The Natural Genesis

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Cosimo, Inc., 2007 M10 1 - 568 pages
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.
 

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SECTION
1
SECTION II
59
Totemic Typology and CustomsZoötypes made StellarThe Zoölogical Masque
134
SECTION IV
185
SECTION VI
292
Darkness the first Adversary Deluder or Devil typified as the Serpent
370
The Mount and Tree as Feminine Types of the BirthplaceThe Tree as Giver
455
Mythology the Mirror of Prehistoric SociologyPriority of the Motherhood
552
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