The Sound of Silence in Land of Sensar

The Sound of Silence 

in Land of Sensar

Thutmose III in the Land of the Censars. As Helena Blavatsky puts it The Voice of the Silence is based on excerpts from the Book of the Golden Precepts and the Secret Doctrine is based on the Book of Dzyan The Book of Dzyan Both are part of the same set and were originally written in the Censars a mysterious Heratic language unknown to scholars and the general public Blavatsky claimed she learned the Censars language during her occult training. 

KV 34, THE TOMB OF THUTMOSE III, VALLEY OF THE KINGS, EGYPT / photo credit : BRIAN PLAYFAIR

Scholars debate the origin of the term Censars Some suggest it is a phonetic or metaphorical language or a key to interpreting secret wisdom However regardless of interpretation these studies fail to provide a historical context for the term Censars This article attempts to bridge this gap by examining the Censars in Middle Kingdom literature contributing significantly to an understanding of the historical and cultural environment underlying one of Blavatsky's fundamental ideas.

KV 34 TOMB OF THUTMOSE III, Valley of the Kings, Egypt / photo credit : BRIAN PLAYFAIR

Imperial monism reflects ideas inherited from colonial times and the Christian monism of the Egyptian Empire This includes the theology of Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1856–1925 one of the most prolific and popular novelists of his time He explores the philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism The novel The Solar Sphinx through an analysis of his critical commentary on The Virgin of the World 1884 interpretive translations by Anna Kingsford 1846–1888 and Edward Maitland 1824–1897 explores Hermetic texts that evoke Greek and Egyptian mythology and Christianity He then analyzes other instances where The Solar Sphinx presents alternative theological perspectives.