In it are haunting figures: the frankenstein Osiris,trapped beyond the veil, his hellhound Anubis who fetches damned souls to weigh.
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The loving wife Isis: the mother of Egypt, who scoured the whole land for the pieces of her husband's corpse, and Horus the magical child
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These archetypes were born in the sands of Khmet, nurtured by the Nile and their potent symbolism still lingers in our world today
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There is an explicit link between Catholic iconography and the hieroglyphic murals of Egypt. The mother goddess and her holy child.
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Madonna and Christ Isis and Horus Both children are reincarnations of the supreme male deity. God born into flesh anew
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It is this potent symbolism that links these religions, a call back to the blood of old gods.
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Its no coincidence that the gospel of Matthew was written in Egypt, the Bible can't keep the greatest civilization at the time off its pages
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Christ flees to Egypt, where his ancestors were kept as slaves. Mary flees with her precious son to the arms of Isis.
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And the thee kings that follow the holy star do not worship Christ in Bethlehem in a stable but in Egypt, in the shadow of the 3 pyramids.
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In fact these kings are only mentioned in Matthew's account which was also written in the shadow of those three kings
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Ra, Osiris and Horus come bringing gifts and the torch of civilization to the holy child.
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Ra the sun god brings gold Osiris, god of death: frankincense, it's strong aroma masks the scent of death Horus brings Myrrh, royal perfume
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The god of the new age was raised in the cradle of the old gods, who imbued him with their attributes and knowledge
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Even monotheism originated in Egypt with the cult of Aten, lead by Akenaten who decreed that the sun was the only god.
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After his death they cut every hieroglyph of his name out of the granite and his statues were hidden or destroyed.
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It would be over a millennium before monotheism would be revived once again from the sands of Egypt
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Even the Final Judgement™ which Christianity seems to claim the monopoly on originated in the book of the Dead where the heart was weighed
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The obelisk thread is about to start up so I'm bumping this one. It's not dead yet, obelisks are deeply tied to Osirion mythos in Egypt
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The obelisk is linked to the story of Osiris' murder and rebirth. I will be making connections to another common myth: the creation of Adam
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Some of you are probably familiar with one if not both so I will recount only briefly
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Osiris was the Pharaoh of all Egypt. His brother Set desired his throne and slew him, cutting him into pieces that he scattered across Egypt
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His widow Isis searched the whole land and found every piece but one: the phallus. She brings the pieces together to make her husband whole
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With the help of Thoth, Isis creates the first mummy out of Osiris' dismembered corpse.
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He is still missing his manhood so Isis crafts one from gold. Once again whole she uses a ritual to revive him.
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Some accounts say his coffin is dipped in the Nile (baptism) or that Isis breathes life back into him with her wings. Osiris is Resurrected
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They come together to create the new rightful Pharaoh of Egypt, the holy child Horus.
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After Adam was formed from clay and had life breathed into his earthen corpse he still lacks a companion
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No animal was found suitable so god causes him to fall into a deep sleep and in tradition, removes a rib. But I pose an alternative theory
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Tying this back to the phallic symbolism of Osiris and his golden member: mammals typically have a "baculum" or penis bone
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