Diagrams of Sphinx Chambers
The Secret Passageways of
The Pyramid
from "The Symbolic Prophecy of the Great Pyramid" First Edition 1936
H.
Spencer Lewis, Ph. D. Imperator, Supreme Grand Lodge of A.M.O.R.C.
In addition to the secret passages, chambers, halls, and other features of
the main or central part of the Pyramid which were for centuries unknown and
still constitute a mysterious study, there have been traditions for many years
regarding the other passageways in the Pyramid or beneath it which have not yet
been fully revealed, and the passageways that lead to the Pyramid from nearby
points. In any real study of the Pyramid and its mystical use, the environs of
the Pyramid must be taken into consideration, including the Sphinx, the
courtyard in front of the Sphinx, and the temple that adjoined the Sphinx and
which has recently been excavated.
According to the traditions and to some of the mystical manuscripts
that have been released in a limited manner in recent years, the Great Pyramid
is but the central point or feature of a magnificent symbolical plot or section
of Egypt that contains a mystery in each square yard of its surface. As with
every other temple of mystery, there are stories, reports, and traditions which
scientists deny and many so-called authorities ridicule. But in the past few
centuries a number of these traditions have been lifted out of the category of
mere mystical fiction into fact by the excavations that have taken place. For
centuries there was a whispered story to the effect that there was a ceremonial
court or courtyard in front of the Sphinx, buried beneath the sands, in which
court initiation ceremonies were held prior to the entrance into the
Pyramid.
For centuries this whispered story was ridiculed by geologists and
some historians and by many of the natives and officials of Egypt. However, in
recent years the sand around and especially in front of the Sphinx has been
removed revealing a very beautiful pavement of a courtyard between the paws and
in front of the breast of the Sphinx, and in the center of this court, a
symbolical altar that had no use in any of the priesthood religions of Egypt but
was known to have its place in the temples of mystery for initiation ceremonies.
Thus the sunlight has touched upon the ancient pavement by the removal of the
sands, and the light of truth has confirmed one of the old traditions.
Another of the traditions was to the effect that a great movable stone or
slab in front of the breast of the Sphinx, between its paws, blocked the
entrance way to a secret passage that ran beneath the Sphinx and beneath the
sands to the center of the Great Pyramid, and that this long passageway was the
secret ceremonial passageway from the outer court in front of the Sphinx to the
rising passageways and chambers in the Pyramid itself. Old stories told how this
great stone with its symbolical writings, warnings, and laws for the initiate,
would move mysteriously upon invisible hinges and open to the commands of
candidates standing in the court, or in front of it, upon the pronunciation of
the proper word. Then the candidates with the official torchbearer and guardian
would enter the passageway chanting, and as the last note of the chant was
sounded ... the great stone door would silently move to a closed position and
the world was shut out again while the pilgrimage of initiates moved onward,
toward the Pyramid, beneath the sands of the desert, hidden from all the world,
and in a soundless passage that was significant of the early period of the
universe when the world was without sound.
Such stories, of course, have been rejected and scoffed at but still they
persist. The recently excavated temple adjoining the Sphinx was not believed to
be in existence either, and now it is looked upon as the preparation chamber for
the initiates before they entered the court in front of the Sphinx. As one looks
down into the uncovered chambers of this temple adjoining the Pyramid, one
wonders what other use there could have been for a subterranean temple, or any
kind of temple, in this peculiar position alongside the ceremonial court of the
Sphinx. Still scientists, historians, and officials scoff at the idea that it
had anything to do with initiation ceremonies.
In recent years the great stone slab, firmly fixed against the breast
of the Sphinx in front of the two paws, has been revealed and uncovered and upon
it are symbolical writings and warnings that may be interpreted in various ways,
but certainly have significance to candidates of the mysteries and to the
expectant initiate. Whether that stone slab, huge in size and weight, is movable
or not has not been determined, and whether there is a passageway behind it has
not yet been conclusively determined.
Speaking of the impossibility of a huge stone of this size and weight moving
of its own accord upon invisible hinges, let us not forget that there was one
other court of mystery at one time where such things did occur. Heavy gates
guarded the entranceway to this court and they could not be opened unless a
sacred ceremony was held around the altar before them. Here, with fire burning
upon the altar, and with the chanting of voices, at the crucial moment of the
spiritual ritual, the huge gates automatically opened and the devotees were
permitted to enter. Within the walls they found a temple there in the courtyard
and fountains that would play with streams of water through the effect of music
and chanting. Science investigated these mysteries and found that one master
mechanician of the time, known as Heron of Alexandria, utilized some of the
great knowledge of the laws of physics known to the Egyptian mystery schools and
constructed many marvelous pieces of mechanism that operated through laws and
principles rediscovered only in modern times by eminent scientists.
If the great gates which Heron invented would move some mysterious
manner through natural laws, there is no reason for us to doubt the possibility
of a huge stone gate moving in the same manner before the Sphinx in Egypt.
There are still many stories told and many secret or private explanations,
accompanied with diagrams and architectural designs, given regarding the
passageways connecting the Sphinx with the Pyramid, and these give color to many
strange incidents referred to in the secret writings of the Ancient Egyptians.
Some of these underground passageways and their connections are shown in the
accompanying diagrams.
Until greater excavations are made around the Pyramid and these passageways
are actually revealed to the public and to the light of day so that they may be
photographed and entered under special permission, their existence must remain
as part of the traditions, for this is the law of the Mystery Schools of Egypt
that are still in force. That which is not revealed to the public remains a
traditional secret and the public is invited to accept the traditions or reject
them as it may see fit.
The stronger the denial on the part of the various persons of authority in
regard to the existence of some of these secret passageways and temples, the
stronger is one's faith in the possibility of their existence, for such also
seems to be the law of human nature when dealing with things of this strange
land.
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