'In the end, I felt
absolutely convinced that Sneferu was the original builder of both pyramids [at Dahshur]...'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 33)'These giant pyramid projects at Dahshur were planned and executed by experts. Of course
they are within the limits of human achievement, but only given the necessary experimentation and learning experience. But where are the experiments, and where did this learning experience come from? It is almost as if
Sneferu recaptured a lost knowledge, almost as if he acquired the keys to an ancient library of wisdom - a parallel to the modern idea of a lost 'Hall of Records'.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 52)
'There is only one
logical way of interpreting the relative positions of these pyramids, namely that the Dahshur pyramids were conceptually modelled on, and aligned to, those at Giza, which must have already been standing at the time of
Sneferu, when Khufu was just a babe-in-arms. In itself, this geographic relationship should be enough to crush the orthodox paradigm...'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 92)
'Sneferu's decision to build his own true
pyramids at Dahshur, in alignment with the giant pyramids at Giza, must be seen as an extremely radical act, which broke with centuries of tradition, and threw down the gauntlet to the priests.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 355)
'any king attempting to build an independent true pyramid, in emulation of the Great Pyramid, would not only be engaged in unnecessary expense, but would probably be committing sacrilege
in the eyes of the priests, and would thus risk an official order of 'excommunication'.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 354)
'It is... interesting to observe that Sneferu built his pyramids at a latitude of 29deg 49'N, a
very short distance outside, and to the south of, the special district of Ayan, which was controlled by the priests of Heliopolis, Giza and Memphis.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 356)
'I began to realise that Sneferu
intended his two pyramids to fulfil all of the functions normally carried out in the rituals at Giza, not just the ascension of the dead king, but also the Ka-embrace, in which the mummy fused with the new king,
investing him with its genetic energies.'
(The Phoenix Solution pp. 357-58)
'The Red Pyramid, I suggest, was used for the ascension of the deceased king, Sneferu. This involved the usual process of reversing the
meteoric arrival of the gods... I propose that the Bent Pyramid was used for the energisation of the living king, Khufu, via a dramatic and highly original re-enactment of the death of Osiris and the reincarnation in
the Earth of his son, Horus...'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 358)
'One needs to think like an Egyptian to appreciate the tremendous significance of this unique ceremony, which dramatically re-enacted the events of the
First Time with a huge artificial 'mountain' of stone. It was not the first time the religion had been changed, but never before had it been changed in such a dramatic way. Khufu was special, and undoubtedly he knew it'.
(The Phoenix Solution p. 359)
