The ‘Houses of Life’ – the Wisdom and Mystery Schools in Ancient Egypt

Author: Sabine Leitner

March 28, 2026

I will never forget a very well-educated friend of mine who once said, with a hint of contempt in his voice, that the Egyptians didn’t have philosophy. He claimed they weren’t worth studying, and this is a view I have heard more than once – that Western civilization was born entirely of Greek and Roman [...]

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