Jeremy Naydler

¿Que representa el jardín en nuestra cultura y en nuestras vidas?, ¿que modelo nos inspira o nos gustaría alcanzar? De ser un lugar sagrado, habitado por seres espirituales y divinos, llegó a símbolo de poder y de capacidad de domesticar lo natural. En algunas epocas fue tal la ostentacion que algunos artistas reivindicaron una busqueda interior hacia otra forma mas humanizada de acercarse a la Naturaleza, de resaltar su belleza, y ahi es donde de nuevo conectaron con las grandes culturas. Desde el antiguo Egipto hasta el jardin de Monet, Jeremy Naydler argumenta la vision de que la jardineria no solo es diseño o tecnica, sino que su futuro radica en comprenderla de nuevo como un arte sagrado, y el jardin como un lugar donde podemos vincularnos intimamente con la Naturaleza.

With its wireless networks encompassing the globe, the Digital Revolution is altering the very fabric of our lives with alarming rapidity. New technologies are bringing about an ever closer union between human beings and machines, whilst at the same time transforming our planet into an increasingly hybrid cyber-physical world.The current rollout of fifth generation wireless communication networks, or 5G, is central to the project to create a global electronic ecosystem, in which we will be obliged to live. This will provide the basis for an all-pervasive Internet of Things, and the widespread integration of Augmented and Virtual Reality into human experience. But what genuine human needs will this serve? Does the planet really need to be made smart? Will our health, and that of other living creatures, really be unaffected by exposure to escalating levels of electromagnetic radiation?As we enter a new era of extreme technology, driven by a momentum that seems beyond the constraint of any spiritual or moral consideration, both human beings and nature face an unprecedented challenge. Jeremy Naydler argues that it is a challenge that can only be met through a re-affirmation of essential human values and the recovery of a sacred view of nature. From this grounding, we can work towards a truly human future that, rather than creating yet more pollution and toxicity, will bring blessing to the natural world to which we belong.Jeremy Naydler has become, in my judgement, one of the most interesting and original living writers in Britain. Professor Bruce G. Charlton, author ofAddicted to Distraction

Para los antiguos egipcios, el tejido de la vida cotidiana era sagrado: los dioses se sentían como una presencia próxima, el tiempo estaba penetrado por el mundo transtemporal del mito y la causalidad era esencialmente magica. En esta sorprendente indagacion en las realidades esotericas que se escondian tras la superficie de la vida en el Egipto antiguo, Jeremy Naydler recrea la vida espiritual de otro tiempo y otro lugar. El templo del cosmos es una profunda exploracion en una antigua conciencia mas en sintonia con los ritmos de la tierra, mas abierta a las dimensiones internas del tiempo y el espacio, menos cerrada a las fuentes de la vida. El autor sostiene que la verdadera fuente de la civilizacion occidental se situa, precisamente, mas alla del horizonte de la racionalidad griega y el monoteismo judeocristiano, en la luz deslumbrante de la cultura egipcia antigua, de la que mucho nos queda todavia que aprender. Jeremy Naydler es filosofo, historiador de la cultura y especialista en jardines. Pronuncia regularmente conferencias en numerosas instituciones docentes, incluyendo las universidades de Oxford, Reading y Southampton. De sus publicaciones destacamos la edicion que hizo de los textos de Goethe para Goethe y la ciencia (Siruela, 2002).

The sacred consciousness that prevailed in antiquity is the key to unlocking our future Shows how scientific consciousness, which gives primacy to the sense of sight, estranged us from the participatory spiritual consciousness of antiquity Explores the vital importance of the imagination in reconnecting us to the spirit world The Future of the Ancient World sheds new light on the evolution of consciousness from antiquity to modern times. The twelve essays in this book examine developments in human consciousness over the past five thousand years that most history books do not touch. In ancient times, human beings were finely attuned to the invisible world of the gods, spirits, and ancestors. Today, by contrast, our modern scientific consciousness regards what is physically imperceptible as unreal. Our experience of the natural world has shifted from an awareness of the divine presence animating all things to the mere scientific analyses of physical attributes, a deadened mode of awareness that relies on our ability to believe only in what we can see. In these richly illustrated and wide-ranging essays that span the cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and the early Christian period, Jeremy Naydler shows how the consciousness that prevailed in ancient times may inspire us toward a future in which we once again reconnect with invisible realms. If the history of consciousness bears witness to the loss of visionary and participatory awareness, it also shows a new possibility--the possibility of developing a free and objective relationship to the spirit world. Naydler urges us not only to draw inspiration from the wisdom of the ancients but to carry this wisdom forward into the future in a renewed relationship to the spiritual that is based on human freedom and responsibility.

A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists Examines the similarity between the pharaohs afterlife voyage and shamanic journeying Shows shamanism to be the foundation of the Egyptian mystical traditionTo the Greek philosophers and other peoples of the ancient world, Egypt was regarded as the home of a profound mystical wisdom. While there are many today who still share that view, the consensus of most Egyptologists is that no evidence exists that Egypt possessed any mystical tradition whatsoever. Jeremy Naydlers radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts--the earliest body of religious literature to have survived from ancient Egypt--places these documents into the ritual context in which they belong.Until now, the Pyramid Texts have been viewed primarily as royal funerary texts that were used in the liturgy of the dead pharaoh or to aid him in his afterlife journey. This emphasis on funerary interpretation has served only to externalize what were actually experiences of the living, not the dead, king. In order to understand the character and significance of the extreme psychological states the pharaoh experienced--states often involving perilous encounters with alternate realities--we need to approach them as spiritual and religious phenomena that reveal the extraordinary possibilities of human consciousness. It is the shamanic spiritual tradition, argues Naydler, that is the undercurrent of the Pyramid Texts and that holds the key to understanding both the true nature of these experiences and the basis of ancient Egyptian mysticism.

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Una contribución fundamental a la comprensión del antiguo Egipto. John Anthony West Según Hermes Trismegisto, Egipto es el templo del cosmos , pues todos los poderes que gobiernan y actúan en el cielo le han sido transferidos . El Corpus Hermeticum t

In this guide to the cosmology of ancient Egypt, Jeremy Naydler recreates the experience of living in another time and place. Temple of the Cosmos explores Egypts sacred geography and mythology; but more importantly, it reveals with unprecedented clarity an ancient consciousness in tune with the rhythms of the earth. The ancient Egyptians experienced their gods not as remote beings but rather as psychic and natural forces, transpersonal energies that played a part in everyday life. This direct experience of the gods shaped the Egyptian concepts of human development, healing, magic, and the souls journey through the Underworld as described in the Books of the Dead. While building on the pioneering efforts of R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz and others, Temple of the Cosmos is much more than a recapitulation of previous theories of Egyptian spirituality. Rather, this book breaks new ground by placing the work of other Egyptologists in an original, magical context. The result is a brilliant reimagining of the Egyptian worldview and its sacred path of spiritual unfolding.