Foerster - Lost Ancient Technology Of Egypt

Lost Ancient Technology

Of Egypt

Copyright Brien Foerster 2014

Cover copyright Bryan Foerster 2014

Dedication

I dedicate this book to those that ignited my interest in ancient Egypt, and those that fuelled that interest into a passion that grows each day. First of all to my mother Ann, who read me bedtime stories of the lives of the pharaohs, classical Greece and Rome, and global mythology. To my dear wife Irene, who has accompanied me to the magical land, and supported me when I had to go alone. To those great scholars, Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval, John Anthony West, Christopher Dunn and Robert Schoch whose insights into ancient Egypt stirred up controversy and in some cases vehement attacks from conventional scholars.

I wish also to thank all of the Egyptologists whose work has revealed so much that we now know about the dynastic Egyptians; who they were, when they lived, and what they accomplished. But my deepest love and respect goes to Stephen Mehler, Yousef, Patricia and the rest of the Awyan family, who live across the street from the Giza Plateau. Their warmth of spirit, dedication to the true knowledge of the ancient land, and always open door has made each and every one of them a member of my family.

And finally, this book is especially dedicated to Abd'El Hakim Awyan, archaeologist, Egyptologist, traditional wisdom keeper and patriarch of the Awyan family. I often feel his presence when we are in the ancient sites, and sense him smiling as we all work together to unravel these mysteries of his beloved Khemit. He, along with Stephen Mehler created the study now known as Khemitology, which introduces into the pool of knowledge many aspects and interpretations which conventional Egyptology does not, or cannot address.

Hakims knowledge and wisdom came from degrees in archaeology and Egyptology, but what made his approach to the history of Egypt unique is that he spent most of his life as a tour guide, and from childhood learned from his observations in the field, as well as consulting with those who were the caretakers of the sacred sites. This oral tradition has seemingly been ignored by mos t Egyptologists, and few are those, such as Hakim, who have been capable of acquiring a fuller history of this ancient land.

Forward

I was quite pleased when Brien Foerster asked me to write the forward for this bookpleased not only because Brien has become a respected colleague and good friend, but mainly because I consider him to be one of the clearest and best researchers of ancient cultures and civilizations in the world today.

My own interests and pursuits in the field of human prehistory and ancient history now approaches 50 years of research. My main area of interest has been the civilization known as ancient Egyptan enduring interest since the age of eightand became my main professional area since 1968. I must mention two profound teachers who have supremely guided me in this direction: the first being Professor Francois Bordes, former Director of Antiquities for SW France, one of the great prehistorians of the 20 th Century. Prof. Bordes, whose doctorate was in geology, taught me not only basic field archaeology in the summer of 1974, but the fundamentals of geologywhich I now consider essential for any archaeologist. But my greatest teacher appeared only when I was readyand only after years of research on my own in academic Egyptology.

I became involved in the research of ancient crystal skulls in the 1980s, was featured in a book on the subject and was then on a panel at the San Francisco Whole Life Expo in 1987. There I met two people manning a booth for a travel agencythey were Dr. Ruth and Harry Hover, agents for Power Places Tours who led spiritual trips to Egypt. I became great friends with Ruth and Harry, and they told me they used a special tour guide in Egypt named AbdEl Hakim who knew the old ways and had profound knowledge of very ancient Egypt. I knew--then and there--that I had to meet this man.

It wasnt until over five years laterwhen I was readyin November of 1992that a series of events unfolded that enabled me to go on tour with Power Places and join a group led by Nicki Scully who had come to Egypt with the Grateful Dead in 1978 and had met Hakim and used him as guide. I discuss the amazing meeting with Hakimguided by the Sphinxin my first book. For the next 16 yearsuntil his westing in August 2008 (almost six years to the day as I type this)I became Hakims most devoted student and disciple. His teachings were truly unique, which were a result of his extraordinary background. Hakim held dual academic degrees in archaeology and Egyptology from Fouad (now Cairo) University in the early 1950sbut it was his enduring thirst for true ancient knowledge that led him to be sent by a beloved uncle as a small boy to study with Sufi masters. Hakim was an active tour guide for 56 years, having been a member of the first class of licensed guides in 1952. He had 76 years of active fieldwork, having started his career removing rubble and rocks for American Egyptologist, George Riesner, on the Giza Plateau at the tender age of six. Hakim spent his early years travelling all over Egypt to seek out and learn from the wisdom keepers who kept the great oral traditions that predated Egyptology and that have been passed down for thousands of years before there were written records. Hakim was a true Master of the Oral Tradition, and at every site he would take me to over the years, he always introduced me to the Keepersold men in traditional dress who kept the secrets.

Hakim presented to us the tradition that there had been a prehistoric, predynastic Egypt that had existed many thousands of years before the time Egyptology had labeled ancient Egypta civilization of advanced knowledge and technology that had carved the Sphinx and built the stone masonry pyramidswhich were not tombs but machines! Hakim taught the civilization was called Khemlater known as Khemit, the Black Land, and had existed in full glory over 10,000 years ago. Hakim had the systemI just put the label on it! Together we created the discipline of Khemitology, as opposed to Egyptologywhich Hakim labeled Greco-Roman Mythology. With his guidance, I wrote two books, The Land of Osiris (Adventures Unlimited Press, 2001) and From Light into Darkness: The Evolution of Religion In Ancient Egypt (Adventures Unlimited Press, 2005). Land later came out in Russian, Croatian, Italian and Czechsomething both Hakim and I were proud of.

In the late 1990s Hakim and I spoke of creating a school that would continue the work and further the teachings. This dream has now become a reality; as Hakims son Yousef and his wife, Patricia Lehman Awyan, formed the Khemit School of Ancient Mysticism in 2009. Patricia first came on tour with me in 2005 and met Hakim and fell in love with Egyptand Khemit. She returned in 2007, to take part in Hakims last full tour. She returned again in 2008 and met and married Yousef. Patricia has a deep connection to the teachings and was fully embraced by Hakim and the Awyan familyas I was! I have known Yousef Abdel Hakim Awyan since he was eleven years old. He is his Fathers son and so much more. The Khemit School , www.khemitology.com, has been leading tours in Egypt since 2010.

It was Hakim who is the connection between Brien Foerster and me. Neither of us remembers exactly when but it was through social media, Face book that Brien and I connected. Brien saw the video series, The Pyramid Code , produced by Carmen Boulter. The series featured some excellent interview clips of Hakim introducing some of the concepts of Khemitology. I had introduced Carmen to Hakim at the Cairo Airport in 1997. The series was produced in 2009. Brien relates how he was instantly drawn to Hakim, his voice, his energy, his knowledge and his wisdom. Brien soon found me on Face bookand the rest is history.