This book contains interesting contributions to the understanding of ancient symbol-language:
- A 3500-year old Egyptian message from the tomb of Amenemhet is depicted in the original hieroglyphs with the translation into words by the famous Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner. With Medhananda’s interpretations the strange text reveals a dynamic psychological content.
- The second contribution shows a collection of images of the great symbol ‘tree’ from different ancient cultures, with interpretations and comments by Medhananda.
- An old Egyptian fairy-tale is translated for the first time by Medhananda.
“We can conceive of ourselves as a flower, a bird, a stone, …beautiful extensions of being man in an eternal game in which everything is ourselves and yet plays at being something else. To look at a teaching image until we recognize ourselves in it is a preliminary step towards selfknowledge.
… If the symbol becomes a movement of self-awareness in us and helps us to understand ourselves, what does it matter that the teaching was lost for thousands of years? We have discovered a new playground, a vast kingdom in ourselves, and a way to become the inner King, the Pharaoh, the Lord of all those riches.” – Medhananda