[T]he drama opens in Revelation the same as in "the Book of the Dead,"
with "the resurrection and the glory" of the coming Son. "Behold He
cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him." It is the risen
Lord of Resurrection who says: "I was dead, and behold I am alive
evermore, and I have the keys of death and of hades" (Ch. i 18). This is
Horus of the resurrection risen from Amenta in his triumph over death
and hell or Sut and Akar. He proclaims himself to he the all-one,
Har-Sum-taui-Neb-Uâ. Jesus, like Horus, is the "faithful witness" for
the Father... --from "Egyptian Wisdom in the Revelation of John the
Divine" 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 11 of Ancient
Egypt, in which Massey demonstrates how Scripture was created from the
remains of Egypto-gnostic traditions, with little knowledge of the
ancient wisdom upon which it drew, through the specific example of the
Biblical story of the Book of Revelation and John the Divine. Using
Egyptian mythology, Massey "makes sense" of the apocalyptic visions of
Revelation by showing how they are actually the work of Taht-Aan, a
pre-Christian "John the Divine." 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.
