Warwick Wrote:
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> Just throwing Netjerikhet's Serdab into the mix ,
> while reading your post, reminds me of the list of
> denominators in my header.
>
> This particular horse no longer has any legs, when
> it comes to unequivocally stating which star, why
> and how.
>
> The Imperishables?
> The Polar Star?
> Sirius?
> Orion?
> Thuban?
> Star of the Mother Planet
> Saturn
> I could go on for hours
>
> X times y times z = pyramidology 101
>
> The Sun's the boss hog in their elemental beliefs
>
> the rest is the icing on the cake(mound).
>
> Quite honestly, anyone who isn't confused by the
> Cosmology of the AE's hasn't studied it enough.
>
> Some would use this opening to note that I've
> obviously studied it too much. LOL

While symbolism has it place and is no doubt a fundamental part of any culture, there are times when it is used as a hand grenade to play horseshoes just to avoid the inconvenience of admitting "we don't know". Like how many ancient structures whose real function is otherwise unknown are institutionally designated as either a "tomb" or a "temple" when in realty we have no idea WTF they were for.

In the case of the shafts, because they don't actually all align to these stars at any given time, the theory is kept alive by saying the reason for this is because they were only meant to "symbolically" align not "literally" align. That's BS. They either align or they don't. They are either "star shafts" or they are not. No amount of slathering of "symbolism" can change the actual facts. Designating them as symbolic "soul shafts" is even worse if not just plain stupid on any level. Just a head slapper.



These are not "symbolic" "star shafts". These are not "symbolic" "soul shafts". If we knew nothing about AE culture to impose this symbolism which otherwise has no place here and were to see these for the first time as well as understanding the fact these shafts change angles multiple times, zig zag, are in two different chambers, in which some do not even exit the structure among other things, there is not an engineer or architect on the planet, let alone an average shmo wielding little more than common sense, that is going to say the purpose of these shafts are "symbolic" rather than practical. Invoking "symbolism" here is just code-speak for "we don't know what they are for".