The Secret Lore of Egypt: Its Impact on the West

by Erik Hornung

Alchemy, astrology, and other secret sciences have Egyptian roots, and films, popular fiction, and comic books frequently draw upon Egyptian themes. Rosicrucianism, Mormonism, and Afrocentrism all share Egyptian-derived elements. Modern-day esoteric endeavors find an endlessly renewable intellectual reservoir in ancient Egyptian culture, Erik Hornung believes, and are almost inconceivable without Egypt. Although such persistence assures Egyptosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801438470
• ISBN13: 9780801438479
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher