Main entry:

Tompkins, Peter, author.

Title & Author:

The magic of obelisks / Peter Tompkins.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1981.
©1981

Description:

470 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Errata slip inserted.
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Historical background -- Resurrection of the obelisks -- Symbols of heresy -- Elizabethan wits and wizards -- Sub Rosa crucis -- Egyptian rites of masonry -- Pious terror -- Napoleon rediscovers Egypt -- Champollion parts the veil of Isis -- Bourgeois adventurers -- Muddling on the Nile -- Gallic cockcrow -- Victorian vanity -- Manhattan's masonic monument -- E pluribus unum -- Atlantis in America -- Needling mother earth -- Diana and the horned god -- Magicians of the golden dawn -- Return of the phoenix.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Explores the mystery of the obelisks of ancient Egypt, analyzing the significance and mystical powers of the obelisks, discussing the decipherment of the hieroglyphics, and describing their purpose and construction in ancient Egypt.

ISBN:

0060148993
9780060148997

Subject:

Obelisks Egypt Miscellanea.
Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic Miscellanea.
Occultism Egypt.
Obelisks Egypt.
Magic, Egyptian.
Occultisme Égypte.
Obélisques Égypte.
Magie Égypte.
Obélisques Égypte Miscellanées.
Égyptien (Langue) Écriture hiéroglyphique Miscellanées.
21.59 sculpture: other.
Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic
Obelisks
Occultism
Egypt

Form/genre:

miscellanies.
Trivia and miscellanea
Miscellanées.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44753
Call No.: PO312; ID:89-B4202
Status: Available