaohs; see review in 13/06) continues his study of ancient Egypt in his new book with recourse to modern scientific enquiry into the quantum universe and the nature of consciousness and perception. He asks the basic questions about the mys- tery of life—who are we, why are we here and how did we get here?—and surmises that humans have always asked these ques- tions but at some point the ancients integrat- ed knowledge of creation into their wisdom traditions. So, religion was originally a rep- resentation of a scientific understanding of reality and consciousness, and the wisdom tradition of ancient Egypt was a shining example of how the symbologies of gods and goddesses were portrayals of the forma- tion of matter from nothing and its develop- ment through observable stages. Inspired by the research of René Schwaller de Lubicz, who from 1937 spent 13 years studying the geometric proportions and the inscriptions of the Temple of Amun-Mut- Khonsu in Luxor, Egypt, Malkowski explores the idea that the ancients, and even the precursors to the Egyptians, had a tech- nology that was in harmony with nature; indeed, it was a "spiritual technology". In the foreword, engineer Christopher Dunn (who in The Giza Power Plant and other works conjectures that the Great Pyramid was a gigantic machine; see 5/06) defines this as "the manifestation of spirit through inspiration, creativity, invention, and work". Malkowski posits that the science of Pharaonic Egypt was a sacred science that involved a qualitative approach to investi- gating nature. It also involved a harmony of APRIL — MAY 2008 NEXUS +73 www.nexusmagazine.com