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  2. Worship of heavenly bodies - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Great Pyramid of Giza is aligned with the cardinal points, and its descending passage is aligned with the star Thuban in the constellation Draco, which was the pole star at the time. This alignment likely served both symbolic and practical purposes, connecting the Pharaoh's eternal journey with the stars. [20]

  3. Pyramidology - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid energy was popularized in the early 1970s, particularly by New Age authors such as Patrick Flanagan (Pyramid Power: The Millennium Science, 1973), Max Toth and Greg Nielsen (Pyramid Power, 1974) and Warren Smith (Secret Forces of the Pyramids, 1975). These works focused on the alleged energies of pyramids in general, not solely the ...

  4. Pyramid power - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid power is the belief that the pyramids of ancient Egypt and objects of similar shape can confer a variety of benefits. Among these supposed properties are the ability to preserve foods, [1] sharpen or maintain the sharpness of razor blades, [2] improve health, [3] function "as a thought-form incubator", [4] trigger sexual urges, [5] and cause other effects.

  5. Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul - Wikipedia

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    This spiritual body was then able to interact with the many entities extant in the afterlife. As a part of the larger construct, the ꜣḫ, the sꜥḥ was sometimes seen as an avenging spirit which would return from the underworld to seek revenge on those who had wronged the spirit in life. A well-known example was found in a tomb from the ...

  6. Giza pyramid’s nearly perfect alignment may have involved a ...

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    Scholars have spent decades delving into what techniques the builders used to position the pyramid’s so they face almost absolute north, south, east & west. Giza pyramid’s nearly perfect ...

  7. Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid Text within the burial pyramid of Teti I. The Pyramid Texts were the first religious spells to be carved into the walls of royal ancient Egyptian pyramids. Beginning in the Old Kingdom period, these texts were used exclusively by the Egyptian pharaohs to decorate the walls of their tombs. However, Egyptian Queens and high-ranking ...

  8. Harmonic Convergence - Wikipedia

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    The Harmonic Convergence was the world's first synchronized global peace meditation, coinciding with an exceptional alignment of Solar System planets on August 16–17, 1987. The event was organized by spouses José Argüelles and Lloydine Burris Argüelles, via the Planet Art Network (PAN), a peace movement they founded in 1983.

  9. Spirituality - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.