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Horapollo's Hieroglyphics Intro

Horapollo’s Secret Key

for the Egyptian Hieroglyphics

This system of meanings for Egyptian hieroglyphs

is not based on modern study of the actual context, but

rather is an ancient Greek interpretation

of the symbols, reportedly recorded by a Greek

named Horapollo Niliacus in the fifth century CE.

The “translations” which follow do not represent actual

Egyptian usage, in most cases, but instead represent

the esoteric meanings given to these symbols

by Alchemists, Rosicrucians, and Masonic tradition as early

as the fifteenth century CE. Many symbols of the

different Tarot systems trace their symbolism

back to Horapollo’s work.

Sources:

Hulse, David Allen. The Western Mysteries. 2000: Llewelynn Publications, St. Paul, Minnesota. ISBN: 1-56718-429-4

(A very comprehensive book, featuring everything one

ever wants to know about the esoteric values of

numbers, letters & languages, symbols, runes, etc.)

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