Contents

Part I: The Language of Birds

Hieroglyphs as Nature

The Pyramid of Unis

Entranceway, West Wall

Themes and Devices

Egyptian Religious Philosophy

Entranceway, East Wall

Antechamber, North Wall

Part II: The Pyramid Texts

Passage to the Sarcophagus Chamber

The Sarcophagus Chamber

Part III: The Silver Eye: Seeking the Deeper Design

West Gable: The Lotus Rises

West Wall: The Invocation of the Bull

South Wall: Initiation into Heaven

East Gable: The Birth of the Eye

East Wall: The Door That Opens Both Ways

Passage to the Sarcophagus Chamber: The Flight of the Eye

The Sarcophagus Chamber

South Wall: The Aggregates and the Emptiness of the Body

East Wall: The Rising of the Inner Serpent

East Gable: The Moon as the Silver Eye

North Wall: The Corpse Becomes the Seat of the Eye

West Gable: The Flesh Becomes Gold

Egyptology: Settling a Dispute

Acknowledgments

About The Silver Eye

About Susan Brind Morrow

An Invitation from the Publisher