[FONT=Verdana, Arial][SIZE=-1] These astronomical myths are our key to revealing the solar character of Jesus. After its Dec 25th "nativity", the sun's ascent on the ecliptic for the next three months represents its "infancy" and "childhood". The progressive lengthening of the day reveals the sun's "growth". At the spring equinox, the sun reaches the halfway point on the ecliptic, intersecting the celestial equator [the terrestrial equator projected into space] where day and night are perfectly equal. That the equinox had a profound impact upon the imagination of the ancients is shown by the fact that the Hebrews and Romans began their New Year at the vernal equinox. Jewish Pasach [Passover], and its derivative, Xian Easter, are both equinoctial celebrations as the sun "passes over" the celestial equator, forming a cross in the process. Thus the "sun" of God is said to be "crossified" [crucified], and since the sun remains in this position for three days, it was said to be crucified for three days [thus it "died" for three days]. Further, the celestial equator forms a broad arc through space that can be figuratively imaged as a "mount" or a "skull". Here is our biblical Mount Calvary.
The rising of Jesus from the dead can then be properly understood as the symbolic rising of the sun from the "dead", but this Son of God was originally Heru/Horus, Yusir the younger, resurrecting from his death at the hands of his evil brother Set. Set is the prototype of the Xian "Satan". Indeed, "Satan" is derived from SET-AN, AN being a mark of emphasis and also means " to come again", "to return"so that the Xian SAT-AN is "the greater manifestation of Set". Satan is popularly depicted as a red figure with the hooves, tail and horns of a goat. Set's colour, as the merciless sun, was red; the Greek god Pan was part goat and is represented as leading Zeus to the mountain top in much the same way that Jesus was led to the mountaintop by Satan. Satan was often depicted as a serpent, which was one of Set's zootypical images.
Jesus was called the Christ, from the Greek Christus. This Christus comes from the Kemetic KRST [Karast], the Anointed One, the titles of Yusir, Tehuti/Thoth, and Heru. The Jewish equivalent is Messiah from the Kemetic "MESSU" on the one hand and MES-IAH on the other. MES means "to give birth", "son". Horus had a title called "MES", making him "Horus the Son". MES-IAH then is "the son of YAH".
The dead Jesus was wrapped in bandages and laid in the tomb in much the same way that Yusir was anointed and mummified. Since wrapping corpses was practised among the Hebrews, we can see that they adopted this practise from their Kemetic sources. The story of Lazarus further betrays age-old sacred symbolism; Lazarus, the deceased brother of two mourning sisters is clearly identifiable with Yusir and his two sisters Auset and Neith who wail over his dead body. Jesus resurrects Lazarus who rises swathed in his linen bandages the same way the Yusir was resurrected by his son Heru. The etymology of Lazarus is no less revealing; Lazarus, broken up into L-AZAR-US, shows us the Semitic article for L is "al"[the], AZAR is AUSAR or YUSIR and the US may be IS or AS, "to call/summon" in the same way that Jesus called forth Lazarus from the tomb. Thus Lazarus is "the Yusir called"
There are many more parallels we can cite but the parallels are clear. The Drama of Yusir and his consort exerted profound influence upon the religions of Judauism, Christianity and, much later,I slam. This influence was also expressed in the art of the early Church; early icons of Jesus depicted a black, woolly-haired figure, often seated on the lap of his mother Mary. Some of these icons and statues were simply refashioned Kemetic deities of Auset/Isis that was carried to Europe by African sailors and Roman legions. Before the reader assumes that the story is wholly fictional, it should be noted that the biblical narratives, while largely allegorical, are woven loosely around historical events. Nonetheless, the core of the myth is still found in the heavens right above our heads and in the earth at our feet and around us. I implore the reader to explore the story further thereby unlocking the secrets that may guide us closer to the Divine.
In the next essay we will look a little more at the Xian myth as we examine the political aspects behind the historicising of these ancient Wisdom Teachings
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Echoes of the Old Darkland -Charles S Finch
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Ancient Egypt the Light of the World - [2 vols.] Gerald Massey
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Gerald Massey's Lectures - Gerald Massey
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African origins of the Major "Western" Religions - Yosef ben-Jochannan
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Black man of the Nile and His Family - Yosef ben-Jochannan
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African origins of the Major World's Religions - Amon Sakaana [Ed]
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Civilisation or Barbarism - Cheikh Anta Diop
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African Origins of Civilisation: Myth or Reality? - Cheikh Anta Diop
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Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth - John Jackson
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Man, God & Civilisation - John Jackson
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Pagan and Christian Creeds - Edward Carpenter
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World's 16 Crucified Saviours - Kersey Greaves
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The Passover Plot - Hugh Schonfield
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African Presence in Early Europe - Ivan Van Sertima
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African Presence in Early Asia - Runuko Rashidi, Ivan Van Sertima
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Egypt Revisited - Ivan Van Sertima
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Rituals of Power and Rebellion - Hollis Liverpool
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Who is this King of Glory? - Alvin Boyd Kuhn
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Forgery in Christianity - Joseph Wheless
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The Dark Side of Christian History - Helen Ellerbie
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Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets - Barbara G Walker
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Sex and Race [vol. 1] - J A Rogers
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When God was a Woman - Merlin Stone
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Gods of the Egyptians - Sir E A Wallis-Budge
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From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt - E A Wallis-Budge
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Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani - E A Wallis-Budge
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The Golden Bough [13 vols.] - James Frazer
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Black Athena [vol. 1] - Martin Bernal[/SIZE][/FONT]