The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man

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The gate of the temple which is called Beautiful.—Literally, door, though “gate” is used in Acts 3:10. No gate of this name is mentioned by other writers, but it was probably identical either (1) with the gate of Nicanor ( so called, according to one tradition, because the hand of the great enemy of Judah had been nailed to it as a trophy), which was the main eastern entrance of the inner court (Stanley’s Jewish Church, iii. p. 323); or (2) the Susa gate, also on the eastern side, and named in memory of the old historical connection between Judah and Persia, leading into the outer court of the women. The latter was of fine Corinthian brass, so massive that twenty men were required to open or shut it (Jos. Wars, v. 5, § 3). Christopher Dunn, engineer and author of Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt, was blown away when he examined these crowns in detail. He writes:

At the gate of the temple; where there must needs be the greater notice taken of him; none going in or out but such as might see him. There is an inbuilt communal aspect to being a part of God’s family. Paul uses the metaphor of the “body of Christ” to describe the Christian community and how all of the diverse members need each other (1 Cor. 12). There is an inherent assumption of teamwork, cooperation, and unity as the people of God function as the temple today. The temple is where God dwells with his people throughout the biblical story. So if the people of God are the temple, that means it is through these people that God reaches the world. whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple; it had been a common usage, it may be, for years past, to bring him every day, at prayer time, and lay him at the gate of the temple where the people went in; hence he was well known by the people, and to have been of a long time lame, even ever since he was born; so that there could be no imposture in this case: and it was at the gate of the temple he lay, As John Anthony West puts it: ‘The complex of functions and processes symbolized by the moon is made manifest in the lungs.’ At the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful - In regard to this gate there have been two opinions, one of which supposes that it was the gate commonly called Nicanor, which led from the court of the Gentiles to the court of the women (see Plan in notes on Matthew 21:12), and the other that it was the gate at the eastern entrance of the temple, commonly called Susan. It is not easy to determine which is intended; though from the fact that what is here recorded occurred near Solomon's porch ( Acts 3:11; compare the Plan of the Temple, Matthew 21:12), it seems probable that the latter was intended. This gate was large and splendid. It was made of Corinthian brass, a most valuable metal, and made a magnificent appearance (Josephus, Jewish Wars, book 5, chapter 5, section 3).One thing you can surely experience for yourself, though, is running your fingers over the columns. The eastern columns have smooth flutings, while the flutings of the western column are ogival – created by two points and therefore sharper. Le Miracle Égyptien, présenté par Isha Schwaller de Lubicz (Paris: Flammarion, 1963). English translation titled The Egyptian Miracle: An Introduction To The Wisdom of The Temple (New York: Inner Traditions International, 1985). ISBN 0-89281-008-4 a b Dominic Montserrat, Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, pp. 129, 196 (Routledge, 2000). ISBN 0-415-18549-1 Criterion (iv): The Megalithic Temples of Malta are remarkable not only because of their originality, complexity and striking massive proportions, but also because of the considerable technical skill required in their construction.

The Temple of Man is a monumental product of intellect, scholarship, and exploration into the 'pharaonic mentality' of Ancient Egypt. There is no work more ambitious in seeking to render accessible the consciousness of a time and place remote from and extremely alien to our own. The sufficiently careful and aware reader can actually take on enough of the mindset being described as to arrive at states of consciousness unlike any experienced by contemporary people. It then becomes possible to glimpse that extraordinary 'mentality' which cast in Egypt a spell of luminous fascination still potent after thousands of years." The next scene is particularly interesting. It shows Amun sitting intertwined with Mutmoia, Amunhotep’s mother. During their ‘divine union,’ they are being held up by the goddesses Selkit and Neith. Mutmoia later appears pregnant, and Isis presents baby Amenhotep to Amun. Adam l'homme rouge: ou les elements d'une gnose pour le mariage parfait (Montalia's Editions,St.-Moritz, 1926). Reprint Slatkine Editions,Geneva, 2014,with an introduction from Emmanuel Dufour-Kowalski as a contribution to schwallerian's studies, ISBN 978-2-05-102608-6 And so he set out to study the temple’s symbolism in more detail. After all, according to ancient esoteric doctrine, parts of the human anatomy are said to correspond with universal laws.and this is also called the new gate of the house of the Lord, Jeremiah 26:10 and which both the Targum and Kimchi on the place say is the eastern gate.