Egyptian Mystics - Seekers of The Way

<p>Egyptian alchemy and Sufism with a coherent explanation of fundamentals and practices.<br><br>This book explains how Ancient Egypt is the origin of alchemy and present-day Sufism and how the mystics of Egypt camouflage their practices with a thin layer of Islam. The book also explains the progression of the mystical Way towards enlightenment with a coherent explanation of its fundamentals and practices. It shows the correspondence between the Ancient Egyptian calendar of events and the cosmic cycles of the universe.<br><br>This Expanded Version of the book is divided into four parts containing a total of 13 chapters and five appendices.<br><br>Part I: The Hidden Treasure consists of two chapters:<br><br>Chapter 1: Egyptian Mysticism and Islamized Sufism will cover the differences between dogmatic and mystical routes and how ancient Egypt is the source of Sufism and alchemy.<br><br>Chapter 2: The Treasure Within will cover the limitations of humans' organ of perceptions and how to find realities with such limitations.<br><br>Part II: Transformation From Dust To Gold consists of five chapters-3 through 7:<br><br>Chapter 3: The Alchemist Way will cover the source of alchemy as being Ancient Egypt; and the progression along the alchemist way; and the role of a guide in the process.<br><br>Chapter 4: The Purification Process will cover both outer and inner purifications through the process of living in the world.<br><br>Chapter 5: Basic Practices will cover general practices by the Egyptian mystics to increase their awareness of the real world.<br><br>Chapter 6: The Way to Revelations will cover the methods by which a mystical aspirant can find knowledge through revelations.<br><br>Chapter 7: The Heavenly Helpers will cover the role and duty of those who attained super natural powers to help others on earth.<br><br>Part III: The Public Visitation Fairs has four chapters-chapters 8 through 11:<br><br>Chapter 8: The Cyclical Renewal Festivals will cover the importance of holding and participating in annual festivals.<br><br>Chapter 9: Samples of Ancient-Present Festivals will cover about a dozen annual ancient egyptian festivals and how many of them are very familiar and being observed throughout the western world.<br><br>Chapter 10: The Egyptian Spirited Fairs (Mouleds) will cover the main elements of a typical festival<br><br>Chapter 11: Egyptian Themes of Saint's Nick Traditional Festivities will cover a comparison between the commonly known Saint Nick's Christmas traditions with a typical Ancient Egyptian festival of a folk-saint.<br><br>Part IV: Come One Come All has two chapters-12 through 13.<br><br>Chapter 12: Fellowship Formations covers the general structure and practices to form/participate in a mystical fellowship.<br><br>Chapter 13: Auset (Isis)-The Model Philosopher covers the principles and practices of Sufism as found in the Ancient Egyptian allegory of Isis and Osiris.<br><br>The contents of the five appendices are self evident from each's title as follows:<br><br>Appendix A: Miscellaneous Sufi Terms and Their Ancient Egyptian Roots<br><br>Appendix B: Sleeping With the Enemy (Surviving Islam)<br><br>Appendix C: Zikr-The Ecstatic Practice<br><br>Appendix D: Reaching the Hearts and Minds (Effective Communication)<br><br>Appendix E: The Egyptian vs. The Latin Calendar.</p>