The Natural GenesisCosimo, 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. |
Contents
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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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Abyss according Akkadian ancient animal Ankh Avesta beginning bird breath called child Chinese Christ circle crocodile cross custom Darkness dead deity denotes divided divine Dragon dual earliest earth Egypt Egyptian Egyptian mythology emblem English extant father female feminine figure fire four quarters genitrix gesture-signs Gnostic goddess gods Greek hand Hathor heaven Hebrew hieroglyphics hippopotamus Hor-Apollo Horus Hottentot human ideographic Indian Inner African Irenæus Kaffir Kamite Khoi-Khoi language light likewise Lubalo lunar male Maori means mode moon mother mouth myth mythical mythology mythos natural genesis Nephthys origin Osiris phase Plutarch pourtrayed primitive primordial Ptah puberty pubescent Pundjel reckoning represented Ritual Sanskrit says Serpent Sevekh Seven signifies sister snake sneeze solar Solar God soul sound spirit star stone symbol Tefnut totemic transformation tree triad Truths twin type-name Typhon typology woman word Zulu
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