There's
a theory about Paleolithic cave art that it's the result of a cave in
the mind, created there by the wiring of the human nervous system, and
that deep caves inspired the idea of a spirit-filled underworld. In a
cave, the mind is said to fill the space with spirit animals and beings.
Are the tombs of Egypt also the result of our internal wiring?
The tomb in the mind?
Or is the Egyptian tomb the mirror of something else - death itself?
My fictional Egyptian archaeologist Anson Hunter entertains the idea that the Egyptian tomb may have been inspired
by the so-called Near-Death Experience. Think how closely an Egyptian
tomb echoes the classic NDE... a journey along a narrow passage with
attendant beings... followed by judgement and reflection on one's life.
Was it something experiential and not just spiritual and intellectual that inspired the Egyptian tomb and religion?
