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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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The ten original lectures by Gerald Massey are presented here
complete - together they offer the reader profound and detailed
accounts of ancient Egypt, early Christian myths, and Gnosticism.
Although never a major figure in the scholarly establishment,
Gerald Massey was a prolific author who spent his many years
studying Ancient Egyptian history, society and hieroglyphics.
Struck by what he perceived to be similarities between ancient
Egyptian mythological lore, and the writings of Christianity,
Massey authored these lectures as part of his attempts to draw
comparisons. The resulting lectures were delivered in London in the
late 19th century. In them, Massey notes numerous similarities
between the New Testament Gospels and the Book of Horus; the
incidence of wise men, healing of the sick; resurrection; and the
symbol of the cross occur in the earlier Egyptian texts.
After enjoying years as a popular journalist and poet, intellectual
and freethinker Gerald Massey turned his vast studies in the field
of Egyptology into A Book of the Beginnings, a bold statement that
the origin of all civilization lays in ancient Egypt. His
assertions, radical at the time-indeed, almost a century before the
discovery of three-million-year-old human remains in
Africa-resonate loudly today, when molecular biology is making
corresponding discoveries alongside the still-raging
creation-versus-evolution controversy. In Volume II, Massey
intelligently argues an Egyptian origin for Biblical symbology,
lexicography, and mythology. Here, he not only asks if the oldest
Jewish and Christian axioms were really born on the banks of the
Nile, he offers a stalwart and profound "Yes " 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 The Natural Genesis and
Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World.
After enjoying years as a popular journalist and poet, intellectual
and freethinker Gerald Massey turned his vast studies in the field
of Egyptology into A Book of the Beginnings, a bold statement that
the origin of all civilization lays in ancient Egypt. His
assertions, radical at the time-indeed, almost a century before the
discovery of three-million-year-old human remains in
Africa-resonate loudly today, when molecular biology is making
corresponding discoveries alongside the still-raging
creation-versus-evolution controversy. In Volume I, Massey lays the
foundation of the Egypt-centric position through a scholarly
comparative analysis of language, names, and mythology-delving not
only into our most basic actions of naming and communicating, but
also man's beloved, universal myths of death, awakenings, and love.
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 The
Natural Genesis and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World.
Egyptologist Gerald Massey challenged readers in A Book of the
Beginnings to consider the argument that Egypt was the birthplace
of civilization and that the widespread monotheistic vision of man
and the metaphysical was, in fact, based on ancient Egyptian
mythos. In The Natural Genesis, Massey delivers a sequel, delving
deeper into his compelling polemic. Volume II provides detailed
discourse on the Egyptian origin of the delicate components of the
monotheistic creed. With his agile prose, Massey leads an
adventurous examination of the epistemology of astronomy, time, and
Christology-and what it all means for human culture. 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
Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World.
Egyptologist Gerald Massey challenged readers in A Book of the
Beginnings to consider the argument that Egypt was the birthplace
of civilization and that the widespread monotheistic vision of man
and the metaphysical was, in fact, based on ancient Egyptian
mythos. In The Natural Genesis, Massey delivers a sequel, delving
deeper into his compelling polemic. In Volume I, he offers a more
intellectual, fine-tuned analysis of the development of society out
of Egypt. From the simplest signs (numbers, the cross) to the
grandest archetypes (darkness, the mother figure), Massey carefully
and confidently lays the cultural and psychosocial bricks of
Evolutionism. 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 Ancient Egypt: The Light of
the World.
With his earlier two series in Egyptology, Gerald Massey turned
existing doctrine on its head to argue that not only had Egypt
spawned human civilization, but that Egyptian mythology was the
basis for Jewish and Christian beliefs. The culmination of his
years at this particular intellectual pursuit, Ancient Egypt: The
Light of the World is Massey's crown jewel. In this, the most
philosophical (in both tone and concept) of his Egyptological
works, Massey, ever the intrepid escort, 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. 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.
Gerald Massey's work of 1888 presented a strong argument against
the many theorists who viewed Shakespeare's Sonnets as
autobiographical - 'a permanent reply to Shakespeare's
misinterpreters'. Beginning by outlining the known background and
context of the Sonnets, Massey proceeds to wage what he terms his
'battle against fictions, fallacies, forgeries, and groundless
assumptions'. Who were the Sonnets addressed to, if anyone, and
what is the significance of the inscription in the edition of 1609?
What is the correct arrangement of the Sonnets, and why did
Shakespeare himself give personal testimony to their 'purity'?
Following detailed descriptions of the many different theories,
Massey provides close readings and analysis of the Sonnets
themselves to dispute the autobiographical claims, and to
demonstrate that the Sonnets are 'partly personal and partly
dramatic'.
This expansive and fascinating treatment of ancient Egyptian
mythology and its influence on the traditions that followed from it
includes explorations of sign language in mythological
representation, totemism, fetishism, spirits and gods, the Egyptian
Book of the Dead and Egyptian wisdom in the Hebrew Genesis. Readers
will enjoy the wealth of information offered by Gerald Massey, as
well as his clear and readable style.
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