Some models from private tombs show that they could also be received as honorary awards -a distinguishing offering to a deserving architect. Royal Cubit rods were utilitarian and ceremonial. Attendees would often spend years at a specific location being taught one aspect of the sacred sciences before graduating on to more refined temples.Ībove: a detail of a rod displayed in the Museo Egizo in Turin Indeed, their sanctums once accommodated famous initiates like Pythagoras and Plato. Their classrooms were the temples: from Philae in the south to the fabled Heliopolis in the north. Transmuting the pupil was the aim of the Egyptian mystery schools.
In this spiritual awakening, the adept balances the darkness with the light. Consequently, the ultimate pursuit of the alchemist’s art was the transformation of the initiate herself. But in the esoteric tradition this process was meant to be seen as a metaphor. The name provides the root of our modern word “alchemy,” and offers a fresh insight not just into the ancient land of Khemet, but also the purpose of its most important temples.Ībove: a priestess indicates the divine ratios of her forearmsĪlchemy, of course, was the mythical art of transmuting base metals into gold. In Arabic, the land of Egypt is referred to as Al Khem.
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