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(9) Aristotle's doctrine of the Soul

This doctrine has been found to be only a very small part of the elaborate philosophy of the soul
found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which is the original source of Aristotle's supposed
doctrine. Read the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Sir E. A. Budge, p. 29–64.

Chapter VII

The Curriculum of the Egyptian Mysteries

Through the curriculum of the Egyptian Mysteries it is now known that the African continent
has given the following Legacy to the civilization of the world. It consists of the following
culture patterns:

(1) Holy Catholic Orders, together with a priesthood divided into ranks according to training.

(2) Holy Catholic Worship, consisting of rituals, ceremonies including processions and
appropriate vestments of priests.

(3) Greek Philosophy and the Arts and Sciences, including the Seven Liberal Arts, that is, the
Quadrivium and Trivium which were the foundation training of Neophytes. These were included
in the forty-two Books of Hermes.

(4) The applied Sciences which produced the pyramids, tombs, libraries, obelisks, and Sphinxes,
war chariots and ships, etc.

(5) The social sciences, appropriate for the highest civilization in ancient times. Read The
Stromata of Clement of Alexandria, c. 6, p. 756, 758; also Diodorus I, 80. Read also The
Mechanical Triumphs of the Ancient Egyptians by F. M. Barber; History of Mathematics by
Florian Cajeri; History of Mathematics by W. W. R. Ball.

Chapter VIII

The Memphite Theology

(1) Definition

The Memphite Theology is an inscription on a stone containing the cosmology, theology and
philosophy of the Egyptians. Read Frankfort's Ancient Egyptian Religion, c. 20 and 23; also
Frankfort's Intellectual Adventure of Man. It is located in the British Museum.

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