between heaven and earth and they considered the kingdom of the god Osiris to be a very specific
place in the heavens. This duality and the nature of the Duat itself are very well explained in a
book entitled ‘Initiation’ by Elizabeth Hiach. In the book Hiach aptly explains the Egyptian
reincarnation beliefs which included the various levels of discipline that must be attained in order
to reach the ‘ship/house/place/planet of millions of years’. Hiach believes that the pyramid
featured very significantly in this process and that the Kings Chamber was actually an initiation
chamber. She says that the initiate who had attained high enough level of enlightenment could lie
in the actual sarcophagus and be able to ‘meditate’ through all of their incarnations without the
need of living them enabling them to then reach their final incarnation with the Gods who reside
within the Duat.
Fig.81 Fig.82
Hiach claims that the shape of the pyramid and the unusual placement of the blocks within the
ceiling of the Kings Chamber are designed in such a way that certain cosmic energies are
channeled through the stonework and concentrated at one end of the sarcophagus. The centre of
this concentrated energy lies precisely where a person’s pineal gland would be if they were laying
in the enclosure. (The pineal gland lies at the front centre section of the brain between the frontal
lobes, kind of between and behind the eyes, and seems to serve no real biological function. The
gland is also known as ‘the third eye,’ in eastern cultures and is believed to be our highest
spiritual receptor when awakened. It is also often referred to as ‘the impaired eye’.)
Such a theory is not entirely without interest as unusual concentrations of energies within the
Kings Chamber have actually been reported by various people and it is quite strange for the roof
of the Chamber to have been constructed in such a fashion (fig.83) as it serves no purpose in
regards to strengthening the structure and seems like it would have been an awful lot of trouble to
build. (The cavities were hidden within the structure until they were found during excavation in
search of treasures.)
It is thought that the ancient Egyptians believed the Duat to be a place where man could live in
immortality with the Gods and that the soul of a man could reach this place through knowledge
and ritual. Many believe that they also believed that the Duat was a specific place in the sky,
namely the stars of Sirius and Orion’s belt. Hancock and Bauval believe the Giza structures were