- Hardcover: 392 pages
- Publisher: Sophia Perennis et Universalis (11 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1597313823
- ISBN-13: 978-1597313827
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,596,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The third of Joan Grant's "Far Memory" novels, Eyes of Horus, set in Egypt at the close of the dark XIth Dynasty, is a profound commentary on the power of fear and the unlimited ability of light to shatter it. Eyes of Horus is the story, told in the first person, of Ra-ab, heir to the Nomarch of the Oryx, one of eighteen provinces in Egypt. He comes to learn that the Oryx is different than the rest of Egypt-it is still in touch with the light. The rest of Egypt is plagued by fear and ruled by corruption. Pharaoh is an ineffectual ruler. The priests have replaced the worship of Ptah with the worship of Set. Only the Oryx has cast off these shackles-and it is from the Oryx that a silent brotherhood of the 'eyes of Horus'-the Watchers of the Horizon-arises, to work and wait for the dawn of a new age in Egypt. 'Send Fear into Exile', is the Watchers' password, and when the time is ripe, Ra-ab leads the Oryx and its followers to victory-and a new Egypt. As a child growing up in Edwardian England, Joan Grant became aware of an astonishing ability to remember previous lifetimes, and as an author professed her seven novels to be based on her personal recollections of other incarnations, male and female, in ancient civilisations. "Ra-ab, the Warrior, heir of the Peace of God... speaks with a voice that those who today are seeking illumination may welcome as the voice of a friend." TLS
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Hardcover
The book is well written and a fascinating read. It is worth a much wider audience and the other books in the series are likewise worth reading.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
She WAS there indeed...
25 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
If you got to this page, please, please DO BUY Joan Grant's "Eyes of Horus". It is a wonderfully written novel (Which is suppossed to be a real life she remembers), it is wonderfully written, and the amount of details of everyday life makes it amazing to read. You will feel you are in old Egipt, seeing everything with your own eyes. The way she writes makes you even understand other ways of thinking than our own, because of what her characters say, the comparisons they make... Believe me! I am an hypercritical person and there is nothing phony in this book! Please buy it, you will not regret it!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Better Than a Vivid Movie-and Real
10 Nov 2000
Format:Paperback
Joan Grant had an amazing knack for incisive writing about her past lives. Many books of this genre are fuzzy, feel-good bromides that leave us doubtful.The authenticity of Grant's experience rings true in every sentence of this work.
It reads like an exciting adventure novel- yet the solidity and internal consistency of her main characters are astounding- and the spiritual gems glistening throughout the narrative are there for anyone to share. The prose is crisp, measured, and not padded and brings the culture and perspective of ancient Egypt directly into the heart and mind of the reader.
I am glad than writer Harold Klemp (Autobiography of a Modern Prophet) recommended this author to me.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Full of wisdom and fascination
18 May 2008
Format:Paperback
Joan Grant is relatively unknown in these days and that's quite a shame. Her books, especially the first four (of which this one is third) are goldmines for those who are ready to digest the profound spiritual wisdom found in them. They are also fascinating historical adventures, the true, living history which is hard to find anywhere else.
I was determined to write this review when I saw "sizhao" telling how this book is "a mediocre fantasy at best". It's a pity that someone who, it seems, don't know nothing about Grant and her reasons for writing, is capable of dismissing her as nothing but a cheap fiction writer who claimed her books to be a historical fact. Well, Grant didn't do "poor research". Actually she didn't do any sort of research at all. EVERYTHING she wrote was from her own personal memory bank where she drew that knowledge in a trance state. Grant didn't know nothing about ancient Egypt or any of the periods she wrote about. Also, she would have never written anything, if there weren't a reason for it, i.e. she only wrote the lives where there was spiritual message to give to readers. She didn't write to entertain people. Grant actually was very reluctant writer who had to push herself to write. And when one thinks how much work there was to bring this knowledge "to the surface" alone, it's not any wonder.
"Sizhao" mentioned many things in this book which seems to be contradictory to historical "facts". Well, in that case it's interesting to note that in her own time her books were praised by their historical accuracy - after undergoing a great deal of careful scrutiny. Pretty well for someone who didn't do any research! I'm not aware of what Egyptologists nowadays know about that ancient culture, and I don't care. I'm definitely sure that Joan Grant knew the periods where she lived herself better than 50 historians put together.
Eyes of Horus and its sequel Lord of the Horizon are, in my opinion, Grant's most rewarding books. Her life as Ra-ab Hotep was clearly the most interesting one she ever wrote about. The spiritual content in these books is also great. If they weren't anything but fiction, they would still be considered masterpieces of their kind.
I was determined to write this review when I saw "sizhao" telling how this book is "a mediocre fantasy at best". It's a pity that someone who, it seems, don't know nothing about Grant and her reasons for writing, is capable of dismissing her as nothing but a cheap fiction writer who claimed her books to be a historical fact. Well, Grant didn't do "poor research". Actually she didn't do any sort of research at all. EVERYTHING she wrote was from her own personal memory bank where she drew that knowledge in a trance state. Grant didn't know nothing about ancient Egypt or any of the periods she wrote about. Also, she would have never written anything, if there weren't a reason for it, i.e. she only wrote the lives where there was spiritual message to give to readers. She didn't write to entertain people. Grant actually was very reluctant writer who had to push herself to write. And when one thinks how much work there was to bring this knowledge "to the surface" alone, it's not any wonder.
"Sizhao" mentioned many things in this book which seems to be contradictory to historical "facts". Well, in that case it's interesting to note that in her own time her books were praised by their historical accuracy - after undergoing a great deal of careful scrutiny. Pretty well for someone who didn't do any research! I'm not aware of what Egyptologists nowadays know about that ancient culture, and I don't care. I'm definitely sure that Joan Grant knew the periods where she lived herself better than 50 historians put together.
Eyes of Horus and its sequel Lord of the Horizon are, in my opinion, Grant's most rewarding books. Her life as Ra-ab Hotep was clearly the most interesting one she ever wrote about. The spiritual content in these books is also great. If they weren't anything but fiction, they would still be considered masterpieces of their kind.
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