Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World [Two Volumes In One]

2014 Reprint of Original 1907 Edition [Two Volumes in One]. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Massey was one of the first Egyptologists in modern times to suggest that with the final eclipse of the old Land of Kam [a.k.a. ancient Egypt], a brilliant light had been extinguished in world civilization. There was a small compensation in the often meteoric rise of other cultures subsequently, but the luminance of these later cultures was, Massey suggests, a paler reflection of the Nile Valley sun that had set. In this, the most philosophical of his works on ancient Egypt, Massey leads a tour through thousands of years of sociological, cultural, and spiritual development, all the while pointing, with dazzling reason and persuasive prose, to a distant, common, Egyptian origin.

In the first volume Massey was primarily interested in elaborating how the first humans emerging in Africa created thought. What had been evident to him from the outset was that the myths, rituals and religion of ancient Egypt–or Old Kam–had preserved virtually intact a record of the psycho-mythic evolution of humanity. In the second volume Massey examines the celestial phenomenon known as the Precession of the Equinoxes. He believed that only by understanding this phenomenon was it possible to fathom Nile Valley history. The last half of the second volume is devoted to the Kamite sources of Christianity. Massey sought to demonstrate the manner in which New Testament Christianity evolved directly out of Osirian mysteries.

One of the more important aspects of Massey’s writings were his assertions that there were parallels between Jesus and the Egyptian god Horus. Massey, for example, argued that: both Horus and Jesus were born of virgins on 25 December, raised men from the dead (Massey speculates that the biblical Lazarus, raised from the dead by Jesus, has a parallel in El-Asar-Us, a title of Osiris), died by crucifixion and were resurrected three days later. These assertions have influenced various later writers such as Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, and D.M. Murdock.

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I have had the book as a download for many years now and have bookmarked hundreds of the main points. It is absolutely essential for anyone studying the true origin of the Abrahamic Religions and the Egyptian Son of God Iosa, later called Iesous by the Greeks and then Jesus. It can be difficult at times to follow so much detail given by Massey but one can only understand some of the more ‘mysterious’ Bible Passages with a thorough knowledge of the Ancient Egyptian beliefs. I would go further and say that one can only understand the Bible if one can read Ancient Egyptian temple and tomb texts and know just how that language worked. There are mistranslations in the Bible from Ancient Egyptian which only become clear when the real meaning is known and how the mistranslation would have occurred.

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Violet Bunny

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I got about halfway thru the first chapter & gave up. This author’s use of stilted, archaic language makes it impossible to hold my interest in this book. He’s supposed to be talking about ancient Egypt, but then he goes off in several different directions at once, which makes it impossible to follow him. Oh well, too late to send it back.

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So far, I love this book. It translates the information and makes it easier to understand. The pictures and symbols are great to enhance learning. I have a lot of studying to do. I will purchase more books.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019

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very slow read. wealthy information.

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Dillon C Sawyer

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE!

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If you’re looking to find the roots of religion this book is the first and last stop. Mysteries of the world explained.

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Classic and mandatory reading for those in the Know

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Martino Fine Books (December 17, 2014) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 960 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1614277508 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1614277507 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.7 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 1.89 x 9.69 inches