Class Escapism

Class Escapism

Copyright © Michael J. Costa 2015, All rights reserved.

          When you have a society that is trying to be balanced, individuals will want change in their social status.  If everyone is Rich, some people will want to be Poor or Middle Class (Siddhartha Gautama / the Buddha); if everyone is Poor or Middle Class some people will want to be Rich (hence why we have Lotteries and Casinos, gambling, Stock Market, etc.).  Combine these groups into one Country, as in USA / American society.  This is no different from being excessively happy so one will seek to be depressed, or depressed into being happy.  It is like being in a cold swimming pool then deciding to be in a Hot Tub; or vice verse, rather than simply dry.  Another way of perception is the crime rate in society: some people live in a well orderly country, and seek to be different so they commit crimes or become terrorists.  Saturate the country with crime and they will seek to be orderly.  Or possibly they are envious of fame and will seek fame however this is accomplished – by artistic or literary expression, or if not so talented by criminal acts or terrorism.  If already saturated with fame, they will seek to be non-famous.  The salt-water fish wants to be in a fresh water lake. 

© MC 2015

Not Another King Tutankhamon Book!

"Not Another King Tutankhamon Book! Neferkheperura and the Legend of the Golden Pharaoh" is now on Amazon Kindle... $4.75 USD. 

MC 2015.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B011WLYS94

(Young Adults; Historical Fiction, Adventure)

Though truth is for philosophers and fact is for Archaeologists, contemporary thinking leads to stereotyping. Now what if Pharaoh Akhenaton had been a drug-addict who let his country go to ruin while pursuing a lofty religious interpretation of the Science of the Sun? Hemp fragments were found in his tomb once and Egyptians did have access to Poppy flowers and Blue Lotus blossoms. Now say this same person was exiled from Egypt for his actions, and returned some 43 years later to reclaim his People of the Sun (not the Biblical error of 430 years)? Then he discovers immortality, which allows him to create technology for a future savior or superhero...

Omar Sharif died today (1932-2015).

http://egyptdailynews.com/news%20edn%2010july%20Egypt%20Omar%20Sharif%20dies.htm

MC 2015.

http://egyptdailynews.com/news%20edn%2010july%20Egypt%20Omar%20Sharif%20dies.htm
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/omar-sharif-lawrence-of-arabia-and-dr-123726644857.html
Omar Sharif - besides being an Actor - was a host of Mysteries of the Pyramids: Live in 1988 on television.  This inspired me to write my Sci-Fi novel, Eye of the Pharaoh, Copyright 1990-1995.
MC

Emeraldium - Ancient Egypt's secret WMD

IF Islamic Extremists cause people to fear them by destroying Ancient Monuments, there is something that will cause them to fear life itself.  The so-called Caliphate already threatened to "destroy" the Egyptian Pyramids and Sphinx.  Well, inside those Pyramids is something that can destroy the Solar System if touched by humans inappropriately.   It's called Emeraldium, in Alchemy it is the Philosopher's Stone.  Alien in origin, the stone can resurrect the dead, destroy an Army easily, transmute Matter into Energy or other Matter by willing it (by someone attuned to it - MC), and other ideas... Napoleon Bonaparte went looking for it when he invaded Egypt in 1798; only reincarnated Egyptian Pharaohs know the actual locations as they have for centuries.  The Pyramids were an obvious location.  Emeraldium was used in the building of the Great Pyramid -- simple tools were left there as a ruse for people wanting to know how it was built.  The Sphinx statue marks the location where the Great Sphinx is buried in its tomb.  Awaken it and the Caliphate will crumble into dust.  

MC 

Read more about Emeraldium in The Flawed Emerald - Copyright 1995 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Sakhmet's Effective Egyptian Magic Spells

Phrenland a Dimensional Spy Novel

Phrenland - A Dimensional Spy Novel

The word "Phren" means "Mind."  In this novel, secret agents use a chemical found in chocolate to increase psychic abilities, such as leaving their body in sleep and traveling to an Alien World in a higher Dimension.  This story involves the one Spy Agency in Cornwall vs. an enemy Spy agency who is their competition over the Dimensional Alien home world whose technology they seek to acquire.

 Authored by Michael J Costa

Phrenland - A Dimensional Spy Novel by MJC

Maliz, Agent 9 of the Cornwall Espionage Agency, recently learned her stolen Colovian Cipher contained the schematics for a special drug that the Colovian Insurgency tried to conceal. This drug enables the Colovian Agents to exit their bodies upon sleep, and enter Phrenland, an alien world in a higher Dimension. How will the Agents defeat the Colovians from taking Alien Technology for use on Earth, in a struggle for World Dominance?

Publication Date:

Jun 15 2013

ISBN/EAN13:

1490454527 / 9781490454528

Page Count:

250

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5.5" x 8.5"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Espionage

 

The Lotus - Lord of the United States

 

This is a superhero novel that begins with a genius with mental illness, whose cure is found in a plant growing in his backyard.  After being cured (and a billionaire after the cure is processed and made available to the general public) he uses his genius to fight crime, in the form of a terrorist from North Korea, who wants to attack or threaten the world with a satellite weapon.

 

 

The LOTUS: Lord of the United States

A Phrenland Novel

Authored by Michael J. Costa

The Lotus: Lord of the United States.

A hero is found in unusual places. Some are impulsive, spur-of-the-moment decisions, like the soldier who wants to save his love, or the pedestrian wanting his fifteen minutes of stardom. Others are naturals, born leaders who achieve the highest honors for selfless acts. And then there is the one who does something incalculable, from an onset of insanity into becoming a folklore subject for years to come.

From the safety of a Mental Asylum and thrust into sanity after finding a cure, comes the Hero known as The Lotus. His paramilitary abilities saves his home in Kauai from a new threat. Emerging from North Korea, the villain Ke seeks to own the Pacific Rim by blackmailing all Nuclear Powers with an all-powerful weapon in outer space.

Included is Bast the Cat Goddess (novel).

"An Ancient Egyptian goddess was discovered in a large tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. Her ambitions to control the living may have started the Revolution, but another one has surfaced: the disembodied Ka Spirit of the Emerald Pharaoh. Will the Cat Goddess be successful? Will her Shabty Army conquer the known World?"

^© Copyright 2013 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Mar 06 2013

ISBN/EAN13:

1482306018 / 9781482306019

Page Count:

176

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

6" x 9"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Action & Adventure

 

 

Egyptian Gods as Superheroes in a novel form

Horu the Guardian of Kemet

(Horus the Guardian of Egypt)

This book predates any comic book versions.

Books 1 & 2

Authored by Michael J. Costa

"Meet Horu, the Guardian of Kemet, Cairo's newest superhero. Watch him and the Ennead fight crime and try to prevent a new nemesis from taking over the world with elemental abilities in this unique two-part series by author & archaeologist, Michael J. Costa."

Publication Date:

Nov 02 2010

ISBN/EAN13:

1456316052 / 9781456316051

Page Count:

244

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5" x 8"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Action & Adventure

Horu and the Return of the Alchemist Stone
 (Book 1):

Authored by Michael J. Costa

Horu and The Return of the Alchemist Stone is a new super hero type story, involving an Egyptian divine spirit who is bound to the Alchemist Stone, and fights crime, until a new enemy is revealed that wants to conquer the world with weather-controlling Elementals. Copyright MMX Michael J. Costa.

Publication Date:

Jul 10 2010

ISBN/EAN13:

1453686606 / 9781453686607

Page Count:

152

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5" x 8"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Action & Adventure

 

My Afterlife Art

My Afterlife Art - by Michael J. Costa.

This contains drawings by the author, as Functional-Art, not necessarily eye-candy.  

Authored by Michael J. Costa

My Afterlife Art:

This book presents the Functional and Practical aspects of Ancient Egyptian funerary beliefs as expressed in their artwork. Presented for the first time from the Author's personal afterlife books, My Afterlife Art contains ritual drawings, interior and exterior scenes, and some comedy scenes (using Egyptian word puns). Full Color images in colored pencil or ink, Copyright 2011 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Aug 25 2011

ISBN/EAN13:

1466270721 / 9781466270725

Page Count:

80

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

8" x 10"

Language:

English

Color:

Full Color

Related Categories:

Art / Individual Artists / General

Tutianity and AmonRa the Eye of God

Tutianity - A New Religion for the Boy King.  

This is a religion for King Tutankhamon.  But, you can use it too.

Authored by Michael J. Costa

About Tutianity:

Tutianity: A New Religion for the Boy-King, contains a biography of the Egyptian Nisut (King Tutankhamun) along with magical rituals and ceremonies, a game, a dream oracle, philosophy, poetry, holidays and sacred items, and a humorous Creation Myth. The author shares both the incarnate memories of the mysterious Nebkheperura and the birthday of his discoverer, Howard Carter.

Original Copyright was registered in 2009; this is a 2nd Edition.

Publication Date:

Dec 15 2011

ISBN/EAN13:

1468095730 / 9781468095739

Page Count:

280

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5" x 8"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

History / Ancient / Egypt

 

 

Worshiping AmonRa - The Eye of God

 

This contains modern prayers and a section on Psychic Warfare techniques (relating to the attribute of Conquest  for Amon-Ra).  Amon = Wind, Ra = Sunlight. 

 

 Authored by Michael J. Costa

Worshiping AmonRa, the Eye of God:
From the Founder of the Modern Temple of AmonRa comes this Egyptian Mythology prayer book, complete with a 3-part training course in modern Psychic Warfare. AmonRa is the Eye of God, a solar aspect of the Divine. He hears the prayers of the people, as he did for Pharaoh Ahmose-I whom expelled the Hyksos from Lower Egypt and founded the legendary 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Psychic Warfare, also called Magical Warfare, is a modern form of mental weaponry utilizing psychic abilities for a military edge. It draws its origins from Ancient times. This chapter will introduce the novice to simple actions that can be effective in varied situations.

Excerpt:

Beginning Rituals:

1. Project thoughts (Telepathy)
2. Cast Dice (Telekinesis or Chronokinesis)
3. Influence air or wind (Elemental)
4. Invisibility (Telepathy, Hypnosis)
5. Offering ritual and Altar (Summoning)

Creating Rain is one of the most wanted devices known to people since antiquity. Prayers about water, moisture, precipitation, snow, ice, or rain usually occur while a drought is present. With Climate Change (the excuse for Psychic amplification), droughts are more common. Concentration and Meditation are needed for most "spell magic." To concentrate on an object like clouds, focus on the objective while blocking out all other distractions, and hold the thought in your mind. Then repeat the intention for several minutes. Then stop concentration, relax a minute, and repeat for a few minutes. This builds brain muscle as an exercise. Mathematics strengthens part of the brain and this exercises another area. Overdoing this will result in a headache.

To meditate, first relax all your muscles by focusing on one at a time and relax it. Start with your feet and relax them, then move up to your legs, abdomen, arms, shoulders, neck, head, and eyes. Then think of one object only for a few minutes. Ignore all noises, people, animals, birds, traffic, with serenity. Do this if you feel the need to calm the body during a period of distraction. Then return to your situation; the effect will appear as a mental vacation. Become "one with Nature" by observing life as an outsider. Know that all beings are of the same spirit matter, that
each insect, bird, rodent, cat, dog, tree, flower, bacteria, and whale have the same type of soul as human people, and each has feelings, thoughts, and intellect. You can learn this by studying philosophy (Buddhism for example). By becoming one with Nature, you can then influence or control it.

Magic "spells" are a written form of psychic ability. You imprint energy into writing while willing an event. This energy is released when activated, or otherwise read. Spells are written differently than normal texts, to distinguish it from day to day correspondence, though this matters little. You can cause an event with normal writing, and add up the score when watching the daily News on television.

To clear the sky: visualize a clear, blue sky for 10 minutes, then relax and repeat. Do this during a cloudy day or storm for effect. Repeat in the 4 directions (N, E, S, & W).

Using Telepathy to project thoughts outward, you can cause someone to hear your idea and react to it. Meditate on one word "apple", visualize an "apple" or use a photograph of one, and mentally "push" the idea for a minute. Or thinking "loudly" inside your mind also works, as with raising an inner voice (reading voice). If someone is in range, they will suddenly feel a craving for an apple, however carefully placed on a nearby table. This also works with "psychic flashcards" of varied images like a square, circle, wavy lines, or triangle and having someone nearby write or draw whatever they see.

^© Copyright 2012, 2013 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Jan 05 2013

ISBN/EAN13:

1481867830 / 9781481867832

Page Count:

74

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

6" x 9"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Religion / Ancient

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How To - make your own Egyptian book of the dead

How to make your own Egyptian Book of the Dead

Detailed instructions of a general layout project. Ideal for students.

Authored by Michael J Costa

The Ancient Egyptians believed in a life after bodily death, as did many other cultures in pre-history. Their sophisticated knowledge of the afterlife compelled them to create houses for the departed souls with enough furnishings to last forever. The basic concept was in book form, and this was copied into pictures and tomb murals that decorated these underground palaces. Since papyrus paper was expensive the tombs were made of stone or mud bricks, and tomb interiors were painted to match the contents of the funerary texts. So if you have such a book, you do not necessarily need a tomb; the dead souls would create their own housing and habitation in the Otherworld by reading about it. If you did not have this book, a tomb would be your home so that your eternal soul would not haunt the living, or demand food and drink offerings from living relatives.

With Archaeologists excavating in Egypt for the past 200+ years, numerous tombs have been found there. Some were haunted by the awakened souls detecting the movement of their remains. Some souls returned to Earth in new bodies as people or animals as they did for many centuries. The ancient expression, "To call one's name is to cause them to live again," means "to live again upon being awoken." Life extends beyond bodily activity. Your soul is shaped by your body, and continues to exist long after the body is no longer here. Some souls such as Tutankhamon are hostile to being disturbed, and so every time his remains are moved or touched, bad reactions occur in the world (this is the so-called "Curse" concept).

Now you can create your own Egyptian Book of the Dead and be prepared for Eternal Life with style. This guide book will show you a few ways to prepare for your future existence. You do not need to adopt the Egyptian Mythology or religion, as pre-historical people believed in an afterlife long before the invention of bread. All you need to do is follow these ideas correctly. Modern cultures in Asia already have similar ideas as the ancients had, and can find common concepts.

Publication Date:

Apr 25 2012

ISBN/EAN13:

1475258070 / 9781475258073

Page Count:

48

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

8" x 10"

Language:

English

Color:

Full Color

Related Categories:

Art / History / Ancient & Classical

A Modern Egyptian Book for the Dead

 Authored by Michael J. Costa

A Modern Egyptian Book for the Dead contains the necessary chapters for rebirth of the soul. Includes excerpts from Michael's other books, photos, and poetry.

Copyright 2010 Michael J. Costa, includes pre-existing Copyrighted materials by the author.

Publication Date:

Nov 12 2010

ISBN/EAN13:

1456337408 / 9781456337407

Page Count:

100

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5" x 8"

Language:

English

Color:

Full Color

Related Categories:

History / Ancient / Egypt

 

A glimpse into the life of Alexander the Great...

Alexander, Son of Ammon

Ammon was the Egyptian Deity Amon-Ra in Greek interpretation.  Alexander the Great was told by his mother Olympias that he was 'descended from the Hero Achilles' then he believed he was divinely inspired so he went about trying to prove this in his Conquest of the Persian Empire.  This book is a glimpse into his life before the conquest.  (It also contains his sexual fantasies about Amazons)...

Authored by Michael J. Costa

Alexander, Son of Ammon:

Enter a glimpse into the unfinished life of Alexander the Great. Witness his vivid battles, his family problems, and even his sexual fantasies about Amazon warriors.


A Macedonian general lifted his visor an inch to taste the wind. He barked out a command and took out a bow and an arrow from his quiver and strung it. Pulling back the bowstring he shot the arrow into the clouds, down it came onto a tree, signaling his legions to charge over the river. The men cheerfully mounted horses and pushed them onwards into the river, splashing the waters with their hooves. Suddenly figures arose from the waters. They carried long curved blades and wore chain link mail over their breasts and loins and mantles. Various blends of colors became their hair as each figure angled their blades and drew blood from the Macedonians in the river. Alexander, weighted under his armor, dismounted his horse and ran towards the leader on foot. She dismounted also.

They stood before each other, her with blood and water dripping precariously about her shoulders, him with anger in his voice. Her face grimaced a roar. He struck her across her jaw with his sword hilt. She returned with a blow to his sword, then another.

As he was about to slice her ear off she kicked his stomach, forcing him to miss. Another kick landed against his jaw as he drooped forward. He flung his sword at her helmet, knocking it off. Angrily, she jumped onto his body, and they both fell into the waters.

Alexander floated above the sandy floor and found her clawing hands searching for him, so he kicked at them with a free leg. She grabbed that leg and forced him towards her.
Alexander fell back into the waters. Darkness filled the visible scenery followed by inklings of blood. The Amazon pressed his face into her chest, then tightened her body about his like a snake. He slipped from her grasp, then fell against her abdominal muscles, pressed hard then slipped again until he became entangled in her legs.


She pressed her calves against his neck to her thigh then released. He fell away from the Amazon altogether, then surfaced. His mouth burst open for air. Then she stood up above the water and her wet hair on her head rose up as snakes, her eyes turning golden like solar flames. A fireball shot from her mouth and enveloped Alexander, his limbs turning stiff like granite. He felt his hand brush against a metal object floating near the surface so he grasped it with an ounce of remaining strength. It was a shield with a mirror polish. He lifted it up and the Amazon saw her reflection, her smile turning sour then as a shriek of anguish as her body was transformed from flesh to stone. The stone effigy broke into millions of shards as a sword was thrust into it from behind. The owner of the sword disappeared from sight.

^© Copyright 1998, 2012 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Oct 12 2012

ISBN/EAN13:

1480107921 / 9781480107922

Page Count:

192

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

6" x 9"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Historical / General

 

 

The UEIR

The UEIR - Kingdom of God

(This book is a promotion for a Micronation Citizenship policy.  It has reprinted Short Stories and a Micronation legal code in it). 

Buy This Book, Become a Citizen

Authored by Archangel M7

The United Egyptian Imperial-Republic is the Divine Taxonomy, or Kingdom of God on Earth. It was founded in March 1990 CE after the author finished a novel that later influenced Time & Politics. This Divine Taxonomy comprises reincarnates and Angels from the Egyptian Otherworld who visit Earth in new bodies after leaving Heaven temporarily. It is a spiritual Secret Society, one that has influenced the living for thousands of years under different names.

Be a part of the UEIR by first Buying this Book and earn your First Step of Citizenship! Become an Instrument of Ma'at in the World, and restore civilization. Included in this book are short stories and the UEIR Code Caesar 5.0 (Laws for the Empire mostly). The Human Taxonomy revolves around fighting & reproduction, winning or losing. We civilized them by first conquering, then educating the Human Race.

^© Copyright 2012 Archangel M7, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Nov 05 2012

ISBN/EAN13:

1480257702 / 9781480257702

Page Count:

224

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

6" x 9"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Body, Mind & Spirit / Reincarnation

 

 

Tears for Isis - The Conquests of Nebakhre

Tears for Isis

This is a republication with minor surface editing.  The original was edited prior to publication by Xlibris Corp. in the first years of the year 2000.  It is listed on an Egyptological or Egyptomania website, via Egyptology groups.  This is my 2nd book written in 1991.  

Basic Gist - An Egyptian Pharaoh invades (Iraq) and conquers it, then the Hittites take it away from him.  The story was unique at the time of authorship.  

Authored by Michael J. Costa

From the lips of an Egyptian King sitting in a Netherworld Bar, comes this tale of Conquest, Love & Betrayal. Originally set in a time after the 19th Dynasty, Tears for Isis: The Conquests of Nebakhra is full of ancient battles, Magic, romance, forgiveness and destiny. What does the future hold for Nebakhra? Will he be successful or will the Hittite Empire intervene? Copyright 1993, 2012 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Oct 05 2012

ISBN/EAN13:

1480063940 / 9781480063945

Page Count:

240

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

5" x 8"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Historical / General

The Pharaoh News

The Pharaoh News

I designed this book like an Ancient Egyptian Newspaper with Papyrus texture/background, and drawings with some photos of Egyptian subject matter.  If Ancient Egypt had a newspaper, this would be it.  The idea though was not original  -- some children's magazine was the inspiration, but it wasn't written on papyrus with hieroglyphic font. 

An Ancient Egyptian Newspaper

Authored by Michael J. Costa

An Ancient Egyptian Newspaper set in the time of King Tutankhamon's Egypt. Written on Papyrus, the news as seen from an ancient perspective is given a new life on modern technology and translated into English.

^© Copyright 2012 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Oct 19 2012

ISBN/EAN13:

1480160873 / 9781480160873

Page Count:

28

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

8" x 10"

Language:

English

Color:

Full Color with Bleed

Related Categories:

Fiction / Historical / General

 

 

The Billionaire and the Cat Goddess

Bast the Cat Goddess 

(The only novel where the author is a character & a Billionaire):

Bast the Cat Goddess

And the Tomb of the Emerald Pharaoh

Authored by Michael J. Costa

An Ancient Egyptian goddess was discovered in a large tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. Her ambitions to control the living may have started the Revolution, but another one has surfaced: the disembodied Ka Spirit of the Emerald Pharaoh. Will the Cat Goddess be successful? Will her Shabty Army conquer the known World?

Set in the year 2011, this short story spans the first length of the Egyptian Revolution as it may have started, with wit, satire, and ancient puns all the way...

Copyright 2012 Michael J. Costa, All rights reserved.

Publication Date:

Jun 20 2012

ISBN/EAN13:

1477696237 / 9781477696231

Page Count:

80

Binding Type:

US Trade Paper

Trim Size:

6" x 9"

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Related Categories:

Fiction / Action & Adventure

Why I just deleted that old post...

The reason why I edit my blogs is because PEOPLE ARE SPYING ON ME. They look me up online, get into my personal data, and LOL themselves all over the World about whatever it is they discovered.  This is disrespectful, an invasion of privacy, espionage, and is highly ILLEGAL in most civilized countries.

Post Script: Many of  these criminals attune to social media, when they realize who they are, they then pack up and leave. Don't worry.  Whoever befriends and leaves social  media from Netherworld Royalty are subject to their Soul Cubes being deleted.  No Afterlife for them.  Why do Social Media people only care about money?  If the US Government did not classify me top secret and then tell everyone they know that I am a multi-billionaire in USA, no one would be interested in me or be spying on me or talking about me in public.  I notice this whenever I am in public (which is rare).  Don't worry -- they are not  my "friends" and are not part of my top-secret country.  I will not become the Next Great Gatsby or Bill Gates by doing nothing. 

MC 2015.