Gerald Massey's work has become essential for readers seeking a balanced
understanding of human origins, religious thought and belief, and the
role of Africa in world history. Massey, born in England (1828-1907),
was at once a poet, Shakespearean scholar, mythographer and radical
Egyptologist, who maintained that Africa was the source for "the
greatest civilization in the world." According to Massey, "all evidence
cries aloud its proclamation that Africa was the birthplace of the
nonarticulate and Egypt the mouthpiece of articulate man."
A Book of the Beginnings, first published in 1881 in a limited edition,
introduced the public to the author's extensive research that
transcended conventional opinion of race supremacy.
In volume one, Massey focuses on "Egyptian origins in the British
Isles." The implications of Massey's research, which extend far beyond
the British Isles, are unveiled systematically through comparative
linguistics, symbolism, and mythology.
In volume two, Massey explores the African/Egyptian roots o the Hebrews,
the Akkado-Assyrians, and the Maori. By linking these diverse cultures
and their origins to their African roots, Massey demonstrates not only
the extent of African influence, but its permanence as well.
