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The Instructions of Kagemni is an ancient Egyptian instructional text of wisdom literature which belongs to the sebayt ('teaching') genre. Although the earliest evidence of its compilation dates to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, its authorship has traditionally yet dubiously been attributed to Kagemni, [1] a vizier who served during the reign of the Pharaoh Sneferu (r. 2613–2589 BC), founder ...
Ashurbanipal's Library gives modern historians information regarding people of the ancient Near East. In his Outline of History, H. G. Wells calls the library "the most precious source of historical material in the world." [3] The materials were found in the archaeological site of Kouyunjik (ancient Nineveh, capital of Assyria) in northern ...
Bailey's work and her books with Djwal Khul were published by the Lucis Trust, an organization she set up with her husband, Foster Bailey.Over time, Djwal Khul's name has appeared in the writings about Ascended Masters (a phrase not used by Bailey) of various New Age organizations such as the Ascended Master Teachings of Elizabeth Clare Prophet, who claims that she has channeled Djwal Khul as ...
Quotations are taken from Christian Jacq, The Living Wisdom of Ancient Egypt. [8] "Great is the Law ." (p. 24) "All conduct should be so straight that you can measure it with a plumb-line." (p. 27) "Injustice exists in abundance, but evil can never succeed in the long run." (p. 32) "Punish with principle, teach meaningfully.
Counsels of Wisdom is a piece of Babylonian wisdom literature written in Akkadian [1] containing moral exhortations. [2] It is composed primarily of two-line units, [ 3 ] without sections. [ 4 ] A translation of extant portions of the text was published in Lambert 1996 .
The Dialogue of Pessimism is an ancient Mesopotamian literary composition in the form of a dialogue between a master and his slave. Its interpretations have varied, but it is generally considered an unusual text which thematises the futility of human action. It is an example of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature.
to remember a piece of received wisdom – say a memorable aphorism or a soundbite – than to look more closely at a given topic and extract the truth. Yet to simply accept any statement of fact that comes your way unthinkingly is to miss out on a world of fascinating facts and information, where all too often the received wisdom is
The Book of Runes : A Handbook for the Use of an Ancient Oracle: The Viking Runes with Stones, St. Martin's Press; 10th anniversary ed. ISBN 0-312-09758-1. Flowers, Stephen (1986), Runes and magic: magical formulaic elements in the older runic tradition , vol. 53 of American university studies: Germanic languages and literatures, P. Lang, ISBN ...