The Natural GenesisCosimo, Inc., 2007 M10 1 - 544 pages Egyptologist Gerald Massey challenged readers in A Book of the Beginnings to consider the argument that Egypt was the birthplace of civilization and that the widespread monotheistic vision of man and the metaphysical was, in fact, based on ancient Egyptian mythos. In The Natural Genesis, Massey delivers a sequel, delving deeper into his compelling polemic. Volume II provides detailed discourse on the Egyptian origin of the delicate components of the monotheistic creed. With his agile prose, Massey leads an adventurous examination of the epistemology of astronomy, time, and Christology-and what it all means for human culture. British author GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism, Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best-known works are in the realm of Egyptology, including A Book of the Beginnings and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World. |
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... Light - Teachers of Pure Tillage - The Descent of Man a reversal - Consequent Degradation of Matter and the Mother - Several forms of the Fall - Doctrine of the Gnosis - Christian Doctrine of Degradation - No Fall in Reality - The Regio ...
... Light - Teachers of Pure Tillage - The Descent of Man a reversal - Consequent Degradation of Matter and the Mother - Several forms of the Fall - Doctrine of the Gnosis - Christian Doctrine of Degradation - No Fall in Reality - The Regio ...
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... light as with those Polynesians whose reckon- ing of time was by nights , and whose days had no name . Out of this darkness issues the first shape , that of the Great Mother , fol- lowed by the Twin Brothers , who are represented under ...
... light as with those Polynesians whose reckon- ing of time was by nights , and whose days had no name . Out of this darkness issues the first shape , that of the Great Mother , fol- lowed by the Twin Brothers , who are represented under ...
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... light and darkness . The sun as Kak ( or Hak ) went down black and rose up white as Hu ; Osiris the father was black ; Horus the son was white . The Hottentot Urisep , the son of Heitsi- Eibip , is the whitish one by name . In a later ...
... light and darkness . The sun as Kak ( or Hak ) went down black and rose up white as Hu ; Osiris the father was black ; Horus the son was white . The Hottentot Urisep , the son of Heitsi- Eibip , is the whitish one by name . In a later ...
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... light and shadow presented another dual image of the goddess above and in the waters below . In a myth of the island of Celebes seven celestial nymphs descend from the sky to bathe . They are seen by Kasimbaha who at first took them for ...
... light and shadow presented another dual image of the goddess above and in the waters below . In a myth of the island of Celebes seven celestial nymphs descend from the sky to bathe . They are seen by Kasimbaha who at first took them for ...
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... light . The moth - worm was the first to make the passage and emerge from the cave of the underworld . When he got outside on the mountain - top he found himself surrounded with water ; all the world was under water . Then four great ...
... light . The moth - worm was the first to make the passage and emerge from the cave of the underworld . When he got outside on the mountain - top he found himself surrounded with water ; all the world was under water . Then four great ...
Contents
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Astronomical Nature of MythologyMystery of the Seven StarsCreation | 92 |
Gods as Intelligencers in TimeThe True GodsKeepers of the Covenant | 170 |
Modes of identifying Time by various Seasons and keeping them as Festivals | 272 |
SECTION XIII | 378 |
PreChristian ChristologyPersian RevelationEnd of the Great YearFulfil | 503 |
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