JOHN ANTHONY WEST PT 4
JOHN ANTHONY WEST PT 4, John Anthony West is a writer scholar and Pythagorean He is the author of The Travelers Key to Ancient Egypt Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt The Case for Astrology as well as consulting editor for the Travelers Key series John writes articles essays and criticism for The New York Times Book Review Conde Nasts Traveler and others He won an EMMY Award for his 1993 NBC Special Documentary The Mystery of the Sphinx hosted by Charlton Heston He is the leading authority and proponent of the Symbolist school of Egyptology an alternative interpretation of ancient Egyptian culture advanced by the French scholar and philosopher R A Schwaller de Lubicz In addition John lectures extensively on Egypt and personally leads several in depth study tours to Egypt every year John shared theories evidence and interpretation regarding the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza Its deep heresy to todays scientific establishment that an ancient civilization had skills that surpass our own yet that is what they must have had to make these awe inspiring structures he argued Visiting the Sphinx in person gave West a sense of unspeakable antiquity and pride that human beings had made such a monument Its meant to signal an ingress to the Age of Leo and the last one occurred 10500 BC though he believes the Sphinx might have been constructed in the earlier age of Leo which took place at 36500 BC Edgar Cayce predicted that a Hall of Records would be found at the base of the Sphinx and West shared that a cavern under bedrock has been detected by seismograph under the left paw It appears to be a rectangular shape approximately 36 X 45 feet He explored various theories as to how these structures were built: They used a technology we dont recognize which could be hidden in a religious symbol They employed a soft technology such as music or sound The work was performed by people in a heightened state of consciousness Beyond issues of how and when these grand structures were made West stressed their religious importance in reconnecting humankind with divine consciousness June 21st 2006 www jawest net/ www coasttocoastam com/shows/2006/06/21 html