This is R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz's amazing book Esoterism and Symbol (1985) which provides the reader with an initiation into the tone, structure, and mentality of Egyptian knowledge - the basis of all Western theology and science. It presents a redefinition of those concepts which are basic to the pharaonic transmission - the glory of ancient Egypt. The author explores the "process of becoming" as related to consciousness and revealed in nature; the kinship between man and the mineral, plant and animal kingdoms; the stages of awareness leading to "Cosmic Consciousness"; and the mystery of the formation of substance into matter. As Lubicz esplains, esoterism has no common measure with deliberate consealment of truth, that is, secrecy in the conventional sense of the term but is rather a process to enlighten an individual. 80 pages. A must read for everyone.