Mudras & Hand Symbolism: Mudras of the Egyptian Tradition
The ancient Egyptians possessed a fount of occult and mystic wisdom. In those days the Egyptian mystical brotherhoods or “Mystery Schools” at Luxor, Thebes, Memphis, and Heliopolis, collectively represented one of the several portals leading to the Universal Great White Brotherhood whose existence was established by cosmic beings for the purpose of advancing the evolution of man through the application of spiritual disciplines and the apprehension of Cosmic laws. These teachings were given in secluded places, in subterranean temples, and at night under the canopy of the heavens. Many eminent Greek sages studied at these Egyptian schools of metaphysics, among whom were Plato, Thales, Pythagoras, and Democritus. In these Mystery Schools, the goddess Isis was especially venerated. She personified Nature and according to one Greek interpretation she signified occult knowledge. Isis also represented the Mystery Schools and those undergoing training therein later emerged out of her womb and became known as the “twice-born,” for they were newly born of the Holy Spirit.
Contrary to what is popularly believed, the Great Pyramid of Cheops was not built as a tomb, but as a “House of Initiation,” a place where the teachings of the gods were given by the “Master of the Secret Places” to those who successfully passed the severe tests of earth, water, air, and fire. Spiritual disciplines were taught that ultimately transformed each spiritual aspirant at the point of their graduation into an embodiment of a god, or in our modern metaphysical vernacular, “a perfect human being,” or a “Christ,”–an anointed one. In these sacred temples of learning and wisdom were to be found countless statues, most of which were considered and