Asar Temple Abydos

Looking through possible site of doorway.

Karnak Temple

A picturesque view at the temple pylons from afar.

Asar Temple Abydos

A look at the door post

Asar Temple Abydos

Enter the light through the dark columned hall.

Temple of Het Heru

Cleaned ceiling revealing the Kemetic Zodiac.

Temple of Amun Luxor

Offering formula being bathed by sunlight.

Obelisk

Obelisk (Tekenu-Penis of Geb) in front of the Amun Temple at Luxor; In the mythos it states that Geb and Nut were in love making; Shu on order from Ra separated them, Geb's Penis remained erect which was placed at the entrance of the temples to symbolize the process of creation of earth magic making love with infinity. They bore Asar, Aset, Heru Ur, Nebb Het and Set, are their children.

Prisetly Procession

Processional Road Way

View of Luxor Temple from ancient street connecting the Luxor and Karnak Temples.

Ramside Statues

At the Ramsmuesum open air exhibit and worship temple.

Processional Road

From Luxor to Karnak

Peristyle Court

Open peristyle court at the Temple of Amun at Luxor where most of the rituals took place. Psycho-physiologically this area represents the impregnation of the soul with spirit force.

Hall of 12 Columns

This area sits right behind the Holy of Holies proper and is a segment of the Holy of Holies complex. This area of the temple represents the dual eye of inner vision that is awakened to higher consciousness.

Priests in Procession

On a wall entrance to the Holy of Holies of the Luxor Temple shows priests in procession carrying the shrine which contains the Divine image.

Ramside Movement

This is hall is at the front of the temple and represents the dynamic movement of the mind towards spirit consciousness.

Dock at Karnak

This is a photo of the ancient dock that was used when the Nile River where the priests and priestesses would un-board to continue the rituals in the Karnak Temple.

Ancient Plants

Stone carving of plants that have gone extinct since ancient very ancient times (Karnak Temple)

Hypostyle Hall

The large pylons of the second Hall of Many Columns in the Asar temple at Abydos, with majestic sunlight percolating into the hall.

Goddess Sesheta

Goddess Sesjeta in the Luxor Temple with her writing instrument; She is the consort of Djehuty and the scribe of the Medut Neter.

Regeneration Room

This is a pic of the regeneration room at the Karnak Temple.The capitals of the pylons are replicas of the pro-generative male organ which in this context symbolizes the regeneration of spirit consciousness Not biological generation).

Large Pylons

Pylons at the Temple of Luxor lines the walk way leading to the open court. The capital is an opened lotus symbolizing the awakening of Divine Consciousness.

Ramses in Motion

One of the large Ramsie statues in the Hall of Marches symbolizes the dynamic organic movement of the life force.

Pylons of the Open Court

Pylons of the open court. The capital is a closed lotus symbolizes the potential of higher consciousness that lays deep within the recess of the unconscious mind.

Amun

Handsome rendition of Amun, colored red which symbolizes the vibrancy of organic matter animated by spirit.

Ceiling at Denderah

The ceiling of the Hypostyle Hall of the Temple at Denderah dedicated to Goddess Het Heru. On the left is remnance of black sut left there by occupants who burned fires in the templ; on the right the work of Egyptologists renews the temple ceiling to its original mesmerizing color by painstakingly removing the sut.

Djehuty and Heru

Lord Djehuty on the right and Lord Heru on the left annoints the initiate (in the middle-chipped off) with Ankh (realization life process) and Uas scepters (flow of life force). Temple of Karnak

Offering Presentation

The central theme of all Ancient Egyptian temples is the givig of offerings to deities. On the left the Sem Priest (wearing leoprd skin) makes an offering.

Templ of Heru

Temple of Heru at Edfu, Partner Temple with Temple of Het Heru and Denderah

Aspirant In Bliss

Aspirant leaving the Temple of Hert Heru in bliss and joy.

First Hypostyle Hall

Inside the first Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Asar at Abydos, looking into the inner shrine of Ptah.

Osirion

The Osirion, very old temple at minimum 10,000BCE, behind the new temple to Asar at Abydos.

Boat Hold

Inside where the Divine boats used to be stord in ancient times in the Temple of Asar at Abydos.

Osirion

Overlooking the Osirion towards the Giza Plateau.

Hekat and Anpu

In the center is the female Divinity Hekat and behind her is the Anthropomorfic Anpu, Ramses Temple in Abydos.

Nefertari

Inside the tomb of Queen Nefertari showing the Djed Pillar, symbolizes Asar and the upper four Psycho Spiritual energy centers.

Nefertari Tomb

Queen Nefertari weilding the Serpent Power Scepter.

Prfocession at Night

The procession walk way looking away from the Luxor Temple and towards the Karmak Temple whihc is two miles away, at night.

Megalyth

Megalythic stone on the Giza Plateau

Sphinx Causway

A look at the Sphinx and its causway.

Ritual Entrance

Ritual entrance leading towards the 'Kafra Payrmaid' on the Giza Plateau, where the clerics would walk up to engage in meditations and rituals.

'Kufu Pyramid'

The large pyramid on the Giza Plateau, which holds some 2 million 5 hundred thousand stones with many weighing in excess of 4 tons.

Pyramid Boat Museum

The large pyramid with the boat museum where a large ritual boat of Ra was found behind the pyramid in a stone pit. Te boat can actually float on water and was used in ancient times.

Sakara

Flutted pylon of the walkway leading to the Step Pyramid at Sakara.

Sakara Ceiling

Flutted ceiling of the walkway leading to the Step Pyramid at Sakara.

Temple of Kom Ombo

The double temple at Kom Ombo dedicated to Heru (son of Asar and Aset) and Sobek (son of Net).

Kom Ombo Temple

Temple of Heru and Sobek from a distance on the Nile River.

Mummified Crocs

A special room at the Temple of Kom Ombo hold mummified crocodiles that were mummified by the priesthood. This is in attribution to Sobek who is the crocodile Divinity that assisted Asar in the Asarian Resurrection Myth. The crocodiles were used in rituals, meditations and mysticism related to Sobek.

Chapel to Het Heru

A Chapel to Het Heru at the Temple of Aset; it is like the yin an yang sign i Chinese tradition. There is a littel of Het Heru in Aset and a little of Aset in Het Heru.

Aset Temple

Outside of the Temple of Aset at night displaying wall reliefs related to the mythos and religious process related to Goddess Aset.

Chapel at the Temple of Aset

A chapel at the Temple of Aset where the Divinity Bes is seen playing his lute. Bes means form, or the phenomenal presentation of the abstract.

Aset at Night

Temple of Aset at nigh from Nile River showing the large facing pylos where flags were flown. The flag colors, were blue, green and gold.

Asar Chapel

A submerged chapel to Asar behind the Aset temple. It was submerged when the Aswan dam was built.

Temple of Aset at night

Temple of Aset at night from Nile River.

Aset Open Court

Peristyle court of the Temple of Aset; a peristyle court is on in which there is a large opened area with a roofed surrounding surmounted by large columns.

Resurrection of Asar

A depiction showing the resurrection of Asar while Heru infuses him with spiritualpower and Aset looks on with an embrace. He is rising out of the symbol that is read as Neb and means Lord. This depiction is found in the Asar Resurrection room in the Temple of Het Heru at Denderah.

Ritual Offering Raised

In the hallway leading to the roof of the Het Heru Temple at Denderah is found raised reliefs depicting priests and priestesses carrying their ritual offerings and implements for spiritual work on the roof of the temple. Here is a priestess carrying ritual offerings.

carrying Shrine

In the descending hall of the Het Heru temple we find raised relief of a priest carrying a mobile shrine of the deity.

Temple of Heru

Facing Pylons of the Temple of Heru

Inner Shrine

Looking along the axes of the Aset Temple that leads directly into the inner shrine, the altar is seen in the very last room at the end.

Het Heru Chapel

Het Heru chapel at the Temple of Aset.

Where it Used to be

The markers in the water shows the original location of the Temple of Aset before it was moved to its current location by UNESCO after being flooded by the construction of the Aswan Dam.

Hall Leading to Nile

A look at the peristyle court at the Temple of Aset that leads directly to the Nile River.

Library

A book depository in the Temple of Heru at Edfu, located in the Hypostyle Hall.

Columns

Large pylons holding up the roof of the Hypostyle hall at the Temple of Heru.

Large Relief

Raised relief on the outside wall of the Holy of Holies of the Temple of Heru showing the initiate commanding and controlling the enemies; symbolizes control and sublimation of the lower animal nature tendencies such as anger, hatred, lust, jealousy etc.

Pyloned Hall

Pyloned hall, walkway towards the interior of the Temple of Amun at Luxor.

Oils

Ritual oils and unguents releif at the of Medinet Habu.

Offering to Mut

An offering being made to Goddess Mut by th einitiate at the Medinet Habu temple to Amun, Mut and Khonsu.

Ptah

Polished white limestone stautue of Ptah at the Temple of Medinet Habu. The head has been lost however the brilliance of the statue and the fine workmanship still remains.

Ritual Offerings

Ritual offerings being prepared by priests, Medinet Habu.

Grand gallery

A look inside the Grand Gallery of the large pyramid on the Giza Plateau (Khufu Pyramid) which leads to the resurrection and meditation rooms at the top of the pyramid.

The Sarcophagus

Sehu standing in front of the sarcophagus that lays inside the resurrection chamber (King's chamber). This sarcophagus was used for meditations to propel the soul to the Orion star system as well was used during the final meditation at the time of death, then the body would be removed for burial elsewhere. This is a metaphysical chamber, not a burial place.

Mastaba

Large mastaba in Sakara. The mastaba was an underground ritual chapel where bodies were buried.

Snefru Pyramid

The Snefru pyramid also known as the Medium Pyramid, was built by Pharoah Sneferu. Although not a classical pyramid shape is served the same purpose of all other metaphysical pyramids such as the ones on the Giza Plateau.

Desert and Oasis

Expanse and contrast of desert and oasis.

Giza Pyramid

Giza Pyramid with greenery in foreground.

Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid at a distance.

Sphinx and Pyramid

Frontal view of the Hor m Akhet (Sphinx) with the great pyramid in the background. Hor m Akhet means Heru coming forth through the Horizon.

The Three Great Pyramids

The Pyramid of Khufu (on left, largest) The Pyrmaid of Khafre, (center, foreground) and the Pyramid of MenKara (right) form the Orion's belt star system on the ground.

Stairway

Stairway that leads down into the mastaba.

Sehu Khepera

SEHU on a boat ride on the Nile

Relaxing in the Shade

A camel on the banks of the Nile takes a break in the shade.

Desert Dwellers

Desert dwellers riding camels.

Elephantine Island

The worship area of two consorts are Anquit and Sati. In Ancient Egyptian myths it is told that the Pharoah (Per Aah) once had to approach and propitiate Khunum to restore the flow of the Nile; Khunum does this through his consorts who contracts and expands the flow of the waters in due season.

Khunum and Sati

The ram headed Khunum on the right being supported by his consort Sati behind him, relief found on Elephantine island.

Solar Goddess

Goddess with solar disc; she is an aspect of Sekhmet and Het Heru and represents the life giving fire the burns away impurities.

Asarian Statue

Asarian Statue in the Nubian Museum in Aswan.

Nubian Soldiers

A regiment of Nubian/Egyptian soldiers.

Flutted Ceiling

Flutted ceiling of the Bent pyramid in Sakara. This design was used to create a certain vibratory resonance within the hall. In other words while chanting the ceiling would cause the sound to reach a certain tone that awakens the spiritual sensitivity of the mind.

Ritual area

Opened air altar near the Bent Pyramid. The Bent Pyramid was also built by Per Aah (Great House, King) Sneferu, further debunking the claim that these pyramids are burial places, for how many burial places does one person need?

Large Statuue of Ramses

Very large statue of Ramses at the museum in Memphis (Ket Ka Ptah) the city of the deity Ptah.

Serpent at the Forehead

raised serpent at the forehead, sixth chakra (energy center) on the large statue at Het Ka Ptah.

Asarian Statues

Massive Asarian statues lining the central axis in to the Holy of Holies of the Temple at Abu Simbal dedicated to Ra Herakthy.

Asarian Statures

Megalythic Asarian statues at the Ramsesmuseum. the heads have been lost although there is one on site.

Large Asarian Statues

Megalythic Asarian Statues at the Ramsesmuseum; they hold the crook (dominion, power) and flail (seperation from ignorance) and incorporates the Asarian Resurrection, they symbolize the establishment in Divine consciousness.

Asarian Statue

Up close Asarian statue in the main axis of the Temple of Abu Simbal in Aswan.

View In Holy of Holies

Looking straight ahead is a view of the inner shrine room with four statues; Ra to the far left, then Ramses next to Ra, Amon next to Ramses then Ptah next to Amon. In this sense the King (every initiate) became deified and sits in the inner shrine as a deity.

Inner Shrine

This is a straight look at the inner shrine room of te Temple to Het Heru next to the Temple of Ra Herakthy at Abu Simbel. In the inner shrine is a zoomorphic (in her cow form) statue of the Goddess Het Heru.

The Colossi of Mennon

Two extremely large and massive stone statues of Amenehotep the III (father of Amenehotep IV, Akhenaton) who reigned during the 18th dynastic period.

Sun on Memmnon

Behind one of the Memmnon statues.

Large Asarian Statues

When seen in a row, it symbolizes the All encompassing nature of spirit.

Hathsepsut Temple

This panel shows the delegation sent to Punt by Queen Hatsheput who traveled there on a trading expedition.

Hathsepsut Temple

The hall that details the expedition to Punt (Pwenet, Ta Neter). Most likely Punt was located either in present day Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea or the Red Sea coastal area of Sudan. Punt was a trading partner with Ancient Egypt.

Gated

Looking through a gate in to a shrine room at the Hathsepsut Temple.

Anpu at Hathsepsut

A composite form, Jackal head and human b ody, of Anpu. Anpu is the Diviity of discriminate reasoning capacity, to know the real from the unreal. recall earlier you saw Anpu in full human form.

Offering to Ra

Offering to Ra being made.

Het Heru

Goddess Het Heru, the capital of a pylon at the Het Heru Chapel at the Temple of Hathsepsut.

Het Heru Pylon

The same pylon architecture of Goddess Het Heru is seen in her temple at Denderah. The instriment above her face with cow ears is a sistrum which titillates the mind and awakens the introspective capacity of the subconscious.

Colorful Offering

Colorful offering table at the Temple by Hathsepsut.

Advanced Technology

At the very top, the lintel of the first hypostyle hall of the Asar Temple at Abydos shows a pictograph that is perhaps advanced flying machines. The End. Thank you for taking a tour of this photographic tour of Ancient Egypt. M HTP