Atlantis in Egypt Part 1
     
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Barques.
Form the effects of Missionaries or Escapees form the Cataclysm which originally destroyed the atlantian homeland some of there influences form being among humans are quite viable , with the initial mix of a extremely developed culture aiding one that has just come out of there hunter Gather life style. One of the Greatest influenced civilisation is the Egyptians. this essay is the beginning of a multiple part series trying to give hints on how effected there religion and culture was

Egyptian temples were accessed by means of barques in which the gods were processioned from temple to temple at the occasion of their festivals. The chapels inside the temple were usually three, as the Egyptians, like so many other peoples, worshipped triads* of gods. In brief, one might say that the Egyptian temple consisted of an innermost closed sanctuary were the god, placed inside the processional barque, stood upon an altar; then an intermediate, semi-open hypostyle hall, and finally an open outer courtyard planted with a walled, well watered garden.
The king's palace was also constructed according to this sacred geometry, which was also followed in the residences of the high dignitaries. The accessibility of the different sections was also rigidly disciplined. The humbler persons were restricted to the open courtyard; the high officials were admitted to the hypostyle hall, and only the pharaoh and the high priest were admitted to the innermost sanctuary.
Accordingly, the temple structure was also rigidly linked with sunlight. The hypostyle court was in semi-darkness, except for a small skylight at the top which allowed a ray of light to enter through the opening, falling directly upon the god's statue. The hypostyle hall had columns which are invariably very thick and strong, and were obviously intended to carry a great load upon them.
These columns were made in the likeness of a somber tropical forest composed of palm-trees, papyrus stems and lotus stalks with elaborate capitals imitating the tops of these plants. In most cases, the solid roof is made in the image of the sky, with the constellations explicitly represented in it
It is clear to any keen observer that the hypostyle hall represents a heavily forested underground realm with its subterranean "heaven" (or canopy) forming the ground floor of our own world. We shall see below that this subterranean world represents, rather literally at that, the subterranean realm of Atlantis. Moreover, the lotus, palm and papyrus capitals of such hypostyle halls are closed and budding, as they would be at night or before they are a button ready to open.
Only in the sections usually exposed to sunlight are the pillars, in contrast, decorated with open flowers and fronds. Among the constellations represented in the roof of the hypostyle chamber the Celestial Nile is represented, with the gods navigating across them in their barques. Clearly, the chamber represents a dual of Egypt, not indeed Celestial, but sunken underground and infernal, though extremely beautiful and pleasurable.

*the number three and triads is extreamly common even in Atlantian culture today in the setting



 








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