HistoricalJesusMythicalChrist GMassey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey
The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ

by Gerald Massey
See "Natural Genesis." from the same author for original references Published in the 1900 s
!n "resenting my readers #ith some of the data #hich sho# that much of the Christian History #as "ree$tant as %gy"tian Mythology& ! ha'e to as( you to bear in mind that the facts) li(e other foundations) ha'e been buried out of sight for thousands of years in a hierogly"hical language) that #as ne'er really read by Gree( or *oman) and could not be read until the lost clue #as disco'ered by Cham"ollion) almost the other day+ !n this #ay the original sources of our Mytholatry and Christology remained as hidden as those of the ,ile) until the century in #hich #e li'e& The mystical matter enshrouded in this language #as sacredly entrusted to the (ee"ing of the buried dead) #ho ha'e faithfully "reser'ed it as their -oo( of .ife) #hich #as "laced beneath their "illo#s) or clas"ed to their bosoms) in their coffins and their tombs& Secondly) although ! am able to read the hierogly"hics) nothing offered to you is based on my translation& ! #or( too #arily for that+ The transcri"tion and literal rendering of the hierogly"hic te$ts herein em"loyed are by scholars of indis"utable authority& There is no loo"hole of esca"e that #ay& ! lectured u"on the sub/ect of Jesus many years ago& 0t that time ! did not (no# ho# #e had been misled) or that the 1Christian scheme1 2as it is a"tly called3 in the ,e# Testament is a fraud) founded on a fable in the 4ld+ ! then acce"ted the Canonical Gos"els as containing a 'eritable human history) and assumed) as others do) that the history "ro'ed itself& 5inding that Jesus) or Jehoshua -en-Pandira) was an historical character) (no#n to the Talmud) ! made the common mista(e of su""osing that this "ro'ed the "ersonal e$istence of the Jesus found "ortrayed in the Canonical Gos"els& -ut after you ha'e heard my story) and #eighed the e'idence no# for the first time collected and "resented to the "ublic) you #ill not #onder that ! should ha'e changed my 'ie#s) or that ! should be im"elled to tell the truth to others) as it no# a""ears to myself6 although ! am only able to summari7e here) in the briefest manner "ossible) a fe# of the facts that ! ha'e dealt #ith e$hausti'ely else#here& The "ersonal e$istence of Jesus as Jehoshua -en-Pandira can be established beyond a doubt& 4ne account affirms that) according to a genuine Je#ish tradition 1that man 2#ho is not to be named3 #as a disci"le of Jehoshua -en-Perachia&1 !t also says) 1He #as born in the fourth year of the reign of the Je#ish 8ing 0le$ander Jann9us) not#ithstanding the assertions of his follo#ers that he #as born in the reign of Herod&1 That #ould be more than a century earlier than the date of birth assigned to the Jesus of the Gos"els+ -ut it can be further sho#n that Jehoshua -enPandira may ha'e been born considerably earlier e'en than the year 10: -&C&) although the "oint is not of much conse;uence here& Jehoshua) son of Perachia) #as a "resident of the Sanhedrin -- the fifth) rec(oning from %7ra as the first< one of those #ho in the line of descent recei'ed and transmitted the oral la#) as it #as said) direct from Sinai& There could not be t#o of that name& This -en-Perachia had begun to teach as a *abbi in the year 1=> -&C& ?e may therefore rec(on that he #as not born later than 1@0-1A0 -&C&) and that it could hardly be later than 100 -&C& #hen he #ent do#n into %gy"t #ith his "u"il& 5or it is related that he fled there in conse;uence of a "ersecution of the *abbis) feasibly con/ectured to Page 1

refer to the ci'il #ar in #hich the Pharisees re'olted against 8ing 0le$ander Jann9us) and conse;uently about 10= -&C& !f #e "ut the age of his "u"il) Jehoshua -en-Pandira) at fifteen years) that #ill gi'e us an a""ro$imate date) e$tracted #ithout "ressure) #hich sho#s that Jehoshua -en-Pandira may ha'e been born about the year 1:0 -&C& -ut t#enty years are a matter of little moment here& 0ccording to the -abylonian Gemara to the Mishna of Tract 1Shabbath)1 this Jehoshua) the son of Pandira and Stada) #as stoned to death as a #i7ard) in the city of .ud) or .ydda) and after#ards crucified by being hanged on a tree) on the e'e of the Passo'er& This is the manner of death assigned to Jesus in the -oo( of 0cts& The Gemara says there e$ists a tradition that on the rest-day before the Sabbath they crucified Jehoshua) on the rest-day of the Passah 2the day before the Passo'er3& The year of his death) ho#e'er) is not gi'en in that account6 but there are reasons for thin(ing it could not ha'e been much earlier nor later than -&C& A0) because this Je#ish 8ing Jann9us reigned from the year 10B to A9 -&C& He #as succeeded in the go'ernment by his #ido# SalomC) #hom the Gree(s called 0le$andra) and #ho reigned for some nine years& ,o# the traditions) es"ecially of the first 1Toledoth Jehoshua)1 relate that the Dueen of Jann9us) and the mother of Hyrcanus) #ho must therefore be SalomC) in s"ite of her being called by another name) sho#ed fa'our to Jehoshua and his teaching6 that she #as a #itness of his #onderful #or(s and "o#ers of healing) and tried to sa'e him from the hands of his sacerdotal enemies) because he #as related to her6 but that during her reign) #hich ended in the year A1 -&C&) he #as "ut to death& The Je#ish #riters and *abbis #ith #hom ! ha'e tal(ed al#ays deny the identity of the Talmudic Jehoshua and the Jesus of the Gos"els& 1This)1 obser'es *abbi Jechiels) 1#hich has been related to Jehoshua -en-Perachia and his "u"il) contains no reference #hate'er to him #hom the Christians honour as God+1 0nother *abbi) Salman Ee'i) "roduced ten reasons for concluding that the Jehoshua of the Talmud #as not he #ho #as after#ards called Jesus of ,a7areth& Jesus of ,a7areth 2and of the Canonical Gos"els3 #as un(no#n to Justus) to the Je# of Celsus) and to Jose"hus) the su""osed reference to him by the latter being an undoubted forgery& The 1blas"hemous #ritings of the Je#s about Jesus)1 as Justin Martyr calls them) al#ays refer to Jehoshua -en-Pandira) and not to the Jesus of the Gos"els& !t is -en-Pandira they mean #hen they say they ha'e another and a truer account of the birth and life) the #onder-#or(ing and death of Jehoshua or Jesus& This re"udiation is "erfectly honest and soundly based& The only Jesus (no#n to the Je#s #as Jehoshua -en-Pandira) #ho had learnt the arts of magic in %gy"t) and #ho #as "ut to death by them as a sorcerer& This #as li(e#ise the only Jesus (no#n to Celsus) the #riter of the 1True .ogos)1 a #or( #hich the Christians managed to get rid of bodily) #ith so many other of the anti-Christian e'idences& Celsus obser'es that he #as not a "ure ?ord) not a true .ogos) but a man #ho had learned the arts of sorcery in %gy"t& So) in the Clementines) it is in the character of -en-Pandira that Jesus is said to rise again as the magician& -ut here is the conclusi'e fact< The Je#s (no# nothing of Jesus) the Christ of the Gos"els) as an historical character6 and #hen the Christians of the fourth century trace his "edigree) by the hand of %"i"hanius) they are forced to deri'e their Jesus from Pandira+ %"i"hanius gi'es the genealogy of the Canonical Jesus in this #ise<-Jacob) called Pandira) Mary - Jose"h -- Cleo"as) Jesus& This "ro'es that in the fourth century the "edigree of Jesus #as traced to Pandira) the father of that Jehoshua #ho #as the "u"il of -en-Perachia) and #ho becomes one of the magicians in %gy"t) and #ho #as crucified as a magician on the e'e of the Passo'er by the Je#s) in the time of Dueen 0le$andra) #ho had ceased to reign in the year A0 -&C&--the Jesus) therefore) #ho li'ed and died more than a century too soon&
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Thus) the Je#s do not identify Jehoshua -en-Pandira #ith the Gos"el Jesus) of #hom they) his su""osed contem"oraries) (no# nothing) but "rotest against the assum"tion as an im"ossibility6 #hereas the Christians do identify their Jesus as the descendant of Pandira& !t #as he or nobody6 yet he #as neither the son of Jose"h nor the Firgin Mary) nor #as he crucified at Jerusalem& !t is not the Je#s) then) but the Christians) #ho fuse t#o su""osed historic characters into one+ There being but one history ac(no#ledged or (no#n on either side) it follo#s that the Jesus of the Gos"els is the Jehoshua of the Talmud) or is not at all) as a Person& This shifts the historic basis altogether6 it antedates the human history by more than a hundred years) and it at once destroys the historic character of the Gos"els) together #ith that of any other "ersonal Jesus than -en-Pandira& !n short) the Je#ish history of the matter #ill be found to corroborate the mythical& 0s %"i"hanius (ne# of no other historical Jesus than the descendant of Pandira) it is "ossible that this is the Jesus #hose tradition is re"orted by !ren9us& !ren9us #as born in the early "art of the second century) bet#een 1:0 and 1>0 0&G& He #as -isho" of .yons) 5rance) and a "ersonal ac;uaintance of Polycar"6 and he re"eats a tradition testified to by the elders) #hich he alleges #as directly deri'ed from John) the 1disci"le of the .ord)1 to the effect that Jesus #as not crucified at HH years of age) but that he "assed through e'ery age) and li'ed on to be an oldish man& ,o#) in accordance #ith the dates gi'en) Jehoshua -en-Pandira may ha'e been bet#een =0 and B0 years of age #hen "ut to death) and his tradition alone furnishes a clue to the ,ihilistic statement of !ren9us& ?hen the true tradition of -en-Pandira is reco'ered) it sho#s that he #as the sole historical Jesus #ho #as hung on a tree by the Je#s) not crucified in the *oman fashion) and authenticates the claim no# to be made on behalf of the astronomical allegory to the dis"ensational Jesus) the 8ronian Christ) the mythical Messiah of the Canonical Gos"els) and the Jesus of Paul) #ho #as not the carnalised Christ& 5or ! hold that the Jesus of the 1other Gos"el)1 according to the 0"ostles Ce"has and James) #ho #as utterly re"udiated by Paul) #as none other than -en-Pandira) the ,a7arene) of #hom James #as a follo#er) according to a comment on him found in the -oo( 0boda7ura& 0ny#ay) there are t#o Jesuses) or Jesus and the Christ) one of #hom is re"udiated by Paul& -ut Jehoshua) the son of Pandira) can ne'er be con'erted into Jesus Christ) the son of a 'irgin mother) as an historic character& ,or can the dates gi'en e'er be reconciled #ith contem"orary history& The historical Herod) #ho sought to slay the young child Jesus) is (no#n to ha'e died four years before the date of the Christian era) assigned for the birth of Jesus& So much for the historic Jesus& 0nd no# for the mythical Christ& Here #e can tread on firmer ground& The mythical Messiah #as al#ays born of a Firgin Mother--a factor un(no#n in natural "henomena) and one that cannot be historical) one that can only be e$"lained by means of the Mythos) and those conditions of "rimiti'e sociology #hich are mirrored in mythology and "reser'ed in theology& The 'irgin mother has been re"resented in %gy"t by the maiden Dueen) Mut-em-ua) the future mother of 0menhe"t !!! some 1B centuries -&C&) #ho im"ersonated the eternal 'irgin that "roduced the eternal child& 5our consecuti'e scenes re"roduced in my boo( are found "ortrayed u"on the innermost #alls of the Holy of Holies in the Tem"le of .u$or) #hich #as built by 0menhe"t !!!&) a Pharaoh of the 1Ath dynasty& The first scene on the left hand sho#s the God Taht) the .unar Mercury) the 0nnunciator of the Gods) in Page 3

the act of hailing the Firgin Dueen) and announcing to her that she is to gi'e birth to the coming Son& !n the ne$t scene the God 8ne"h 2in con/unction #ith Hathor3 gi'es the ne# life& This is the Holy Ghost or S"irit that causes the !mmaculate Conce"tion) 8ne"h being the s"irit by name in %gy"tian& The natural effects are made a""arent in the 'irgin s s#elling form& ,e$t the mother is seated on the mid-#ife s stool) and the ne#born child is su""orted in the hands of one of the nurses& The fourth scene is that of the 0doration& Here the child is enthroned) recei'ing homage from the Gods and gifts from men& -ehind the deity 8ne"h) on the right) three s"irits--the Three Magi) or 8ings of the .egend) are (neeling and offering "resents #ith their right hand) and life #ith their left& The child thus announced) incarnated) born) and #orshi""ed) #as the Pharaonic re"resentati'e of the 0ten Sun in %gy"t) the God 0don of Syria) and Hebre# 0donai6 the child-Christ of the 0ten Cult6 the miraculous conce"tion of the e'er-'irgin mother) "ersonated by Mut-em-ua) as mother of the 1only one)1 and re"resentati'e of the di'ine mother of the youthful Sun-God& These scenes) #hich #ere mythical in %gy"t) ha'e been co"ied or re"roduced as historical in the Canonical Gos"els) #here they stand li(e four corner-stones to the Historic Structure) and "ro'e that the foundations are mythical& Jesus #as not only born of the mythical motherhood6 his descent on the maternal side is traced in accordance #ith this origin of the mythical Christ& The 'irgin #as also called the harlot) because she re"resented the "re-monogamic stage of intercourse6 and Jesus descends from four forms of the harlot Thamar) *ahab) *uth and -athsheba -- each of #hom is a form of the 1stranger in !srael)1 and is not a Hebre# #oman& Such history) ho#e'er) does not sho# that illicit intercourse #as the natural mode of the di'ine descent6 nor does it im"ly un"aralleled human "rofligacy& !t only "ro'es the Mythos& !n human sociology the son of the mother "receded the father) as son of the #oman #ho #as a mother) but not a #ife& This character is li(e#ise claimed for Jesus) #ho is made to declare that he #as earlier than 0braham) #ho #as the ty"ical Great 5ather of the Je#s6 #hether considered to be mythical or historical& Jesus states em"hatically that he e$isted before 0braham #as& This is only "ossible to the mythical Christ) #ho "receded the father as son of the 'irgin mother6 and #e shall find it so throughout& 0ll that is non-natural and im"ossible as human history) is "ossible) natural and e$"licable as Mythos& !t can be e$"lained by the Mythos) because it originated in that #hich alone accounts for it& 5or it comes to this at last< the more hidden the meaning in the Gos"el history) the more satisfactorily is it e$"lained by the Mythos6 and the more mystical the Christian doctrine) the more easily can it be "ro'ed to be mythical& The birth of Christ is astronomical& The birthday is determined by the full moon of %aster& This can only occur once e'ery 19 years) as #e ha'e it illustrated by the %"act or Golden ,umber of the Prayer -oo(& Inderstand me+ Jesus) the Christ) can only ha'e a birthday) or resurrection) once in 19 years) in accordance #ith the Metonic Cycle) because his "arents are the sun and moon6 and those a""ear in the earliest (no#n re"resentation of the Man u"on the Cross+ This "ro'es the astronomical and non-human nature of the birth itself) #hich is identical #ith that of the full moon of %aster in %gy"t& Casini) the 5rench 0stronomer) has demonstrated the fact that the date assigned for the birth of the Christ is an 0stronomical e"och in #hich the middle con/unction of the moon #ith the sun ha""ened on Page 4

the :>th March) at half-"ast one o cloc( in the morning) at the meridian of Jerusalem) the 'ery day of the middle e;uino$& The follo#ing day 2the :=th3 #as the day of the !ncarnation) according to 0ugustine) but the date of the -irth) according to Clement 0le$ander& 5or t#o birth days are assigned to Jesus by the Christian 5athers) one at the ?inter Solstice) the other at the Fernal %;uino$& These) #hich cannot both be historical) are based on the t#o birthdays of the double Horus in %gy"t& Plutarch tells us that !sis #as deli'ered of Horus) the child) about the time of the #inter Solstice) and that the festi'al of the second or adult Horus follo#ed the Fernal %;uino$& Hence) the Solstice and s"ring %;uino$ #ere both assigned to the one birth of Jesus by the Christolators6 and again) that #hich is im"ossible as human history is the natural fact in relation to the t#o Horuses) the dual form of the Solar God in %gy"t& 0nd here) in "assing) #e may "oint out the astronomical nature of the Crucifi$ion& The Gos"el according to John brings on a tradition so different from that of the Syno"tics as to in'alidate the human history of both& The Syno"tics say that Jesus #as crucified on the 1=th of the month ,isan& John affirms that it #as on the 1>th of the month& This serious rift runs through the 'ery foundation+ 0s human history it cannot be e$"lained& -ut there is an e$"lanation "ossible) #hich) if acce"ted) "ro'es the Mythos& The Crucifi$ion 2or Crossing3 #as) and still is) determined by the full moon of %aster& This) in the lunar rec(oning) #ould be on the 1>th in the month of :@ days6 in the solar month of H0 days it #as rec(oned to occur on the 1=th of the month& -oth unite) and the rift closes in "ro'ing the Crucifi$ion to ha'e been 0stronomical) /ust as it #as in %gy"t) #here the t#o dates can be identified& Plutarch also tells us ho# the Mithraic Cult had been "articularly established in *ome about the year A0 -&C& 0nd Mithras #as fabled as ha'ing been born in a ca'e& ?here'er Mithras #as #orshi""ed the ca'e #as consecrated as his birth"lace& The ca'e can be identified) and the birth of the Messiah in that ca'e) no matter under #hat name he #as born) can be definitely dated& The 1Ca'e of Mithras1 #as the birth"lace of the Sun in the ?inter Solstice) #hen this occurred on the :=th of Gecember in the sign of the Sea-Goat) #ith the Fernal %;uino$ in the sign of the *am& ,o# the 0((adian name of the tenth month) that of the Sea-Goat) #hich ans#ers roughly to our Gecember) the tenth by name) is Abba Uddu, that is) the 1Ca'e of .ight61 the ca'e of re-birth for the Sun in the lo#est de"th at the Solstice) figured as the Ca'e of .ight& This ca'e #as continued as the birth"lace of the Christ& Jou #ill find it in all the Gos"els of the !nfancy) and Justin Martyr says) 1Christ #as born in the Stable) and after#ards too( refuge in the Ca'e&1 He li(e#ise 'ouches for the fact that Christ #as born on the same day that the Sun #as re-born in Stabulo Augi, or) in the Stable of 0ugias& ,o# the cleansing of this Stable #as the si$th labour of Hera(les) his first being in the sign of the .ion6 and Justin #as right6 the Stable and Ca'e are both figured in the same Celestial Sign& -ut mar( this+ The Ca'e #as the birth"lace of the Solar Messiah from the year :>10 to the year :== -&C&6 at #hich latter date the Solstice "assed out of the Sea-Goat into the sign of the 0rcher6 and no Messiah) #hether called Mithras) 0don) Tammu7) Horus or Christ) could ha'e been born in the Ca'e of Abba Uddu or the Stable of 0ugias on the :=th of Gecember after the year :== -&C&) therefore) Justin had nothing but the Mithraic tradition of the by-gone birthday to "ro'e the birth of the Historical Christ :== years later+ !n their mysteries the Sarraceni celebrated the -irth of the babe in the Ca'e or Subterranean Sanctuary) from #hich the Priest issued) and cried<--1The Firgin has brought forth< The .ight is about to begin to gro# again+1--on the Mother-night of the year& 0nd the Sarraceni #ere not su""orters of Historic Christianity& The birth"lace of the %gy"tian Messiah at the Fernal %;uino$ #as figured in 0"t) or 0"ta) the corner6 but 0"ta is also the name of the Crib and the Manger6 hence the Child born in 0"ta) #as said to be born in a Page 5

manger6 and this 0"ta as Crib or Manger is the hierogly"hic sign of the Solar birth"lace& Hence the %gy"tians e$hibited the -abe in the Crib or Manger in the streets of 0le$andria& The birth"lace #as indicated by the colure of the %;uino$) as it "assed from sign to sign& !t #as also "ointed out by the Star in the %ast& ?hen the birth"lace #as in the sign of the -ull) 4rion #as the Star that rose in the %ast to tell #here the young Sun-God #as re-born& Hence it is called the 1Star of Horus&1 That #as then the Star of the 1Three 8ings1 #ho greeted the -abe6 for the 1Three 8ings1 is still a name of the three stars in 4rion s -elt& Here #e learn that the legend of the 1Three 8ings1 is at least B)000 years old& !n the course of Precession) about :== -&C&) the 'ernal birth"lace "assed into the sign of the 5ishes) and the Messiah #ho had been re"resented for :1== years by the *am or .amb) and "re'iously for other :1== years by the 0"is -ull) #as no# imaged as the 5ish) or the 15ish-man)1 called !chthys in Gree(& The original 5ish-man--the 0n of %gy"t) and the 4an of Chaldea--"robably dates from the "re'ious cycle of "recession) or :B)000 years earlier6 and about :== -&C&) the Messiah) as the 5ish-man) #as to come u" once more as the Manifestor from the celestial #aters& The coming Messiah is called Gag) the 5ish) in the Talmud6 and the Je#s at one time connected his coming #ith some con/unction) or occurrence) in the sign of the 5ishes+ This sho#s the Je#s #ere not only in "ossession of the astronomical allegory) but also of the tradition by #hich it could be inter"reted& !t #as the Mythical and 8ronian Messiah alone #ho #as) or could be) the sub/ect of "ro"hecy that might be fulfilled--"ro"hecy that #as fulfilled as it is in the -oo( of *e'elation--#hen the %;uino$ entered) the cross #as re-erected) and the foundations of a ne# hea'en #ere laid in the sign of the *am) :>10 -&C&6 and) again) #hen the %;uino$ entered the sign of the 5ishes) :== -&C& Pro"hecy that #ill be again fulfilled #hen the %;uino$ enters the sign of the ?aterman about the end of this century) to #hich the Samaritans are still loo(ing for#ard for the coming of their Messiah) #ho has not yet arri'ed for them& The Christians alone ate the oyster6 the Je#s and Samaritans only got an e;ual share of the em"ty shells+ The uninstructed Je#s) the idiotai, at one time thought the "ro"hecy #hich #as astronomical) and solely related to the cycles of time) #as to ha'e its fulfilment in human history& -ut they found out their error) and be;ueathed it une$"lained to the still more ignorant Christians& The same tradition of the Coming 4ne is e$tant amongst the Millenarians and 0d'entists) as amongst the Moslems& !t is the tradition of %l-Mahdi) the "ro"het #ho is to come in the last days of the #orld to con;uer all the #orld) and #ho #as lately descending the Soudan #ith the old announcement the 1Gay of the .ord is at hand)1 #hich sho#s that the astronomical allegory has left some relics of the true tradition among the 0rabs) #ho #ere at one time learned in astronomical lore& The Messiah) as the 5ish-man) is foreseen by %sdras ascending out of the sea as the 1same #hom God the highest hath (e"t a great season) #hich by his o#n self shall deli'er the creature&1 The ancient 5ishman only came u" out of the sea to con'erse #ith men and teach them in the daytime& 1?hen the sun set)1 says -erosus) 1it #as the custom of this -eing to "lunge again into the sea) and abide all night in the dee"&1 So the man foreseen by %sdras is only 'isible by day& 0s it is said) 1% en so can no man u"on earth see my son) or those that be #ith him) but in the daytime&1 This is "arodied or fulfilled in the account of !chthys) the 5ish) the Christ #ho instructs men by day) but retires to the la(e of Galilee) #here he demonstrates his solar nature by #al(ing the #aters at night) or at the da#n of day& ?e are told that his disci"les being on board a shi") 1#hen e'en #as come) in the fourth #atch of the night) Jesus #ent unto them #al(ing u"on the sea&1 ,o# the fourth #atch began at three o cloc() and ended at si$ o cloc(& Therefore) this #as about the "ro"er time for a solar God to a""ear #al(ing u"on the #aters) or coming u" out of them as the 4annes& 4annes is said to ha'e ta(en no food #hilst he #as Page 6

#ith men< 1!n the daytime he used to con'erse #ith men) but too( no food at that season&1 So Jesus) #hen his disci"les "rayed him) saying 1Master) eat)1 said unto them) 1! ha'e meat to eat that you (no# not of& My meat is to do the #ill of Him that sent me&1 This is the "erfect li(eness of the character of 4annes) #ho too( no food) but #hose time #as #holly s"ent in teaching men& Moreo'er) the mythical 5ish-man is made to identify himself& ?hen the Pharisees sought a 1sign from hea'en)1 Jesus said) 1There shall no sign be gi'en but the sign of Jonas& 5or as Jonas became a sign unto the ,ine'ites) so shall also the son of man be to this generation&1 The sign of Jonas is that of the 4an) or 5ish-man of ,ine'eh) #hether #e ta(e it direct from the monuments) or from the Hebre# history of Jonah) or from the Eodiac& The 'oice of the secret #isdom here says truly that those #ho are loo(ing for signs) can ha'e no other than that of the returning 5ish-man) !chthys) 4annes) or Jonah< and assuredly) there #as no other sign or date--than those of !chthys) the 5ish #ho #as re-born of the fish-goddess) 0tergatis) in the sign of the 5ishes) :== -&C& 0fter #hom the "rimiti'e Christians #ere called little fishes) or Pisciculi& This date of :== -&C& #as the true day of birth) or rather of re-birth for the celestial Christ) and there #as no 'alid reason for changing the time of the #orld& The Gos"els contain a confused and confusing record of early Christian belief< things most truly belie'ed 2.u(e3 concerning certain mythical matters) #hich #ere ignorantly mista(en for human and historical& The Jesus of our Gos"els is but little of a human reality) in s"ite of all attem"ts to naturali7e the Mythical Christ) and ma(e the story loo( rational& The Christian religion #as not founded on a man) but on a di'inity6 that is) a mythical character& So far from being deri'ed from the model man) the ty"ical Christ #as made u" from the features of 'arious Gods) after a fashion some#hat li(e those 1"ictorial a'erages1 "ortrayed by Mr& Galton) in #hich the traits of se'eral "ersons are "hotogra"hed and fused in a "ortrait of a do7en different "ersons) merged into one that is not anybody& 0nd as fast as the com"osite Christ falls to "ieces) each feature is claimed) each character is gathered u" by the original o#ner) as #ith the gras" of gra'itation& !t is not ! that deny the di'inity of Jesus the Christ6 ! assert it+ He ne'er #as) and ne'er could be) any other than a di'inity6 that is) a character non-human) and entirely mythical) #ho had been the "agan di'inity of 'arious "agan myths) that had been "agan during thousands of years before our %ra& ,othing is more certain) according to honest e'idence) than that the Christian scheme of redem"tion is founded on a fable misinter"reted6 that the "ro"hecy of fulfillment #as solely astronomical) and the Coming 4ne as the Christ #ho came in the end of an age) or of the #orld) #as but a meta"horical figure) a ty"e of time) from the first) #hich ne'er could ta(e form in historic "ersonality) any more than Time in Person could come out of a cloc(-case #hen the hour stri(es6 that no Jesus could become a ,a7arene by being born at) or ta(en to) ,a7areth6 and that the history in our Gos"els is from beginning to end the identifiable story of the Sun-God) and the Gnostic Christ #ho ne'er could be made flesh& ?hen #e did not (no# the one it #as "ossible to belie'e the other6 but #hen once #e truly (no#) then the false belief Page 7

is no longer "ossible& The mythical Messiah #as Horus in the 4sirian Mythos6 Har-8huti in the Sut-Ty"honian6 8hunsu in that of 0men-*a6 !u in the cult of 0tum-*a6 and the Christ of the Gos"els is an amalgam of all these characters& The Christ is the Good She"herd+ So #as Horus& Christ is the .amb of God+ So #as Horus& Christ is the -read of .ife+ So #as Horus& Christ is the Truth and the .ife+ So #as Horus& Christ is the 5an-bearer+ So #as Horus& Christ is the .ord+ So #as Horus& Christ is the ?ay and the Goor of .ife+ Horus #as the "ath by #hich they tra'el led out of the Se"ulchre& He is the God #hose name is #ritten #ith the hierogly"hic sign of the *oad or ?ay& Jesus is he that should come6 and !u) the root of the name in %gy"tian) means 1to come&1 !u-em-he"t) as the Su) the Son of 0tum) or of Ptah) #as the 1%'er-Coming 4ne)1 #ho is al#ays "ourtrayed as the marching youngster) in the act and attitude of coming& Horus included both se$es& The Child 2or the soul3 is of either se$) and "otentially) of both& Hence the herma"hrodital Geity6 and Jesus) in *e'elation) is the Joung Man #ho has the female "a"s& !u-em-he"t signifies he #ho comes #ith "eace& This is the character in #hich Jesus is announced by the 0ngels+ 0nd #hen Jesus comes to his disci"les after the resurrection it is as the bringer of "eace& 1.earn of me and ye shall find rest)1 says the Christ& 8hunsu-,efer-He"t is the Good *est) Peace in Person+ The %gy"tian Jesus) !u-em-He"t) #as the second 0tum6 Paul s Jesus is the second 0dam& !n one rendition of John s Gos"el) instead of the 1only-begotten Son of God)1 a 'ariant reading gi'es the 1only-begotten God)1 #hich has been declared an im"ossible rendering& -ut the 1only-begotten God1 #as an es"ecial ty"e in %gy"tian Mythology) and the "hrase re-identifies the di'inity #hose emblem is the beetle& Hor0"ollo says) 1To denote the only-begotten or a father) the %gy"tians delineate a scarab9us+ -y this they symboli7e an only-begotten) because the creature is self-"roduced) being unconcei'ed by a female&1 ,o# the youthful manifestor of the -eetle-God #as this !u-em-he"t) the %gy"tian Jesus& The 'ery "hraseology of John is common to the !nscri"tions) #hich tell of him #ho #as the -eginner of -ecoming from the first) and #ho made all things) but #ho himself #as not made& ! ;uote 'erbatim& 0nd not only #as the -eetle-God continued in the 1only-begotten God16 the beetle-ty"e #as also brought on as a symbol of the Christ& 0mbrose and 0ugustine) amongst the Christian 5athers) identified Jesus #ith) and as) the 1good Scarab9us)1 #hich further identifies the Jesus of John s Gos"el #ith the Jesus of %gy"t) #ho #as the %'er-Coming 4ne) and the -ringer of Peace) #hom ! ha'e else#here sho#n to be the Jesus to #hom the -oo( of %cclesiasticus is inscribed) and ascribed in the 0"ocry"ha& Page 8

!n accordance #ith this continuation of the 8amite symbols) it #as also maintained by some sectaries that Jesus #as a "otter) and not a car"enter6 and the fact is that this only-begotten -eetle-God) #ho is "ourtrayed sitting at the "otter s #heel forming the %gg) or sha"ing the 'ase-symbol of creation) #as the Potter "ersonified) as #ell as the only-begotten God in %gy"t& The character and teachings of the Canonical Christ are com"osed of contradictions #hich cannot be harmonised as those of a human being) #hereas they are al#ays true to the Mythos& He is the Prince of Peace) and yet he asserts that he came not to bring "eace< 1! came not to send "eace) but a s#ord)1 and not only is !u-em-he"t the -ringer of Peace by name in one character6 he is the S#ord "ersonified in the other& !n this he says) 1! am the li'ing image of 0tum) "roceeding from him as a s#ord&1 -oth characters belong to the mythical Messiah in the *itual) #ho also calls himself the 1Great Gisturber)1 and the 1Great Tran;uili7er1--the 1God Contention)1 and the 1God Peace&1 The Christ of the Canonical Gos"els has se'eral "rototy"es) and sometimes the co"y is deri'ed or the trait is caught from one original) and sometimes from the other& The Christ of .u(e s Gos"el has a character entirely distinct from that of John s Gos"el& Here he is the Great %$orciser) and caster-out of demons& John s Gos"el contains no case of "ossession or obsession< no certain man #ho 1had de'ils this long time16 no child "ossessed #ith a de'il6 no blind and dumb man "ossessed #ith a de'il& 4ther miracles are "erformed by the Christ of John) but not these6 because John s is a different ty"e of the Christ& 0nd the original of the Great Healer in .u(e s Gos"el may be found in the God 8hunsu) #ho #as the Gi'ine Healer) the su"reme one amongst all the other healers and sa'iours) es"ecially as the caster-out of demons) and the e$"eller of "ossessing s"irits& He is called in the te$ts the 1Great God) the dri'er a#ay of "ossession&1 !n the Stele of the 1Possessed Princess)1 this God in his effigy is sent for by the chief of -a(hten) that he may come and cast out a "ossessing s"irit from the (ing s daughter) #ho has an e'il mo'ement in her limbs& The demon recognises the di'inity /ust as the de'il recognises Jesus) the e$"eller of e'il s"irits& 0lso the God 8hunsu is .ord o'er the "ig--a ty"e of Sut& He is "ourtrayed in the dis( of the full moon of %aster) in the act of offering the "ig as a sacrifice& Moreo'er) in the /udgment scenes) #hen the #ic(ed s"irits are condemned and sent bac( into the abyss) their mode of return to the la(e of "rimordial matter is by entering the bodies of s#ine& Says Horus to the Gods) s"ea(ing of the condemned one< 1?hen ! sent him to his "lace he #ent) and he has been transformed into a blac( "ig&1 So #hen the %$orcist in .u(e s Gos"el casts out .egion) the de'ils as( "ermission of the .ord of the "ig to be allo#ed to enter the s#ine) and he gi'es them lea'e& This) and much more that might be adduced) tends to differentiate the Christ of .u(e) and to identify him #ith 8hunsu) rather than #ith !u-em-he"t) the %gy"tian Jesus) #ho is re"roduced in the Gos"el according to John& !n this #ay it can be "ro'ed that the history of Christ in the Gos"els is one long and com"lete catalogue of li(enesses to the Mythical Messiah) the Solar or .uniSolar God& The 1.itany of *a)1 for e$am"le) is addressed to the Sun-God in a 'ariety of characters) many of #hich are assigned to the Christ of the Gos"els& *a is the Su"reme Po#er) the -eetle that rests in the %m"yrean) #ho is born as his o#n son& This) as already said) is the God in John s Gos"el) #ho says<--1! and the 5ather are one)1 and #ho is the father born as his o#n son6 for he says) in (no#ing and seeing the son) 1from henceforth ye (no# him and ha'e seen him16 i.e., the 5ather&
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*a is designated the 1Soul that s"ea(s&1 Christ is the ?ord& *a is the destroyer of 'enom& Jesus says<--1!n my name they shall ta(e u" ser"ents) and if they drin( any deadly thing it shall not hurt them&1 !n one character *a is the outcast& So Jesus had not #here to lay his head& *a is the 1timid one #ho sheds tears in the form of the 0fflicted&1 He is called *emi) the ?ee"er& This #ee"ing God "asses through 1*em-*em)1 the "lace of #ee"ing) and there con;uers on behalf of his follo#ers& !n the *itual the God says<--1! ha'e desolated the "lace of *em-*em&1 This character is sustained by Jesus in the mourning o'er Jerusalem that #as to be desolated& The #ords of John) 1Jesus #e"t)1 are li(e a car'en statue of the 10fflicted 4ne)1 as *emi) the ?ee"er& *a is also the God #ho 1ma(es the mummy come forth&1 Jesus ma(es the mummy come forth in the sha"e of .a7arus6 and in the *oman Catacombs the risen .a7arus is not only re"resented as a mummy) but is an %gy"tian mummy #hich has been e'iscerated and s#athed for the eternal abode& *a says to the mummy< 1Come forth+1 and Jesus cries< 1.a7arus) come forth+1 *a manifests as 1the burning one) he #ho sends destruction)1 or 1sends his fire into the "lace of destruction&1 1He sends fire u"on the rebels)1 his form is that of the 1God of the furnace&1 Christ also comes in the "erson of this 1burning one16 the sender of destruction by fire& He is "roclaimed by Matthe# to be the -a"tiser #ith fire& He says) 1! am come to send fire on the earth&1 He is "ourtrayed as 1God of the furnace)1 #hich shall 1burn u" the chaff #ith un;uenchable fire&1 He is to cast the rebellious into a 1furnace of fire)1 and send the condemned ones into e'erlasting fire& 0ll this #as natural #hen a""lied to the Solar-God) and it is su""osed to become su"ernatural #hen misa""lied to a su""osed human being to #hom it ne'er could a""ly& The Solar fire #as the "rimary 0frican fount of theological hell-fire and hell& The 1.itany1 of *a collects the manifold characters that ma(e u" the total God 2termed Teb-temt3) and the Gos"els ha'e gathered u" the mythical remains6 thus the result is in each case identical) or entirely similar& 5rom beginning to end the Canonical Gos"els contain the Grama of the Mysteries of the .uniSolar God) narrated as a human history& The scene on the Mount of Transfiguration is ob'iously deri'ed from the ascent of 4siris into the Mount of Transfiguration in the Moon& The si$th day #as celebrated as that of the change and transformation of the Solar God in the lunar orb) #hich he re-entered on that day as the regenerator of its light& ?ith this #e may com"are the statement made by Matthe#) that 1after si$ days Jesus #ent u" into a high mountain a"art) and he #as transfigured) and his face did shine as the sun 2of course+3) and his garments became #hite as the light&1 !n %gy"t the year began soon after the Summer Solstice) #hen the sun descended from its midsummer height) lost its force) and lessened in its si7e& This re"resented 4siris) #ho #as born of the Firgin Mother as the child Horus) the diminished infantile sun of 0utumn6 the suffering) #ounded) bleeding Messiah) as he #as re"resented& He descended into hell) or hades) #here he #as transformed into the 'irile Horus) and rose again as the sun of the resurrection at %aster& !n these t#o characters of Horus on the t#o hori7ons) 4siris furnished the dual ty"e for the Canonical Christ) #hich sho#s 'ery satisfactorily H4? the mythical "rescribes the boundaries beyond #hich the historical does not) dare not) go& The first #as the child Horus) #ho al#ays remained a child& !n %gy"t the boy or girl #ore the Horus-loc( of childhood until 1: years of age& Thus childhood ended about the t#elfth year& -ut although adultshi" #as then entered u"on by the youth) and the transformation of the boy into manhood began) the full adultshi" #as not attained until H0 years of age& The man of H0 years #as the ty"ical adult& The age of adultshi" #as H0 years) as it #as in *ome under Lex Pappia. The o!!e fait is the man #hose years are triaded by tens) and #ho is " e!t. 0s #ith the man) so it is #ith the God6 and the second Horus) the same God in his Page 10

second character) is the " e!t or " e!#Horus, the ty"ical adult of H0 years& The God u" to t#el'e years #as Horus) the child of !sis) the mother s child) the #ea(ling& The 'irile Horus 2the sun in its 'ernal strength3) the adult of H0 years) #as re"resentati'e of the 5atherhood) and this Horus is the anointed son of 4siris& These t#o characters of Horus the child) and Horus the adult of H0 years) are re"roduced in the only t#o "hases of the life of Jesus in the Gos"els& John furnishes no historic data for the time #hen the $ord #as incarnated and became flesh6 nor for the childhood of Jesus6 nor for the transformation into the Messiah& -ut .u(e tells us that t e % ild of twel&e years #as the #onderful youth) and that he increased in #isdom and stature& This is the length of years assigned to Horus the child6 and this "hase of the child-Christ s life is follo#ed by the ba"tism and anointing) the descent of the "ubescent s"irit #ith the consecration of the Messiah in Jordan) #hen Jesus "began to be about '( years of age." The earliest anointing #as the consecration of "uberty6 and here at the full age of the ty"ical adult) the Christ) #ho #as "re'iously a child) the child of the Firgin Mother) is suddenly made into the Messiah) as the .ord s anointed& 0nd /ust as the second Horus #as regenerated) and this time begotten of the father) so in the transformation scene of the ba"tism in Jordan) the father authenticates the change into full adultshi") #ith the 'oice from hea'en saying<--1This is my belo'ed son) in #hom ! am #ell "leased61 the s"irit of "ubescence) or the )ua% , being re"resented by the descending do'e) called the s"irit of God& Thus from the time #hen the child-Christ #as about t#el'e years of age) until that of the ty"ical o!!e fait of %gy"t) #hich #as the age assigned to Horus #hen he became the adult God) there is no history& This is in e$act accordance #ith the 8amite allegory of the double-Horus& 0nd the Mythos alone #ill account for the chasm #hich is #ide and dee" enough to engulf a su""osed history of 1@ years& Childhood cannot be carried beyond the 1:th year) and the child-Horus al#ays remained a child6 /ust as the child-Christ does in !taly) and in German fol(-tales& The mythical record founded on nature #ent no further) and there the history conse;uently halts #ithin the "rescribed limits) to rebegin #ith the anointed and regenerated Christ at the age of 8hem-Horus) the adult of H0 years& 0nd these t#o characters of Horus necessitated a double form of the mother) #ho di'ides into the t#o di'ine sisters) !sis and ,e"hthys& Jesus also #as bi-mater) or dual-mothered6 and the t#o sisters rea""ear in the Gos"els as the t#o Marys) both of #hom are the mothers of Jesus& This again) #hich is im"ossible as human history) is "erfect according to the Mythos that e$"lains it& 0s the child-Horus) 4siris comes do#n to earth6 he enters matter) and becomes mortal& He is born li(e the .ogos) or 1as a ?ord&1 His father is Seb) the earth) #hose consort is ,u) the hea'en) one of #hose names is M%*!) the .ady of Hea'en6 and these t#o are the "rototy"es of Jose"h and Mary& He is said to cross the earth a substitute) and to suffer 'icariously as the Sa'iour) *edeemer) and Justifier of men& !n these t#o characters there #as constant conflict bet#een 4siris and Ty"hon) the %'il Po#er) or Horus and Sut) the %gy"tian Satan& 0t the 0utumn %;uino$) the de'il of dar(ness began to dominate6 this #as the %gy"tian Judas) #ho betrayed 4siris to his death at the last su""er& 4n the day of the Great -attle at the Fernal %;uino$) 4siris con;uered as the ascending God) the .ord of the gro#ing light& -oth these struggles are "ourtrayed in the Gos"els& !n the one Jesus is betrayed to his death by Judas6 in the other he rises su"erior to Satan& The latter conflict follo#ed immediately after the ba"tism& !n this #ay<--?hen the sun #as half-#ay round) from the .ion sign) it crossed the *i'er of the ?aterman) the %gy"tian !arutana) Hebre# Jordan) Gree( %ridanus& !n this #ater the ba"tism occurred) and the transformation of the child-Horus into the 'irile adult) the con;ueror of the e'il "o#er) too( "lace& Horus becomes ha#(headed) /ust #here the do'e ascended and abode on Jesus& -oth birds re"resented the 'irile soul that constituted the anointed one at "uberty& -y this added "o#er Horus 'an;uished Sut) and Jesus o'ercame Satan& -oth the ba"tism and the contest are referred to in the *itual& 1! am #ashed #ith the same #ater in #hich the Good 4"ener 2In-,efer3 #ashes #hen he dis"utes #ith Satan) that /ustification Page 11

should be made to In-,efer) the ?ord made Truth)1 or the ?ord that is .a#& The scene bet#een the Christ and the ?oman at the ?ell may li(e#ise be found in the *itual& Here the #oman is the lady #ith the long hair) that is ,u) the consort of Seb--and the fi'e husbands can be "aralleled by her fi'e star-gods born of Seb& 4siris drin(s out of the #ell 1to ta(e a#ay his thirst&1 He also says< 1! am creating the #ater& ! ma(e #ay in the 'alley) in the Pool of the Great 4ne& Ma(e-road 2or road-ma(er3 e$"resses #hat ! am&1 1! am the Path by #hich they tra'erse out of the se"ulchre of 4siris&1 So the Messiah re'eals himself as the source of li'ing #ater) 1that s"ringeth u" unto %'erlasting .ife&1 .ater on he says) 1! am the #ay) the truth) the life&1 1! am creating the #ater) discriminating the seat)1 says Horus& Jesus says) 1The hour cometh #hen ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem #orshi" the 5ather&1 Jesus claims that this #ell of life #as gi'en to him by the 5ather& !n the *itual it says) 1He is thine) 4 4siris+ 0 #ell) or flo#) comes out of thy mouth to him+1 0lso) the "aternal source is ac(no#ledged in another te$t& 1! am the 5ather) inundating #hen there is thirst) guarding the #ater& -ehold me at it&1 Moreo'er) in another cha"ter the #ell of li'ing #ater becomes the Pool of Peace& The s"ea(er says) 1The #ell has come through me& ! #ash in the Pool of Peace&1 !n Hebre#) the Pool of Peace is the Pool of Salem) or Siloam& 0nd here) not only is the "ool described at #hich the 4sirified are made "ure and healed6 not only does the 0ngel or God descend to the #aters-the 1certain times1 are actually dated& 1The Gods of the "ure #aters are there on the fourth hour of the night) and the eighth hour of the day) saying) Pass a#ay hence) to him #ho has been cured&1 0n e"itome of a considerable "ortion of John s Gos"el may be found in another cha"ter of the *itual--1Je Gods come to be my ser'ants) ! am the son of your .ord& Je are mine through my 5ather) #ho ga'e you to me& ! ha'e been among the ser'ants of Hathor or Meri& ! ha'e been #ashed by thee) 4 attendant+1 Com"are the #ashing of Jesus feet by Marry& The 4siris e$claims) 1! ha'e #elcomed the chief s"irits in the ser'ice of the .ord of things+ ! am the .ord of the fields #hen they are #hite)1 i.e., for the rea"ers and the har'est& So the Christ no# says to the disci"les) 1-ehold) ! say unto you) .ift u" your eyes and loo( on the fields) that are #hite already unto the har'est&1 1Then said he unto his disci"les) The har'est truly is "lenteous) but the labourers are fe#& Pray ye) therefore) the .ord of the har'est that he send forth labourers into his har'est& 0nd he called unto him his t#el'e disci"les&1 ,o#) if #e turn to the %gy"tian 1-oo( of Hades)1 the har'est) the .ord of the har'est) and the rea"ers of the har'est are all "ortrayed< the t#el'e are also there& !n one scene they are "receded by a God leaning on a staff) #ho is designated the Master of Joy--a surname of the Messiah Horus #hen assimilated to the Soli-.unar 8hunsu6 the t#el'e are 1they #ho labour at the har'est in the "lains of ,eter-8ar&1 0 bearer of a sic(le sho#s the inscri"tion< 1These are the *ea"ers&1 The t#el'e are di'ided into t#o grou"s of fi'e and se'en--the original se'en of the 0ahenru6 these se'en are the rea"ers& The other fi'e are bending to#ards an enormous ear of corn) the image of the har'est) ri"e and ready for the sic(les of the se'en& The total t#el'e are called the 1Ha""y 4nes)1 the bearers of food& 0nother title of the t#el'e is that of the 1Just 4nes&1 The God says to the rea"ers) 1Ta(e your sic(les+ *ea" your grain+ Honour to you) rea"ers&1 4fferings are made to them on earth) as bearers of sic(les in the fields of Hades& 4n the other hand) the tares or the #ic(ed are to be cast out and destroyed for e'er& Page 12

These t#el'e are the a"ostles in their %gy"tian "hase& !n the cha"ters on 1Celestial Giet1 in the *itual) 4siris eats under the sycamore tree of Hathor& He says) 1.et him come from the earth& Thou hast brought these se'en loa'es for me to li'e by) bringing the bread that Horus 2the Christ3 ma(es& Thou hast "laced) thou hast eaten rations& .et him call to the Gods for them) or the Gods come #ith them to him&1 This is re"roduced as miracle in the Gos"els) "erformed #hen the multitude #ere fed u"on se'en loa'es& The se'en loa'es are found here) together #ith the calling u"on the Gods) or #or(ing the miracle of multi"lying the bread& !n the ne$t cha"ter there is a scene of eating and drin(ing& The s"ea(er) #ho im"ersonates the .ord) says<--1! am the .ord of -read in 0nnu& My bread at the hea'en #as that of *a6 my bread on earth #as that of Seb&1 The se'en loa'es re"resent the bread of *a& %lse#here the number "rescribed to be set on one table) as an offering) is fi'e loa'es& these are also carried on the heads of fi'e different "ersons in the scenes of the under-#orld& 5i'e loa'es are the bread of Seb& Thus fi'e loa'es re"resent the bread of earth) and se'en the bread of hea'en& -oth fi'e and se'en are sacred regulation numbers in the %gy"tian *itual& 0nd in the Gos"el of Matthe# the miracles are #rought #ith fi'e loa'es in the one case) and se'en in the other) #hen the multitudes are fed on celestial diet& This #ill e$"lain the t#o different numbers in one and the same Gos"el miracle& !n the Canonical narrati'e there is a lad #ith fi'e barley loa'es and t#o fishes& !n the ne$t cha"ter of the *itual #e "ossibly meet #ith the lad himself) as the miracle-#or(er says<--1! ha'e gi'en breath to the said youth&1 The Gnostics asserted truly that celestial "ersons and celestial scenes had been transferred to earth in our Gos"els6 and it is only #ithin the Pleroma 2the hea'en3 or in the Eodiac that #e can at times identify the originals of both& 0nd it is there #e must loo( for the 1t#o fishes&1 0s the latest form of the Manifestor #as in the hea'en of the t#el'e signs) that "robably determined the number of t#el'e bas(etsful of food remaining #hen the multitude had all been fed& 1They that ate the loa'es #ere fi'e thousand men61 and fi'e thousand #as the e$act number of the Celestials or Gods in the 0ssyrian Paradise) before the re'olt and fall from hea'en& The scene of the miracle of the loa'es and fishes is follo#ed by an attem"t to ta(e Jesus by force) but he #ithdra#s himself6 and this is succeeded by the miracle of his #al(ing on the #aters) and con;uering the #ind and #a'es& So is it in the *itual& Cha"& =A is that of the breath "re'ailing o'er the #ater in Hades& The s"ea(er) ha'ing to cross o'er) says< 14 Ha"i+ let the 4siris "re'ail o'er the #aters) li(e as the 4siris "re'ailed against the ta(ing by stealth) the night of the great struggle&1 The Solar God #as betrayed to his death by the %gy"tian Judas) on the 1night of the ta(ing by stealth)1 #hich #as the night of the last su""er& The God is 1#aylaid by the cons"irators) #ho ha'e #atched 'ery much&1 They are said to smell him out 1by the eating of his bread&1 So the Christ is #aylaid by Judas) #ho 1(ne# the "lace) for Jesus often resorted thither)1 and by the Je#s #ho had long #atched to ta(e him& The smelling of 4siris by the eating of his bread is remar(ably rendered by John at the eating of the last su""er& The *itual has it<--1They smell 4siris by the eating of his bread) trans"orting the e'il of 4siris&1 10nd #hen he had di""ed the so" he ga'e it to Judas !scariot) and after the so" Satan entered into him&1 Page 13

Then said Jesus to him into #hom the e'il or de'il had been trans"orted) 1That thou doest) do ;uic(ly&1 4siris #as the same) beseeching burial& Here it is demonstrable that the non-historical Herod is a form of the 0"o"his Ser"ent) called the enemy of the Sun& !n Syriac) Herod is a red dragon& Herod) in Hebre#) signifies a terror& Heru 2%g&3 is to terrify) and Herrut 2%g&3 is the Sna(e) the ty"ical re"tile& The blood of the di'ine 'ictim that is "oured forth by the 0"o"his Ser"ent at the si$th hour) on 1the night of smiting the "rofane)1 is literally shed by Herod) as the Herrut or Ty"honian Ser"ent& The s"ea(er) in the *itual as(s< 1?ho art thou then) .ord of the Silent -odyK ! ha'e come to see him #ho is in the ser"ent) eye to eye) and face to face&1 1.ord of the Silent -ody1 is a title of the 4siris& 1?ho art thou then) .ord of the Silent -odyK1 is as(ed and left unans#ered& This character is also assigned to the Christ& The High Priest said unto him) 10ns#erest thou nothingK1 1-ut Jesus held his "eace&1 Herod ;uestioned him in many #ords) but he ans#ered him nothing& He acts the "rescribed character of 1.ord of the Silent -ody&1 The transaction in the si$th hour of the night of the Crucifi$ion is e$"ressly ine$"licable& !n the Gos"el #e read<--1,o# from the si$th hour there #as dar(ness o'er all the land unto the ninth hour&1 The si$th hour being midnight) that sho#s the solar nature of the mystery) #hich has been transferred to the si$th hour of the day in the Gos"el& !t is in the se'enth hour the mortal struggle ta(es "lace bet#een the 4siris and the deadly 0"o"his) or the great ser"ent) Haber) >=0 cubits long) that fills the #hole hea'en #ith its 'ast en'elo"ing folds& The name of this se'enth hour is 1that #hich #ounds the ser"ent Haber&1 !n this conflict #ith the e'il "o#er thus "ortrayed the Sun-God is designated the 1Con;ueror of the Gra'e)1 and is said to ma(e his ad'ance through the influence of !sis) #ho aids him in re"elling the ser"ent or de'il of dar(ness& !n the Gos"el) Christ is li(e#ise set forth in the su"reme struggle as 1Con;ueror of the Gra'e)1 for 1the gra'es #ere o"ened) and many bodies of the saints #hich sle"t arose61 and Mary re"resents !sis) the mother) at the cross& !t is said of the great ser"ent) 1There are those on earth #ho do not drin( of the #aters of this ser"ent) Haber)1 #hich may be "aralleled #ith the refusal of the Christ to drin( of the 'inegar mingled #ith gall& ?hen the God has o'ercome the 0"o"his Ser"ent) his old nightly) annual) and eternal enemy) he e$claims) 1! come+ ! ha'e made my #ay+ ! ha'e come li(e the sun) through the gate of the one #ho li(es to decei'e and destroy) other#ise called the 'i"er& ! ha'e made my #ay+ ! ha'e bruised the ser"ent) ! ha'e "assed&1 -ut the more e$"ress re"resentation in the mysteries #as that of the annual sun as the %lder Horus) or 0tum& 0s Julius 5irmicus says< 1!n the solemn celebration of the mysteries) all things in order had to be done #hich the youth either did or suffered in his death&1 Giodorus Siculus rightly identified the 1#hole fable of the under#orld)1 that #as dramatised in Greece) as ha'ing been co"ied 1from the ceremonies of the %gy"tian funerals)1 and so brought on from %gy"t into Greece and *ome& 4ne "art of this mystery #as the "ortrayal of the suffering Sun-God in a feminine "hase& ?hen the suffering sun #as ailing and ill) he became female) such being a "rimiti'e mode of e$"ression& .u(e describes the .ord in the Garden of Gethsemane as being in a great agony) 1and his s#eat #as) as it #ere) great dro"s of blood falling to the ground&1 This e$"erience the Gnostics identified Page 14

#ith the suffering of their o#n hemorrhoidal So"hia) #hose "assion is the original of that #hich is celebrated during Passion #ee() the 1#ee( of #ee"ing in 0btu)1 and #hich constitutes the fundamental mystery of the *osy Cross) and the *ose of Silence& !n this agony and bloody s#eat the Christ sim"ly fulfils the character of 4siris Tesh-Tesh) the red sun) the Sun-God that suffers his agony and bloody s#eat in Smen) #hence Gethsmen) or Gethsemane& Tesh means the bleeding) red) gory) se"arate) cut) and #ounded6 tesh-tesh is the inert form of the God #hose suffering) li(e that of 0donis) #as re"resented as feminine) #hich alone reaches a natural origin for the ty"e& He #as also called 0ns-*a) or the sun bound u" in linen& So natural #ere the "rimiti'e mysteries+ My attention has /ust been called to a "assage in .yco"hron) #ho li'ed under Ptolemy Philadel"hus bet#een H10 and :>B -&C& !n this Heracles is referred to as 1That three-nighted lion) #hom of old Triton s fierce dog #ith furious /a# de'oured) ?ithin #hose bo#els) tearing of his li'er) He rolled) burning #ith heat) though #ithout fire) His head #ith dro"s of s#eat bede#ed all o er&1 This describes the God suffering his agony and s#eat) #hich is called the 1bloody flu$1 of 4siris& Here the nights are three in number& So the Son of Man #as to be three nights as #ell as three days in the 1heart of the earth&1 !n the Gos"els this "ro"hecy is not fulfilled6 but if #e include the night of the bloody s#eat) #e ha'e the necessary three nights) and the Mythos becomes "erfect& !n this "hase the suffering Sun #as the *ed Sun) #hence the ty"ical *ed .ion& 0s 0tum) the red sun is described as setting from the .and of .ife in all the colours of crimson) or Pant) the red "ool& This clothing of colours is re"resented as a 1gorgeous robe1 by .u(e6 a "ur"le robe by Mar(6 and a robe of scarlet by Matthe#& 0s he goes do#n at the 0utumn %;uino$) he is the crucified& His mother) ,u) or Meri) the hea'en) seeing her son) the .ord of Terror) greatest of the terrible) setting from the .and of .ife) #ith his hands droo"ing) she becomes obscure) and there is great dar(ness o'er all the land) as at the crucifi$ion described by Matthe#) in #hich the "assing of the .ord of Terror is rendered by the terrible or 1loud cry1 of the Syno"tic 'ersion& The Sun-God causes the dead) or those in the earth) to li'e as he "asses do#n into the under-#orld) because) as he entered the earth) the tombs #ere o"ened) i.e., figurati'ely& -ut it is re"roduced literally by Matthe#& The death of 4siris) in the *itual) is follo#ed by the 1,ight of the Mystery of the Great Sha"es)1 and it is e$"lained that the night of the Great Sha"es is #hen there has been made the embalming of the body of 4siris) 1the Good -eing) /ustified for e'er&1 !n the cha"ter on 1the night of the laying-out1 of the dead body of 4siris) it is said that 1!sis rises on the night of the laying-out of the dead body) to lament o'er her brother 4siris&1 0nd again< 1The night of the laying-out1 2of the dead 4siris3 is mentioned) and again it is described as that on #hich !sis had risen 1to ma(e a #ail for her brother&1 Page 15

-ut this is also the night on #hich he con;uers his enemies) and 1recei'es the birth"lace of the Gods&1 1He tram"les on the bandages they ma(e for their burial& He raises his soul) and conceals his body&1 So the Christ is found to ha'e un#ound the linen bandages of burial) and they sa# the linen in one "lace) and the na"(in in another& He too conceals his body+ This is closely re"roduced) or "aralleled) in John s Gos"el) #here it is Mary Magdalene #ho rises in the night and comes to the se"ulchre) 1#hile it #as yet dar()1 to find the Christ arisen) as the con;ueror of death and the gra'e& !n John s 'ersion) after the body is embalmed in a hundred "ounds #eight of s"ice) consisting of myrrh and aloes) #e ha'e the 1night of the mystery of the sha"es1< 15or #hile it #as yet dar() Mary Magdalene coming to the se"ulchre) and "eering in) sees the t#o angels in #hite sitting) the one at the head and the other at the feet) #here the body had lately lain&1 0nd in the cha"ter of 1Ho# a li'ing being is not destroyed in hell) or the hour of life ends not in Hades)1 there are t#o youthful Gods--1t#o youths of light) #ho "re'ail as those #ho see the light)1 and the 'ignette sho#s the deceased #al(ing off& He has risen+ Matthe# has only one angel or s"lendid "resence) #hose a""earance #as as lightning) #hich agrees #ith She"i) the S"lendid 4ne) #ho 1lights the sarco"hagus)1 as a re"resentati'e of the di'inity) *a& The risen Christ) #ho is first seen and recognised by Mary) says to her) 1Touch me not) for ! am not yet ascended to my 5ather&1 The same scene is described by the Gnostics< #hen So"hia rushes for#ard to embrace the Christ) #ho restrains her by e$claiming that he must not be touched& !n the last cha"ter of the 1Preser'ation of the -ody in Hades)1 there is much mystical matter that loo(s "lainer #hen #ritten out in John s Gos"el& !t is said of the regerminated or risen God--"*ay t e +sirian spea, to t ee-" The 4sirian does not (no#& He 24siris3 (no#s him& "Let i! not grasp i!." The 4sirified 1comes out sound) !mmortal is his name&1 1He has "assed along the u""er roads1 2that is) as a risen s"irit3& "He it is w o grasps wit is and," and gi'es the "al"able "roof of continued "ersonality) as does the Christ) #ho says) 1See my hands and my feet) that it is ! myself&1 The Sun-God re-arises on the hori7on) #here he issues forth) 1saying to those #ho belong to his race) Gi'e me your arm&1 Says the 4sirified deceased) 1! am made as ye are&1 1.et him e$"lain it+1 0t his rea""earance the Christ demonstrates that he is made as they are6 1See my hands and feet) that it is ! myself6 handle me and see& 0nd #hen he had said this he sho#ed them his hands and feet& Then he said to Thomas) *each hither thy finger) and see my hands) and reach hither thy hand and "ut it into my side&1 These descri"tions corres"ond to that of the cut) #ounded) and bleeding Sun-God) #ho says to his com"anions) 1Gi'e me your arm6 ! am made as ye are&1 !n the Gos"el of the Hebre#s he is made to e$claim) 15or ! am not a bodiless ghost&1 -ut in the original) #hen the risen one says to his com"anions) 1Gi'e me your arm) ! am made as ye are)1 he s"ea(s as a s"irit to s"irits& ?hereas in the Gos"els) the Christ has to demonstrate that he is not a s"irit) because the scene has been transferred into the earth-life& The Gnostics truly declared that all the su"ernatural transactions asserted in the Christian Gos"el 1#ere counter"arts 2or re"resentations3 of #hat too( "lace abo'e&1 That is) they affirmed the history to be Page 16

mythical6 the celestial allegory made mundane6 and they #ere in the right) as the %gy"tian Gos"el "ro'es& There are Healers) and Jehoshua -en-Pandira may ha'e been one& -ut) because that is "ossible) #e must not allo# it to 'ouch for the im"ossible+ Thus) in the Gos"els) the mythical is) and has to be) continually re"roduced as miracle& That #hich naturally "ertains to the character of the Sun-God becomes su"ernatural in a""earance #hen brought do#n to earth& The Solar God descended into the nether #orld as the restorer of the bound to liberty) the dead to life& !n this region the miracles #ere #rought) and the transformations too( "lace& The e'il s"irits and destroying "o#ers #ere e$orcised from the mummies6 the halt and the maimed #ere enabled to get u" and go6 the dead #ere raised) a mouth #as gi'en to the dumb) and the blind #ere made to see& This 1reconstitution of the deceased1 is transferred to the earth-life) #hereu"on 1the blind recei'e their sight) and the lame #al() the le"ers are cleansed) the deaf hear) and the dead are raised u"1 at the coming of the Christ) #ho "erformed the miracles& The drama) #hich the !diotai mistoo( for human history) #as "erformed by the Sun-God in another #orld& ! could (ee" on all day) and all night) or gi'e a do7en lectures) #ithout e$hausting my e'idence that the Canonical Gos"els are only a later literalised rLchauffL of the %gy"tian #ritings6 the re"resentations in the Mysteries) and the oral teachings of the Gnostics #hich "assed out of %gy"t into Greece and *ome-for there is "lenty more "roof #here this comes from& ! can but offer a s"ecimen bric( of that #hich is else#here a building set four-s;uare) and sound against e'ery blast that blo#s& The Christian dis"ensation is belie'ed to ha'e been ushered in by the birth of a child) and the "ortrait of that child in the *oman Catacombs as the child of Mary is the youthful Sun-God in the Mummy !mage of the child-(ing) the %gy"tian 8arast) or Christ& The alleged facts of our .ord s life as Jesus the Christ) #ere e;ually the alleged facts of our .ord s life as the Horus of %gy"t) #hose 'ery name signifies the .ord& The Christian legends #ere first related of Horus the Messiah) the Solar Hero) the greatest hero that e'er li'ed in the mind of man--not in the flesh--the only hero to #hom the miracles #ere natural) because he #as not human& 5rom beginning to end the history is not human but di'ine) and the di'ine is the mythical& 5rom the descent of the Holy Ghost to o'ershado# Mary) to the ascension of the risen Christ at the end of forty days) according to the drama of the "re-Christian Mysteries) the sub/ect-matter) the characters) occurrences) e'ents) acts) and sayings bear the im"ress of the mythical mould instead of the stam" of human history& *ight through) the ideas #hich sha"e the history #ere "re-e$tant) and are identifiably "reChristian6 and so #e see the strange sight to-day in %uro"e of 100)000)000 of Pagans mas;uerading as Christians& ?hether you belie'e it or not does not matter) the fatal fact remains that e'ery trait and feature #hich go to ma(e u" the Christ as Gi'inity) and e'ery e'ent or circumstance ta(en to establish the human "ersonality #ere "re-e$tant) and "re-a""lied to the %gy"tian and Gnostic Christ) #ho ne'er could become flesh& The Jesus Christ #ith female "a"s) #ho is the 0l"ha and 4mega of *e'elation) #as the !I of %gy"t) and the !ao of the Chaldeans& Jesus as the .amb of God) and !chthys the 5ish) #as %gy"tian& Jesus as the Coming 4ne6 Jesus born of the Firgin Mother) #ho #as o'ershado#ed by the Holy Ghost6 Jesus born of t#o mothers) both of #hose names are Mary6 Jesus born in the manger--at Christmas) and Page 17

again at %aster6 Jesus saluted by the three (ings) or Magi6 Jesus of the transfiguration on the Mount6 Jesus #hose symbol in the Catacombs is the eight-rayed Star--the Star of the %ast6 Jesus as the eternal Child6 Jesus as God the 5ather) re-born as his o#n Son6 Jesus as the Child of t#el'e years6 Jesus as the 0nointed 4ne of thirty years6 Jesus in his -a"tism6 Jesus #al(ing on the ?aters) or #or(ing his Miracles6 Jesus as the Caster-out of demons6 Jesus as a Substitute) #ho suffered in a 'icarious atonement for sinful men6 Jesus #hose follo#ers are the t#o brethren) the four fishers) the se'en fishers) the t#el'e a"ostles) the se'enty 2or se'enty-t#o in some te$ts3 #hose names #ere #ritten in Hea'en6 Jesus #ho #as administered to by se'en #omen6 Jesus in his bloody s#eat6 Jesus betrayed by Judas6 Jesus as con;ueror of the gra'e6 Jesus the *esurrection and the .ife6 Jesus before Herod6 in the Hades) and in his re-a""earance to the #omen) and to the se'en fishers6 Jesus #ho #as crucified both on the 1>th and 1=th of the month ,isan6 Jesus #ho #as also crucified in %gy"t 2as it is #ritten in *e'elation36 Jesus as /udge of the dead) #ith the shee" on the right hand) and the goats on the left) is %gy"tian from first to last) in e'ery "hase) from the beginning to the end-M08% ?H0TS4%F%* J4I C0, 45 J%H4SHI0 -%,-P0,G!*0& !n some of the ancient %gy"tian Tem"les the Christian iconoclasts) #hen tired of hac(ing and he#ing at the symbolic figures incised in the chambers of imagery) and defacing the most "rominent features of the monuments) found they could not dig out the hierogly"hics and too( to co'ering them o'er #ith "laster or tem"era6 and this "laster) intended to hide the meaning and sto" the mouth of the stone ?ord) has ser'ed to "reser'e the ancient #ritings) as fresh in hue and shar" in outline as #hen they #ere first cut and coloured& !n a similar manner the Tem"le of the ancient religion #as in'aded) and "ossession gradually gained by conni'ance of *oman "o#er6 and that enduring fortress) not built) but ;uarried out of the solid roc() #as stuccoed all o'er the front) and made #hite a#hile #ith its loo( of brand-ne#ness) and re-o"ened under the sign of another name--that of the carnalised Christ& 0nd all the time each noo( and corner #ere dar(ly ali'e #ith the "resence and the "roofs of the earlier gods) and the "re-Christian origins) e'en though the hierogly"hics remained unread until the time of Cham"ollion+ -ut stucco is not for lasting #ear) it crac(s and crumbles6 sloughs off and slin(s a#ay into its natal insignificance6 the roc( is the sole true foundation6 the roc( is the only record in #hich #e can reach reality at last+ ?il(inson) the %gy"tologist) has actually said of 4siris on earth<--1Some may be dis"osed to thin( that the %gy"tians) being a#are of the "romises of the real sa&iour, had antici"ated that e'ent) regarding it as though it had already ha""ened) and introduced that mystery into their religious system+1 This is #hat obstetrists term a false presentation. a birth feet-foremost& ?e are also told by #riters on the Catacombs) and the Christian !conogra"hy) that this figure is 4siris) as a ty"e of Christ& This is Pan) 0"ollo) 0risteus) as a ty"e of Christ& This is Har"ocrates) as a ty"e of Christ& This is Mercury) but as a ty"e of Christ6 this is the de'il 2for Sut-Mercury #as the de'il3) as a ty"e of Christ6 until long hearing of the facts re'ersed) "er'erted and falsified) ma(es one feel as if under a nightmare #hich has lasted for eighteen centuries) (no#ing the Truth to ha'e been buried ali'e and made dumb all that time6 and belie'ing that it has only to get 'oice and ma(e itself heard to end the lying once for all) and bring do#n the curtain of obli'ion at last u"on the most "itiful drama of delusion e'er #itnessed on the human stage& 0nd here the #orst foes of the truth ha'e e'er been) and still are) the rationalisers of the Mythos) such as the Initarians& They ha'e assumed the human history as the starting "oint) and acce"ted the e$istence Page 18

of a "ersonal founder of Christianity as the one initial and fundamental fact& They ha'e done their best to humanise the di'inity of the Mythos) by discharging the su"ernatural and miraculous element) in order that the narrati'e might be acce"ted as history& Thus they ha'e lost the battle from the beginning) by fighting it on the #rong ground& The Christ is a "o"ular lay-figure that ne'er li'ed) and a lay-figure of Pagan origin6 a lay-figure that #as once the *am) and after#ards the 5ish6 a lay-figure that in human form #as the "ortrait and image of a do7en different gods& The imagery of the Catacombs sho#s that the ty"es there re"resented are not the ideal figures of the human reality+ They are the sole reality for si$ or se'en centuries after 0&G&) because they had been so in the centuries long before& There is no man u"on the cross in the Catacombs of *ome for se'en hundred years+ The symbolism) the allegories) the figures) and ty"es) brought on by the Gnostics) remained there /ust #hat they had been to the *omans) Gree(s) Persians) and %gy"tians& Jet) the dummy ideal of Paganism is su""osed to ha'e become doubly real as the God #ho #as made flesh) to sa'e man(ind from the im"ossible 1fall+1 *emember that the "rimary foundation-stone for a history in the ,e# Testament is de"endent u"on the 5all of Man being a fact in the 4ld6 #hereas it #as only a fable) #hich had its o#n mythical and unhistorical meaning& ?hen #e try o'er again that first ste" once ta(en in the dar() #e find no foothold for us) because there #as no stair& The 5all is absolutely non-historical) and) conse;uently) the first bit of standing-ground for an actual Christ) the redeemer) is missing in the 'ery beginning& 0ny one #ho set u") or #as set u") for an historical Sa'iour from a non-historical 5all) could only be an historical im"ostor& -ut the Christ of the Gos"els is not e'en that+ He is in no sense an historical "ersonage& !t is im"ossible to establish the e$istence of an historical character) e'en as an im"ostor& 5or such an one the t#o #itnesses-0stronomical Mythology and Gnosticism--com"letely "ro'e an alibi for e'er+ 5rom the first su""osed catastro"he to the final one) the figures of the celestial allegory #ere ignorantly mista(en for matters of fact) and thus the orthodo$ Christolator is left at last to climb to hea'en #ith one foot resting on the ground of a redem"tion that must be fallacious& !t is a fraud founded on a fable+ %'ery time the Christian turns to the %ast to bo# his obeisance to the Christ) it is a confession that the cult is Solar) the admission being all the more fatal because it is unconscious& %'ery "icture of the Christ) #ith the halo of glory) and the accom"anying Cross of the %;uino$) "roffers "roof& The Christian doctrine of a resurrection furnishes e'idence) absolutely conclusi'e) of the 0stronomical and 8ronian nature of the origins+ This is to occur) as it al#ays did) at the end of a cycle6 or at the end of the #orld+ Christian *e'elation (no#s nothing of immortality) e$ce"t in the form of "eriodic rene#al) de"endent on the 1Coming 4ne61 and the resurrection of the dead still de"ends on the day of /udgment and the last day) at the end of the #orld+ They ha'e no other #orld& Their only other #orld is at the end of this& ,o# there are no fools li'ing #ho #ould be fools big enough to cross the 0tlantic 4cean in a bar;ue so rotten and unsea#orthy as this in #hich they ho"e to cross the dar( *i'er of Geath) and) on a "ier of cloud) be landed safe in Hea'en& The Christian Theology #as res"onsible for substituting faith instead of (no#ledge6 and the %uro"ean mind is only /ust beginning to reco'er from the mental "aralysis induced by that doctrine #hich came to its natural culmination in the Gar( 0ges&
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The Christian religion is res"onsible for enthroning the cross of death in hea'en) #ith a deity on it) doing "ublic "enance for a "ri'ate failure in the commencement of creation& !t has taught men to belie'e that the 'ilest s"irit may be #ashed #hite) in the atoning blood of the "urest) offered u" as a bribe to an a'enging God& !t has di'ini7ed a figure of hel"less human suffering) and a face of "itiful "ain6 as if there #ere naught but a great heartache at the core of all things6 or the 'ast !nfinite #ere but a 'eiled and sadeyed sorro# that brings 'isibly to birth in the miseries of human life& -ut 1in the old Pagan #orld men deified the beautiful) the glad61 as they #ill again) u"on a loftier "edestal) #hen the fable of this fictitious fall of man) and false redem"tion by the cloud-begotten God) has "assed a#ay li(e a "hantasm of the night) and men a#a(e to learn that they are here to #age ceaseless #ar u"on sordid suffering) remediable #rong) and "re'entable "ain6 here to "ut an end to them) not to a"otheosi7e an effigy of Sorro# to be adored as a ty"e of the %ternal& 5or the most beneficent is the most beautiful6 the ha""iest are the healthiest6 the most God-li(e is most glad& The Christian Cult has fanatically fought for its false theory) and #aged incessant #arfare against ,ature and %'olution--,ature s intention made some#hat 'isible--and against some of the noblest instincts) during eighteen centuries& Seas of human blood ha'e been s"ilt to (ee" the bar;ue of Peter afloat& %arth has been honeycombed #ith the gra'es of the martyrs of 5ree thought& Hea'en has been filled #ith a horror of great dar(ness in the name of God& %ighteen centuries are a long #hile in the life-time of a lie) but a brief s"an in the eternity of Truth& The 5iction is sure to be found out) and the .ie #ill fall at last+ 0t last+ 0t last+++
,o matter though it to#ers to the s(y) 0nd dar(ens earth) you cannot ma(e the lie !mmortal6 though stu"endously enshrined -y art in e'ery "erfect mould of mind< 0ngelo) *afael) Milton) Handel) all !ts "illars) cannot stay it from the fall& The Pyramid of !m"osture reared by *ome) 0ll of cement) for an eternal home) Must crumble bac( to earth) and e'ery gust Shall re'el in the desert of its dust6 0nd #hen the "rison of the !mmortal) Mind) Hath fallen to set free the bound and blind) ,o more shall life be one long dread of death6 Humanity shall breathe #ith am"ler breath) %$"and in s"irit) and in stature rise) To match its birth"lace of the earth and s(ies&
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The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey A RETORT

! am sorry to trouble my readers #ith a matter so "ersonal as the "resent sub/ect& !t has been found out that ! am not infallible& .i(e my fello#-mortals) ! can fall into error& ! ha'e to ac(no#ledge and regret a stu"id blunder) "ercei'ed) alas+ too late 2"& 1= of the Historical Jesus and Mythical Christ6 also "& >19) Fol& !!&) 1,atural Genesis13& !n com"aring #ith %gy"tian certain Syro-Chaldaic and 0ramean #ords #hich ha'e been left untranslated in the Gree( te$t of the ,e# Testament) ! included the #ord "sent," entirely forgetting that it #as %nglish #hen ! com"ared it #ith the %gy"tian "s ent," a 1"ool)1 and "sunnt," a healing bath& The nature of my inad'ertence is "ro'ed in the 'ery ne$t lines by the remar(<--"/ ere is no need to strain a single point for t e purpose of !a,ing ends !eet0" !t #as foolish) but such is the sim"le fact) and ! #ill not see( to minimise my mista(e& 0ny one engaged in attac(ing #hat he considers the su"reme delusion of the %uro"ean mind) and the cro#ning error of all time) ought to be free from the smallest errors himself& ?ould that it #ere "ossible+ 5or the most is sure to be made by the enemy of the least la"se) more es"ecially by those #ho ha'e been consecrated to the ser'ice of falsification& My error dre# the attention of a Mr& Coleman) and induced him to #rite an article in the )eligio# P ilosop i%al 1ournal of Chicago last 4ctober) of #hich no co"y #as sent to me by the #riter or "ublisher& To this my attention has /ust been called6 also to a letter by the same #riter #hich a""eared in the same /ournal) dated 5ebruary =th) headed "+pinions of 2!inent 2gyptologists regarding *r. *assey3s alleged 2gypto#4 ristian parallels." Infortunately) the letter #ill necessitate a re"ly to the "re'ious article& !n this letter the *e'& 0& H& Sayce is re"orted to say of me to Mr& Coleman) "*any t an,s for your &ery t oroug de!olition of *r. *assey3s %rudities. 5t is diffi%ult to understand ow a !an %an a&e t e effrontery to put forward su% a !ass of ignoran%e and false 6uotation. 7ou a&e done a real ser&i%e to t e %ause of trut by exposing i! so fully. 7ou as, !e if 5 %an dete%t any errors in your essay. 2rrors enoug on t e part of *r. *assey, but t ey a&e all been exposed i!partially and !er%ilessly by yourself." Mr& Coleman continues) and ;uotes the follo#ing from "one of t e ablest 2gyptologists in 2ngland," #ho is "now %onne%ted wit t e 8ritis *useu!," of #hom he says) "owing to t e rat er personal % ara%ter of so!e of is re!ar,s, it is t oug t better t at is na!e be not publis ed." The #riter says to Mr& Coleman)--"7ou are rig t in your exposure of *r. *assey. So!e people t in, i! dis onest. and t at e is 6uite %ons%ious of t e ridi%ulous blunders w i% e publis es. 5 do not t in, so after a&ing exa!ined is large boo,. 5t is a wor, w i% 5 s ould a&e t oug t %ould only a&e been written in 8edla!. No lunati% %ould possibly write !ore wild rubbis , wit out t e least %ons%iousness of t e in%redible ignoran%e displayed t roug out. / e !an is A/ +N42 an ignora!us of t e worst ,ind, &i9., not in t e least being aware of is ignoran%e, and e as t e pretension of explaining t ings w i% %annot be understood :ex%ept by trusting ot er persons; wit out a %onsiderable ,nowledge of different languages, w i% e does not possess." !f the #ords here used ha'e any real relationshi" to (no#n facts) it seemed to me that the %gy"tologist #ho has ta(en the "lace of the late Gr& Samuel -irch must be the #riter of the letter ;uoted by Mr& Coleman& ! #rote to Mr& *enouf stating my inference) and as(ing him to fa'our me #ith a denial if he #ere not the #riter& This is Mr& *enouf s re"ly& The underlining is mine<--
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1Sir)-- Jou are mista(en in thin(ing that the e$tract from Mr& Coleman s letter 3points undoubtedly3 to me& There are more "ersons than one at the Museum besides me) to #hom it !ig t be supposed to "oint& -ut #hate'er indiscretion there may ha'e been till now in this matter) ! am not dis"osed to add to it by ans#ering any ;uestions as to my (no#ledge of the authorshi" of the letter to #hich you refer&--! am) Sir) your obedient ser'ant) P& .% P0G% *%,4I5&1 That ans#er ! loo( u"on as eminently unsatisfactory6 and ! thin( my 'ie# #ill be shared by others& 4nly one "erson #rote the letter6 and this e$"lanation brings at least three under sus"icion) #ithout identifying or absol'ing the right one& !f Mr& *enouf be the #riter) instead of clearing himself he has imitated the in(fish and ta(en refuge in the cloud #hich he has cast around his %onfr<res at the Museum& ! cannot thin( the re"ly is %al%ulated to de%ei&e0 !t contains no denial) ho#e'er) and "erha"s the discretion sho#n too late may not "ro'e to be the better "art of 'alour6 but ! lea'e blan( for the time being #here ! ha'e not the absolute right to fill in a name& ?e ha'e heard the language li(e this of Mr& --- before 2"ut in better %nglish3) #hen anything 'ery u"setting has been "resented to the #orld& Su% da!nation is dirt % eap0 0lso) the time has "assed for denun%iation to be !ista,en for disproof. That is the (ind of authority ! had already counted on) and discounted) #hen ! say) "/ ey !ust find it ard to ta,e /rut for aut ority w o a&e so long !ista,en Aut ority for /rut ." -y the by ! may confess to Mr& --- that ! esca"ed from -edlam many years ago6 ! #ould also remind him that the "ro"er name for -edlam is 8et le e!. a most ancient mad-house in #hich the "atients ha'e been confined for eighteen hundred years6 and that our 8edla! also #as once a 1religious house&1 ! am not mad myself6 but ! am "ossessed by the con'iction that a good many other "eo"le are) and that no insanity is ;uite so 'irulent as that #hich dates fro! t e an%ient 8edla!. ! had already #arned my readers that they must e$"ect little hel" from those %gy"tologists and 0ssyriologists #ho are bibliolators first and scholars after#ards& -ibliolatry "uts out the eye of scholarshi" or causes confirmed strabismus& ! admit in the "reface to my "Natural Genesis" that "as a !atter of %ourse t e aut or will a&e blundered in !anifold details." 0t the end of three years ! doubt #hether ! ha'e+ -ut of course in a #or( of so fundamental and "ioneering a nature there #ill be some o'ersights) crudities and e'en gra'er faults that cannot be a'oided in a first edition& ?hy) H0)000 errors ha'e had to be corrected in the latest edition of the 1?ord of God&1 0nd it does seem at times to be a "ro'idential "art of the scheme of things that w ere t e trut s entirely fail to %o!!and attention first, t e errors are sure to se%ure so!e sort of ad&ertise!ent for t e wor,. !n this #ay) e'en a Coleman can be turned to account& Madness may be a matter of o"inion6 but #hoe'er charges me #ith intended "false 6uotation" lies+ ! s"ared no time to get at my facts) and neglected no a'ailable sources of (no#ledge) #hether directly o"en to myself or deri'able through the minds of those #ho are great linguists& 0s ! also say in my "reface ! too( the "recaution of consulting Gr& Samuel -irch for many years after he had offered) in his o#n #ords) to ",eep !e straig t" as to my facts) obtainable from %gy"tian records& He ans#ered my ;uestions) ga'e me his ad'ice) discussed 'ariant renderings) read #hate'er "roofs ! sent him) and corrected me #here he sa# ! #as #rong& ! ne'er could understand the interest he too( in me and my #or(& He could ha'e had no sym"athy #ith my real aim and ends 2#hich are not #holly "roclaimed e'en Page 22

on my title-"age3) yet he #as al#ays ready to enrich my "oor means #ith the treasures of his (no#ledge) so "recious for my "ur"ose6 #hether by letter or in "erson) #hene'er ! sought him out amongst the Mummies and "5n a %orner found t e toys, +f t e old 2gyptian boys," or got my 'erification direct from the monuments) including the hierogly"hic te$ts and "ictures in his o#n co"y of the -oo( of the Gead& 0nd no# for Mr& Coleman& He has been trying to discredit my #or( for o'er three years "ast& His assum"tion of su"eriority is immense) and might "ro'e im"osing if his methods of attac( #ere not so 'erminously mean& His latest labour-in-'ain has been to try and rear a "yramid on its a"e$--the sole "oint of a single fact--#hich can be sent to""ling o'er #ith a single (ic(& ?here it suits his "ur"ose he uses an i!perfe%t report of a Le%ture so t at e !ay %on&i%t !e of errors w i% are not to be found in t e 8oo, t at e see,s to dis%redit, and industriously essays to da!n. !n the article referred to he says< "5n re%ent nu!bers of t e London *ediu! and =aybrea, t ere as appeared *r. Gerald *assey3s le%ture on 3/ e Histori%al 1esus and t e *yt i%al 4 rist,3 as re&ised and %orre%ted by t e aut or, and as deli&ered by i! in London not long sin%e. 5n t is le%ture, w i% atte!pts to establis t at t e 1esus and t e =is%iples of t e ,e# Testament had no e$istence in the flesh) but were only personifi%ations of 2gyptian !yt s, we find a large nu!ber of asserted parallels between t e life and tea% ings of 1esus of Na9aret and %ertain portions of t e +sirian and ot er !yt s of 2gypt." The o"ening "aragra"h contains t#o "ositi'e) "ro'able) falsehoods& The 'ersion of my lecture made use of by him #as a re"rint from an im"erfect re"ort in the ,e# Eealand 1*ationalist)1 #hich #as not re'ised by the author& 5f it ad been e %ould only a&e assu!ed to ,now w at e asserted wit out ,nowing. -ut it is not true+ !t is also false that in this lecture) or in my boo() ! try to "establis t at 1esus and t e dis%iples of t e New /esta!ent ad no existen%e in t e fles , but were only personifi%ations of an%ient 2gyptian !yt s"--#hate'er t at may mean+ 4n the contrary) ! demonstrate the e$istence of the only "ossible historic Jesus (no#n to Celsus) to !ren9us) to the Je#s) #ho allo# that he had t#el'e disci"les) #hom they call the "twel&e god ess runagates." ?hat ! do also demonstrate is that the mythical t#el'e #ere the follo#ers of Har-8huti in %gy"t ages earlier& This is a "rime s"ecimen of his mode of #or(ing) and one it is #ell to (ee" in mind all along& This is the !ode of demolition #hich Professor Sayce endorses) #arrants) glorifies6 and Mr& --- declares to be 1;uite Page 23

right&1 0gain) ! ha'e used the Hebre# #ord )'l# 2,atural Genesis ii& >193) on #hich our learned Hebraist remar(s) "/ is asserted Hebrew word S iloa! is a fabri%ation. / ere is no su% Hebrew word in existen%e as S iloa!##in unpointed Hebrew S , L, +, *"++ 1To identify Salem) or S ale!, #ith Siloam in Hebre#) the letter m #as re;uired& There being no m in the correct #ord) Shiloach) Mr& Massey manufactured a Hebre# #ord and "rinted it in Hebre# letters) as if to decei'e the 'ery elect&1 ,o#) loo( at that for a lie+ #ith no room left for the least little #riggle out of it+ 0s Mr& Coleman ob'iously (no#s nothing of Hebre# beyond the names of letters) "erha"s Mr& Sayce) or Mr& --- #ill loo( it out for him in 5uerst) at "age 1H@@) Col& :) #here the #ord a""ears #ith the meaning of 1#ell1 in health6 and on "age 1HAB) Col& 1) #here it means Pea%e. !t is used for the Prince of "eace 2!s& i$& B3& 0nd 5uerst further says 1Shiloah is cognate #ith )'l# 2Shlom3& !t is ;uite im"ossible that Mr& Sayce should not ha'e ,nown this at the time he ga'e his sanction to Mr& Coleman s falsehoods and consummate effrontery6 and it #as cruel not to arrest him as he #as careering round in this #ild #ay instead of tic(ling the "oor creature s 'anity #ith insincere a""lause& The lie and libel #ere so unnecessary that ! am com"elled to regret the #anton #aste of "ure malignity& ?hen ! say the 1Pool of Pea%e1 is Salem) or Shloam in Hebre#) ! do not say that it is the Pool of Siloam6 and am only rendering the word 1Peace&1 0nd as S loa! means 1"eace1 and sale! means "eace) ! used the alternati'e of 1salem or shloam&1 ! (ne# the t#o #ords #ere spelt differently) and that Shloam may be "ointed Shaloam6 ! also (ne# that they #ere identical in meaning& Moreo'er) the Pool of the #aters that flo# softly is a form of the Pool of "eace& ,ot that either of these #as in'ol'ed or at all necessary to my argument& ?hen ! say 1TH% Pool of Peace1 is in Hebre# Salem or Shloam) ! am s"ea(ing of TH% !yt i%al "ool #hich in %gy"tian is the Pool of He"t or Peace) not the to"ogra"hical "ool of Siloam& ! #as only concerned #ith the identity of TH% mythical original #hich had 'arious localisations in different lands) Judea included& Mr& Coleman runs a long rigmarole about the goddess "Nu" and the "lace "Annu," in #hich he flounders in the bottomless bog of his o#n hel"less ignorance) "ast all "ulling out by those #ho ha'e ta(en him by the hand--'i7&) Messrs& Sayce and --- & He #ho enters this domain so un"re"ared and une;ui""ed as Mr& Coleman) must be a fore-damned fool& ! could ha'e "itied his im"otency but for his ineffable conceit and aggressi'e insolence& -ecause ! use the #ords "An" and "Annu" as synonyms) this great %gy"tologist asserts that ! identify the .ady of "An" #ith the goddess "Nu" to for! t e word Annu. 0s the mon(ey e$claimed #hen he sa# the ele"hant ta(ing in #ater at such a rate) "/o drin, wit t e tail is i!!ense0" An and Annu are sim"ly %gy"tian 'ariants of one #ord6 different s"ellings of the same #ord #ere the result of familiarity #ith matters u"on #hich my corrector is so utterly ignorant that he loo(s u"on and denounces the 'ariants in %gy"tian s"elling as my distortion of %gy"tian names) and sa"iently suggests that "t ere always appears to be an ob>e%t" in my changes+ He thin(s the 1.ady #ith the long hair1 is /efnut, and not the goddess Nu as ! had inferred) "artly because the *itual says "/ e air of t e +siris is in t e s ape of t at of Nu" 2Ch& $lii&3) and "artly because the 4siris ascends the hea'en) or ,u) #ith his long hair do#n to his shoulders& Page 24

%ither #ay it matters 'ery little& ?hat ! do regret is that ! could not ha'e had the ad'antage of (no#ing #hat Mr& Coleman t in,s about %gy"tian mythology before #riting my boo(& The o"inion of such an e$"ert on the most "rofoundly allusi'e and "roblematical Sayings might ha'e seriously modified the result& He further charges me #ith ha'ing got certain goddesses mi$ed u"6 it being his mission to teach me ho# to se"arate them once more and distinguish bet#een them indi'idually& Here he tries to turn his ignorance to account by ta(ing ad'antage of the reader s and "roducing the im"ression that the ignorance is mine& He thro#s dust in the eyes of others and then says it #as ! #ho did it& 0nd Mr& Sayce) in a cloud of it) s#ears it to me+ ! may admit that this "arallel of the ?oman at the ?ell) #hich is but one out of fifty) is the #ea(est one& -ut it is enough for my "ur"ose to sho# that the 4siris or 4sirified 2these being identical in character3 a""ears at the ?ell or Pool of Peace6 that he claims to be the ?ell and "ersonates the ?ater6 that the source of this #ater of life gi'en to the Son is the 5ather6 that a #ell or flo# of this #ater comes out of 4siris to him6 that the #ell of this #ater comes through him 2Cf& John 'ii& H@) and i'& 1>&36 that he #ashes in the "pool of Pea%e," #here the 4sirified are made "ure or healed< #here the "%ertain ti!es," as ! ha'e called them 2because the seasons for healing are dual in the *itual3 are detailed thus--"/ e Gods of t e pure waters are t ere on t e fourt our of t e nig t and t e eig t our of t e day," saying) "pass away en%e" to him #ho has been cured or healed& Here it is noticeable that in the still-continued "rocess of eliminating that #hich loo(s too mythical) t is passage %ontaining t e angel des%ending to trouble t e waters and turn t e! into a Pool of ealing as been dropped fro! t e latest re&ised &ersion of 1o n3s Gospel. !n con'erting the original mythos into later history) this "rocess of "ic(ing the o#ner s name or sign from stolen goods has gone on from the first) and is not yet ended+ ! do not say or su""ose anything so sim"le as that the #riter of John s Gos"el #as co"ying from some "&ariant and obs%ure % apter in an an%ient 2gyptian papyrus." That is Mr& Coleman s foolish #ay of "utting it& / at #as not e$actly the #ay in #hich the 4sirian legend got literali7ed in *ome& 5f it ad been preser&ed and %ontinued as !yt os, it %ould not a&e re#appeared under t e guise of istori% 4 ristianity. The matter had to be mani"ulated) con'erted) assimilated) in #hich "rocess the original features ha'e been some#hat defaced& This has to be allo#ed for in /udging of my "arallels) com"arisons) and inter"retations& There must of necessity be a #ide gulf bet#een any one #ho acce"ts the Gos"el history as "ure matter of fact) and one #ho treats it as mainly mythical& The t#o can only tal( to different classes of minds se"arated for the time being by that gulf) across #hich they can hardly hear each other s"ea(& -ut "erha"s the most "erfect of all my critic s manifold errors and monstrous blunders is this&
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He #rites a long essay in si$ columns to defend a "assage in the Johannine Gos"el against my mythical inter"retation) #ith the intention of demonstrating the 1stu"endous dis"lay of ignorance and absurdity1 #hich he finds in my 'olumes& He fights tooth and nail on be alf of t e istori%al interpretation against the mythical& His one line of argument) his raison d3?tre all through) is that the e'ents under re'ie#) the #oman at the #ell) the Christ #ho drin(s there) and other circumstances) are istori%al0 0nd yet in the o"ening "aragra"h of his article he had started #ith saying--"5t is signifi%ant t at !ost of t ese so %alled New /esta!ent parallels are deri&ed fro! t e fourt Gospel, popularly as%ribed to 1o n. 2&ery %o!petent bibli%ist ,nows t at t e a%%ount of 1esus and is tea% ings gi&en in 1o n3s Gospel differs widely fro! t ose gi&en in t e first t ree Gospels. and t ere is no reasonable doubt, in t e lig t of istori%o#%riti%al bibli%al s%ien%e, t at, w ile large portions of t e latter are genuinely istori%al, t e Gospel of 1o n, as a w ole, is I,H!ST4*!C0.) MJTH!C0.&1 Good God+ the man is here thro#ing a#ay the child #ith the #ater it #as #ashed in+ !f this be so) and) as ! demonstrate) the mythical gos"el #as first) no matter ho# late it a""eared in the canonical gos"el ascribed to John) the su""osed history of the Syno"tics goes to the ground+ ?here is the sanity in su""osing that the Mythical matter of John s Gos"el is the result of tattooing %gy"tian fables all o'er the face of historic fact 2as "re'iously "ourtrayed by the Syno"tics3) and disfiguring the human features "ast all recognitionK The Christ of John is indefinitely di'ine) and that is first@ the final "hase loo(s definitely historic& That is ho# the Mythology #as humanised& The Myth-Ma(ers #ere 5abulists) but not the forgers of facts6 the forgers are they #ho con'erted the fable into historic fact& Mr& Coleman says only /ust #hat ! say and sho# on behalf of the Mythos& -ut #hat then #as the sense) or #here #as the sanity in labouring to pro&e it to be istori% bit by bit, w en, as a w ole, it is entirely un istori%al and !yt i%alJet Messrs& Sayce and --- assure Mr& Coleman) #ith their com"liments) that e is rig t. ! fancy some of my readers #ill sus"ect that he is not--6uite. 0nd t is is #hat it is to be de!olis ed0 This is doing a "real ser&i%e to t e %ause of trut ." So says the *e'& Mr& Sayce) and he is an authority& Mr& Coleman charges me #ith li!iting !y 6uotations from the %gy"tian *itual to Gr& -irch s 'ersion of the "&ery %orrupt /urin /ext," as if he #ere an authority res"ecting the Te$ts+--and then of mis;uoting the Te$ts to establish my "arallel& ?hereas my slight de"artures from the Te$t 2in -unsen3 are the result of 'arious emendations or corrections made by the %gy"tologists) such as *enouf) including Gr& -irch himself) to #hom ! too( them for his final o"inion) and #ith #hom ! ha'e gone o'er Te$t after Te$t for that "ur"ose& ! neglected no a'ailable source of (no#ledge) early or late& 0lso in regarding) condensing) and connecting certain "assages) ! #rote #ith the #hole matter of the Mythos in mind) and had the *itual #ell-nigh by heart6 #hich is to be at an enormous disad'antage w en >udged by *r. 4ole!an. !n denouncing the "%orrupt /urin /ext" he is merely 1mon(eying round)1 by ;uoting the #ords of Mr& *enouf 2Hibbert .ectures) "& 1AA3& He consistently omits the rest of the sentence& Mr& *enouf) li(e M& ,a'ille) is an e$"ert in Te$tual and Ferbal Criticism) and it is he #ho says on the same "age<-"=r. 8ir% 3s translation, t oug !ade about t irty years ago, before so!e of t e !ost i!portant dis%o&eries of t e full !eaning of words, !ay still be %onsidered extre!ely exa%t as a rendering of t e Page 26

%orrupt /urin text. and to an 2nglis !an gi&es nearly as %orre%t an i!pression of t e original as t e text itself would do to an 2gyptian w o ad not been %arefully taug t t e !ysteries of is religion." Mr& Coleman s method) ho#e'er) is the correct one for a defender of the Great Su"erstition to ado"t6 and if he #ere obsessed by the s"irit of some fanatical S"anish mon() one of those #ho urged on the Me$ican massacres) dead and damned ages since for his bigotry and cruelty) and re-incarnated to continue the old battle against Truth) he could not ha'e more cle'erly struc( the trac( of the Jesuit& !t is #hat the Christians in all ages ha'e done to get rid of) discredit) and mystify) the "re-Christian e'idences of the mythical origins6 only he lac(s the re;uisite (no#ledge for doing the #or(& ,or is this a matter of mere Te$tual inter"retation6 and ! am calmly confident that no mere 'erbal changes #ill in'alidate the fundamental facts) the true doctrines) the identifiable mythology) found in the 'ersions of -irch) .e"sius) and ,a'ille& 4n the contrary) the closer the ins"ection made by men of insight the more #ill my inter"retation of the 'astest number of facts e'er yet collected and collated be corroborated& Mr& Coleman has been soliciting certificates& ! #ill gi'e him one #ritten on a label bound to last and stic( li(e "itch-"laster& !t is my recognition of his claims to be THE GENUINE GNOSTIC He %alls to 2urope, ig and low, And all t e A!eri%as,## "/ at is t e !an w o does not ,now. 5 a! t e !an w o does"0 / e ot ers >oin in 4 orus. + 0 / ey !a,e is brain#bee bu990 "7ou are rig t, dear friend0 He does not ,now. 7ou are t e !an w o does"0 5rom "ersonal (no#ledge of him) and the im"osture of his "retensions) ! (no# him to be incom"etent to discuss matters of %gy"tology& He is not an authority in any de"artment of literature) and has not a soul beyond the ma(ing of fly-dirts on the #indo# to obstruct the light)--or of 'iolating the "ri'acy of letters so foolishly entrusted to him& !n setting himself u" as a critic and corrector) mentor and censor) ad'ocate) /udge and /ury) all in one) he has greatly mista(en his 'ocation& !f he must "ose as a man of letters and a symbolist) he should ha'e been a "rinter s reader) allo#ed once a #ee( to carry a ty"ical banner at the tail of a .yceum "rocession Page 27

on Sundays& He may "ass for one of the learned amongst those #ho (no# no better6 in the realm of the blind the one-eyed man is a (ing& He sho#s some cle'erness in #riting about #hat he does not understand) #here he is not li(ely to be brought to boo(& -ut he is no more ca"able of /udging) or ;ualified to gi'e a 'erdict) in a matter li(e this) than the #ee'il that #orms its #ay through one of Turner s can'asses is fitted to "ass an o"inion on the "icture& He has an irritating itch for recognition) or notoriety) but has sho#n no sign of "ossessing) or being "ossessed by) the genuine "assion for truth& .i(e an inci"ient Herostratus or Guiteau--the fello# #ho culminated as a fool gone insane #ith 'anity--he #ould do anything to be tal(ed about) or #ritten to--e'en commit Massey-cre--if he #ere only able& 0 literary corres"ondent #rites of this Sahur<--1! (no# little about %gy"tology) but ! do (no# that the fello# deser'es a--#ell) a serendible good drubbing for his insolence to you& Should you re"ly) "lease gi'e him a (ic( from me) if only in a foot-note&1 ! ,e'er did any #riter (no#n to me "ut forth such strenuous or futile efforts to lift himself u" by his o#n shirt-collar and add a cubit to his stature in the eyes of the loo(ers on& 5rom the beginning to the end of his attem"ts) his aim and ob/ect) the total drift of all his de"recation) is to belittle my #or() and ma(e himself loo( large to his readers through a mist of his o#n ma(ing& 0 chief "art of his criticism consists in "roclaiming that he does not see+ ! ne'er said he did) or could& ,elson at Co"enhagen "ut u" the glass to his one blind eye and could not "ercei'e the signal flying& Mr& Coleman often "uts his glass to t#o) #ith the same result of not seeing& ! ha'e had to congratulate him on #riting to me to set him right on the sub/ect of astronomy) before he "ut his foot into it on a matter most fundamentally im"ortant to my sub/ect6 the ignorance sho#n by his ;uestions being astounding& ?ith all his nati'e im"udence he has asserted 2in the *eligio-"hiloso"hical Journal3) that the name of Jesus Christ #as un(no#n until the middle of the first century 0&G& 2cf& the second boo( of %sdras--a "reChristian boo( of the Secret ?isdom&3 !n the same /ournal he classed -aring Gould as being on !y side, in o""osition to all other #riters on the sub/ect of Jehoshua -en Pandira) and entirely o'erloo(ed the fact that although -aring Gould used the same Talmudic material as myself) his conclusions #ere totally anti"odal to mine6 and that he remains as orthodo$ to-day as #ere his conclusions then& 0nd no# Mr& Coleman may "ass #ith his certificates& There is an 0merican story of a dog #ho ran after a #olf) fast and furious at first) but before the race #as o'er) the dog #as seen to be flying still faster--a "leetle bit in front of t e wolf0" Mr& Coleman is not an authority) and has no re"utation to lose& -ut his "ri'ate bac(ers ha'e6 and they ha'e committed the un"ardonable sin against scholarshi" of endorsing and /ustifying false statements made against me by Mr& Coleman) #ithout ta(ing the trouble to test the truth of his assertions or to 'erify Page 28

the alleged facts for themsel'es& They #ere so ready to ma(e a mountain of an underhand) underground #or(er s little molehill6 they #ere so eager to ha'e me (nifed) that they ha'e #arranted a blade #hich #as treacherously lim" and leaden+ Mr& Sayce mar'els at !y effrontery in ma(ing assertions) some of #hich Mr& Coleman has so falsely "ut into my mouth6 and then charges me #ith 1false ;uotation16 and he calls Mr& Coleman s "uerile "erformance a "&ery t oroug de!olition," and a "real ser&i%e to t e %ause of trut ." He re/oices o'er #hat he terms an im"artial and merciless e$"osure& To my thin(ing the Professor is rather Iriah-Hee"ishly than(ful for e$ceedingly small mercies) and says grace to a miserable meal& Mr& --- 'ouches for the fact that his corres"ondent is "6uite rig t." and it a""ears that neither of them (no#s better) or else their 'ision #as o'erclouded #ith the bile of a bitter bigotry& %ither #ay) ! #arn my 0merican friends that Mr& --- has made use of the official stam" 2the Hall-mar() so to say)3 of the -ritish Museum) to "ass off s"urious #ares u"on unsus"ecting "eo"le in the Inited States+ and ! fancy that) for all lo'ers of truth) /ustice) and fair "lay) ! ha'e so far demonstrated the congenital incom"etence of my critics to sit in /udgment on my #or(& !t really ma(es one ashamed of scholarshi" to thin( of t#o re"uted great scholars bac(ing by ta(ing shelter behind a "retender to (no#ledge li(e Mr& Coleman to discredit me and condemn my #or( instead of handling the matter for themsel'es& My "ublishers tell me they sent a co"y of the 1,atural Genesis1 to Mr& Sayce o'er three years ago& ! ha'e not heard that he attem"ted to e$"ose my mass of ignorance and false ;uotation) dis"ute my facts) refute my inter"retation) or contro'ert my conclusions& True) he is not an %gy"tologist nor a master of mythology& -ut that is no e$cuse nor /ustification for the conduct #hich ! resent& !t only ser'es as cause for all the se'erer condemnation& 4f course in #riting a letter he might ha'e claimed "ri'acy for his o"inions) but cannot "lead that "ri'ilege no# the letter is made "ublic& The other #riter) #hom ! hold to be Mr& *enouf :pro. te!.;, is a "rofessed %gy"tologist) a good grammarian) an e$"ert in te$tual criticism& ! am a de'oted student of his #ritings in common #ith those of other %gy"tologists& -ut ! ne'er could thin( highly of his insight or range of 'ision& To a mind li(e his) in a case li(e mine) the "rofoundest ac;uaintanceshi" #ith the largest mass of facts--the #idest and truest generalisation based on the facts) or the subtlest inter"retation of them) #ill only loo( li(e a departure away fro! and a going beyond t e fa%ts as limited for him& ! ha'e di'ed dee"ly) and he fails to see The ocean hath its due "rofundity& Jou may transcribe te$ts and deci"her inscri"tions) but #ith the light shut out all round by non-a""lication of the com"arati'e method) and from lac( of illumination #ithin) you cannot touch the %gy"tian origins in mythology or language) time or s"ace) or inter"ret the mystery of %gy"t to her o#n forgetful self& Page 29

%'ery day disco'eries are "ro'ing ho# limited has been the outloo() ho# non-e'olutionary and untrue the inter"retation of %gy"tologists concerning the "ast of that "eo"le6 and the latest disco'eries made ha'e s#e"t a#ay many of the mental landmar(s) and effaced the limits of %gy"tologists li(e Mr& *enouf) #ho ha'e only /ust bla9ed the 'eriest surface of the sub/ect& -ut ! claim that e'ery fresh fact made (no#n of late years is in fa'our of my inter"retation& !n %ngland they ha'e been too long the 'ictims of the Hebre# and !ndo-Germanic delusions res"ecting the beginnings& Mr& *enouf has declared 2Hibbert .ectures) "& :>H3 that "neit er Hebrews nor Gree,s borrowed any of t eir ideas fro! 2gypt" 2see Herodotus) Plato) Plutarch) Giodorus Siculus) and others3& He t in,s the "!yt ologi%al sy!bolis!" of %gy"t arose from "&arieties of !etap ori%al language" #hich "rea%ted upon t oug t" and "obtained t e !astery" 2!b& "& :HA3& 5ollo#ing Ma$ MMller he says) "*yt ology, we ,now, is t e disease w i% springs up at a pe%uliar stage of u!an %ulture" 2!b& "& :=13& ,onsense& Tis but a dream of the meta"hysical theorist to su""ose that mythology is a =isease of language, or anything else e$ce"t his o#n brain& Mythology was a "rimiti'e mode of t inging the early thought6 the beginnings of its sign-language being earlier than #ords& !t re!ains the re"ository of man s most ancient science6 and) truly inter"reted once more) it is destined to be the death of all those false theologies to #hich it has un#ittingly gi'en birth& He has said 2!b& "& 1AA3 it is "erha"s ho"eless to e$"ect that the %gy"tian legends alluded to in the 1-oo( of the Gead1 #ill be reco'ered& My claim is to ha'e reco'ered them) by a""lication of the com"arati'e "rocess to a #orld-#ide range of mythology6 and it #ill be easier to denounce the audacity as lunatic than to dis"ro'e the right to ma(e that claim& ! do not "retend and ! do e$"lain& He is one of those critics #ho sus"ect error in #hat they do not understand--e.g. the 5ather-God Seb in one "hase of character is the %arth& -ut #hen Seb is called the *ot er, Mr& *enouf sus"ects an error in the te$t& !t is only the mother #ho can bring forth& Hence #e find the bac( of Seb o"ens to bring forth& !n his off-hand #ay of damning by denunciation an old friend of mine) Mr& Mc.ennan 2#hose name Mr& *enouf mis-s"ells t#ice o'er) once as *%Lellan in the te$t 2"& H03) and once as *%Lennon in the inde$3) he asserts that the "representations" made in the 7odiac of Genderah #ere "not anterior to t e 4 ristian era, or )o!an do!ination. t ey were borrowed fro! t e Gree,s, and were entirely un,nown to t e 2gyptians." 2!b& "& H0&3 ?hereas the inscri"tion found at Genderah states that the Tem"le had been restored in a%%ordan%e wit a plan dis%o&ered in t e writings of "ufu. #hilst the % ief %elestial types pourtrayed all o&er t e planisp ere pro&e t e!sel&es to be solely 2gyptian0 ?hen ! "ointed out this "assage to Gr& -irch) he said) "4ertainly. t e types in t e planisp ere are not Gree,. )enouf s ould a&e done as t e artists did w o ga&e t e Gree, on one side, t e 2gyptian on t e ot er." 0ll that he #as #arranted in saying is that the mythological ty"es) Ty"hon) Sut) !sis) Horus) Seb) Shuand-Tefnut) and the rest of those that ne&er were Gree,, ha'e been re"roduced at a later "eriod by Greco-%gy"tian artists) #ith a fe# modernisations& !f he intended to distinguish bet#een the Eodiacal and e$tra-Eodiacal signs of the "lanis"here) he should ha'e said so& -ut of the t#el'e signs the Firgin is !sis) and the Sagittarius is com"osed of Shu and Tefnut& He must ha'e (no#n) ho#e'er) that #hen Ge"uis and Mc.ennan s"o(e of the Eodiac of Genderah as being ancient) they !eant t e planisp ere, and #ere not distinguis ing t e one set of signs fro! t e ot er. *ays of light from the ne#est da#n #ould bring no ;uic(ening influence to such as are mentally bound and doomed till death to remain the re"resentati'es of an e$"iring system of thought& Page 30

The resurrection of %gy"t has brought forth a S"ectre that #ill frighten Historic Christianity to death6 or haunt the minds of men till they lose their un#orthy fears and listen li(e truth-lo'ers to the message #hich she brings to them from the Gra'e& ?hat says Professor Mahaffy) after getting a glim"se of the ghost) and finding that the dead language has come to life againK He admits that "e&ery great and fruitful idea," "t eologi%al %on%eption," religious and moral doctrine) no# called Christian) #ere also %gy"tian& -ut) he says) "5 re%oil fro! opening t is great sub>e%t now. it is enoug to a&e lifted t e &eil and s own t e s%ene of !any a future %onfli%t." ! ha'e not recoiled& The odium of o"ening this great sub/ect now is mine& ! am selected for the honour of recei'ing) not the ci'ic #reath for cro#n of re#ard) but the first blo#s of the bludgeon on the head from those #ho raise the ho#l of insanity& "7ou will win at last," said Ca"tain -urton) "but 3at last3 generally %o!es too late0" ?ell) ! don t (no#& The train ! ride in tra'els #ith increasing s"eed& 5or the "resent ! ha'e to as( my indiscriminating assailant to assume that res"onsibility to #hich he is committed by Mr& Coleman and "roduce the e'idence for his accusations& He says he has exa!ined my #or(6 no# let him cross-e$amine me& ! am scarcely mad or Dui$otic enough to thin( he #ill) but should he do so) ! #ill underta(e the "rinting of his e$"osure to the e$tent of fifty "ages) the si7e of the "resent "am"hlet& ! mean business& ! court honest criticism) and #elcome genuine correction& ! do not mind being misunderstood) but do resent misre"resentation& ! am in search of realities myself) and ha'e no tolerance for men or things in mas(s& ! try to follo# Truth) li(e the old %gy"tians) my masters) #ith all the force of sincerity) all the fer'our of faith& That is com"arati'ely easy no#-a-days #hen bon-fires are no longer made of man or boo() and the "enalties are so 'ery slight& 0 loaf or t#o of bread the less6 a greeting here or there #ith an offensi'e e"ithet) a rotten egg) or a dead cat) are things to be smiled at #hen #e remember our forerunners that #ere her lo'ers from old) #ho beat out a "ath#ay for us through all the long dar( night of the "ast) and lit it #ith illimitable ro#s of their burning bodies) each turned into a flaming Torch for Truth& G%*0.G M0SS%J
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The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

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The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

The Historical Jesus and Mythical-Christ by Gerald Massey

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