“O great city, O heart of Egypt, your habitations are overthrown and your sacred shrines lie buried beneath the sands of time. The dust of ages enwraps you, as a dead one is swathed within the tomb. Your temples still stand and ring with noise, but the solemn shrines are silent. They have become an abode for the wild dog and scorpion, and your roads are highways of wickedness.
“Behold, in the days long gone down into dust, the whirlwind came and earth poured out her wrathful breath, so that you were burnt. The evildoers were swept away by the waters, and the wicked ones were
swallowed up in the fires. The days of the years were shortened and the times of all things altered. The seasons were turned around, so that the seed rotted within the soil, and no green shoots came forth to greet the day. All buds withered upon the vines, the land lay dead under its grey shroud. The moon
changed the order of her ways, and the sun set himself a new course, so that men knew not where they were and all were afflicted. The stars swam in a new direction, and the whole order of things was changed. Yet, O Egypt, even from those days of calamity you emerged unbroken, your spirit intact,
your heart unshaken. What has happened to you, O land of mine?”
-The Kolbrin Bible (MAN:33:1-2)
Habitations Overthrown
It is unclear from this part of the Kolbrin Bible how habitations were overthrown, but it seems more likely that this is talking about a natural disaster rather than a war. Shrines lie buries because the great spiritual schools were shut down, probably by a corrupt, materialistic government. The writers of this part of the Kolbrin Bible are known to be Egyptian priests, but they may have written it while in another land, probably Greece.
Temples still Stand
The author is separating temples from shrines. Temples are probably the places approved by the corrupt government and attended by the general population who are not spiritual. Shrines are the ancient mystery schools that taught spiritual truth to a select few who were ready for such knowledge and would use it wisely.
Whirlwinds Came
This paragraph describes a great disaster. Besides whirlwinds, it says that wicked ones were “swallowed up in the fires”. It is unlikely that fires were able to distinguish evil people from good, but the author seems to be assuming only evil people still exist in Egypt. The additional information that follows tells us a lot more about exactly what kind of disaster we are talking about. We are told that the seasons were shortened and the seasons changed so that seeds rotted in the ground and buds withered on the vine. The movements of the moon and the sun changed, and stars moved in new directions.
There is only a few possible things that could have caused such changes:
- A large asteroid passing close to the Earth
- The Earth flipping over on its axis
Since the quote doesn’t mention a strange body approaching Earth, it is most likely that it was the Earth flipping over. Science tells us that this happened only once, and that millions of years ago, but the records of ancient civilizations indicate otherwise.
Heart Unshaken
The quote ends with a positive note. We are told that despite this great calamity, Egypt survived. Its population was probably greatly reduced, yet it survived. I think the reason the author added this positive statement is to remind all who read the quote that even in the greatest disasters, there is hope for the future.
