scared-sexuality

EGYPTIAN TANTRIC YOGA
The component disciplines of Ancient Egyptian Tantrism may be summarized as
follows:
1. Myth: legendary-mythic story of the Divine
a. creating the cosmos in the beginning
b. creating the cosmos continually
i. sexual symbolism as metaphor of creation act
2. Philosophy: based on myths- Tantric Union with the Divine
3. Ritual:
a. reenactment of the acts of creation
b. reenactment of the acts of reunion with the Divine
4. Meditation: in Egyptian Tantra Yoga the Meditative movement is composed of a
culmination of myth, philosophy and ritual in the absorption into the higher, underlying
nature of Self through in-depth understanding of the mythic teaching and experiencing it
by assuming the characters being united in the teaching.
a. Visualization: based on philosophy: seeing the underlying unity of Creation:
Amun-Mut, Asar-Aset, Ptah, Hetheru-Heru, etc. who represent heaven and earth
not separated but as aspects of one being.
b. Visualization: based on philosophy: seeing the individual self as becoming one
with the Universal Self underlying all.
c. Visualization: sexual symbolism as metaphor of the reunion act of individual
initiate and the Universal Self.
In order to comprehend the depth of tantric philosophy in ancient Egypt it will be necessary to
have a basic understanding of the myth upon which ancient Egyptian spirituality is based. The
most powerful myth in ancient Egypt was the Ausarian Resurrection. Therefore, a summary of
the myth has been included as the introduction to this section.
š
72