In it are haunting figures: the frankenstein Osiris,trapped beyond the veil, his hellhound Anubis who fetches damned souls to weigh.
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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So when god caused Adam to fall into his sleep did he remove a rib or his baculum? I would suggest the latter.
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The symbolism seems more fitting, woman is created from the sexual organ itself rather than the random rib and this bone is actually missing
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The text suggests Adam was not dead, but he was also not alive, much like Osiris when Isis conceived Horus
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Moses is credited as the author of genesis and everyone is familiar with his story knows he was born and raised as a prince in Egypt
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Another book, (in fact numerous books if you take into account he wrote the Pentateuch) written by someone with an Egyptian background
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Many other biblical figures visited Egypt as well. Abraham, the 12 sons of Isaac who became the 12 tribes of ((Israel)) Jesus and Matthew
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The myths are interwoven and built on top of each other like the stones of a pyramid
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