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The secret lore of Egypt : its impact on the West

"The study of Egypt as the fount of all wisdom and stronghold of hermetic lore, already strong in antiquity, Hornung (Egyptology, U. of Basel) calls Egyptosophy. Though it was soundly rebuffed by Egyptology, based on conventional science and history, he thinks its continuing impact on western culture"--Publisher's description

Print Book, English, ©2001
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, ©2001