[I]t was not the genesis of the universe that is imaged in
astronomical mythology. The firmament was there; already waiting to be
distinguished as upper and lower, and divided into the domains of night
and day, or Sut and Horus, or Ansar and Kisar. The constellations were
not created from nothing when they were figured out of stars. The
firmamental water was not created by being divided into upper and lower.
The earth was not created because distinguished from water as ground to
go upon.... Heaven and earth existed when these were nameless, and did
not come into existence on account of being named. --from "Egyptian
Wisdom and the Hebrew Genesis" It goes unappreciated by modern
Egyptologists, but it is embraced by those who savor the concept of a
"hidden history" of humanity, and those who approach all human knowledge
from the perspective of the esoteric. Gerard Massey's massive Ancient
Egypt: The Light of the World--first published in 1907 and the crowning
achievement of the self-taught scholar--redefines the roots of
Christianity via Egypt, proposing that Egyptian mythology was the basis
for Jewish and Christian beliefs. Here, Cosimo proudly presents Book 7
of Ancient Egypt, in which Massey explains how Egyptian wisdom--which
greatly concerns itself with matters of the womb and birth, water, and
the offspring of gods--was appropriated by the Hebrew holy books, and
explains how the Hebrew account of creation is a clear repetition of
Egyptian mythology. Peculiar and profound, this work will intrigue and
delight readers of history, religion, and mythology. British author
GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism,
Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best-known works are in
the realm of Egyptology, including A Book of the Beginnings and The
Natural Genesis.
