The Temple of Man

R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz's masterwork is the culmination of his exhaustive 12-year study at the great temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor, which is revealed to be an architectural encyclopedia of humanity and the universe.

The Temple of Man
Volume 1
Publisher's Preface xiii
Translators' Acknowledgments xv
Translators' Preface xvii
Preface xxv
Introduction 1
Part 1
The Doctrine of the Anthropocosmos Elements 14
Chapter 1 * Consciousness and Irreducible Magnitudes 30
Chapter 2 * Symbolique 47
Chapter 3 * Anthropocosmos 61
Chapter 4 * Pharaonic Thought 72
Part 2
Mathematical Thought
Chapter 5 * Foundations of Pharaonic Mathematics 88
Chapter 6 * Pharaonic Calculation 126
Part 3
The Master Builders' Grid: Pharaonic Mathematics Applied
Chapter 7 * Pharaonic Trigonometry 190
Chapter 8 * The Canevas: Living Architecture of Number 228
Chapter 9 * The Cosmic Principle of Volume 250
Chapter 10 * Pharaonic Cubits 276
Chapter 11 * The Human Canon 310
Chapter 12 * The Royal Apron 346
Chapter 13 * The Axes 355
Part 4
The Architecture of the Temple:
Themes
Chapter 14 * The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus 374
Chapter 15 * The Diadem 432
Chapter 16 * The Joints: Guides for Reading 444
Chapter 17 * The Covered Temple: The Head 448
Chapter 18 * Sanctuary V 458
Chapter 19 * Crossing 476
Chapter 20 * The Zodiac 479
Chapter 21 * The Hindu Temple 498
Chapter 22 * The Mystic Temple: A Meditation 504
Volume 2
Part 5
The Pharaonic Temple
Chapter 23 * The Architectonics of the Pharaonic Temple 514
Chapter 24 * Preface to the Presentation of the Architecture of the Temple of Luxor 519
Chapter 25 * The Temple of Luxor 524
Part 6
Plates, Legends, and Commentaries
Chapter 26 * Amun and Suti-Hor 532
Chapter 27 * General Views of the Temple of Luxor 535
Chapter 28 * The Growth of the Temple 569
Chapter 29 * A Colossus of the Temple 591
Chapter 30 * Joints and Pieces 639
Chapter 31 * The Mosaic Figure in the Foundation of the Temple 677
Chapter 32 * The Crown of the Skull 699
Chapter 33 * The Moon in the Haty 721
Chapter 34 * The Knees 737
Chapter 35 * The Bows 747
Chapter 36 * The Zodiac 761
Chapter 37 * The Master Builders' Grid 779
Chapter 38 * Transformations and Mutations 861
Chapter 39 * A Secret Sanctuary 885
Chapter 40 * The Axes of the Temple 905
Chapter 41 * Receiving and Giving 955
Chapter 42 * The Architectural Structure 977
Chapter 43 * Transparency and Transposition 991
Chapter 44 * Seth-Horus 1003
Appendix:
Comparison of Parts and Chapters in the English and French Editions 1022
List of Works Cited 1024
Index 1028