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1. THE SECRET LOTUS: Poetry of Enlightenment

DiscoverthemysticalsentimentoftheKemeticteachingasexpressedthroughthepoetryof

SebaiMuataAshby.Theteachingofspiritualawakeningisuniquelyexperiencedwhenthe

poeticsensibilityispresent.Thisfirstvolumecontainsthepoemswrittenbetween 1996 and

2003.1-884564--16 -X $16.99

1. TheAncientEgyptianBuddha:TheAncientEgyp-
   tian Origins of Buddhism

Thisbookisacompilationofseveralsectionsofalargerwork,abookbythenameofAfric-

anOriginsofCivilization,Religion,YogaMysticismandEthicsPhilosophy.Italsocontains

someadditionalevidencesnotcontainedinthelargerworkthatdemonstratethecorrelation

betweenAncientEgyptianReligionandBuddhism.Thisbookisoneofseveralcompiled

shortvolumesthathasbeencompiledsoastofacilitateaccesstospecificsubjectscontained

inthelargerworkwhichisover 680 pageslong.Theseshortandsmallvolumeshavebeen

specificallydesignedtocoveronesubjectinabriefandlowcostformat.Thispresent

volume,TheAncientEgyptianBuddha:TheAncientEgyptianOriginsofBuddhism,formed

onesubjectinthelargerwork;actuallyitwasonechapterofthelargerwork.However,this

volumehassomenewadditionalevidencesandcomparisonsofBuddhistandNeterian(An-

cientEgyptian)philosophiesnotpreviouslydiscussed.Itwasfeltthatthissubjectneededto

bediscussedbecauseevenintheearly21stcentury,theideapersiststhatBuddhismorigin-

atedonlyinIndiaindependently.Yetthereisampleevidencefromancientwritingsandper-

hapsmoreimportantly,iconographicalevidencesfromtheAncientEgyptiansandearly

Buddhiststhemselvesthatproveotherwise.Thishandyvolumehasbeendesignedtobeac-

cessibletoyoungadultsandallotherswhowouldliketohaveaneasyreferencewithdocu-

mentationonthisimportantsubject.Thisisanimportantsubjectbecausetheframeofrefer-

encewithwhichwelookataculturedependsstronglyonourconceptionsaboutitsorigins.

inthiscase,ifwelookattheBuddhismasanAsiaticreligionwewouldtreatitandit’scul-

tureinoneway.IfweidasAfrican[AncientEgyptian]wenotonlywouldseeitinadiffer-

entlightbutwealsomustascribeAfricawithagloriouslegacythatmatchesanyothercul-

tureinhumanhistoryandgaverisetooneofthepresentdaymostimportantreligiousphilo-

sophies.WewouldalsolookatthecultureandphilosophiesoftheAncientEgyptiansas