The Natural Genesis (Two Volumes in One)Cosimo, Inc., 2011 M12 1 - 1108 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, presented here in an omnibus edition, 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. 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 The Book of the Beginnings, The Natural Genesis, and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World. |
Contents
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Totemic Typology and CustomsZoötypes made StellarThe Zoological 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 |
Astronomical Nature of MythologyMystery of the Seven StarsCreation | 92 |
Gods as Intelligencers in TimeThe True GodsKeepers of the Covenant | 170 |
Modes of identifying Time by various Seasons and keeping them as Festivals | 272 |
SECTION XIII | 378 |
PreChristian ChristologyPersian RevelationEnd of the Great YearFulfil | 503 |
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SECTION IX | 1 |
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abyss according Akkadian ancient Ankh Assyrian Atum Avesta Bear beginning bird Book of Enoch breath Bundahish called celestial child Chinese Christ circle constellations creation crocodile cross dark deity deluge denotes divine Dragon dual earliest earth Egypt Egyptian equinox evil father female feminine figure fire four quarters genitrix Gnostics goddess gods Greek hand Hathor heaven Hebrew Heptanomis hieroglyphics Hindu hippopotamus Horus human identified ideographic Indian Inner African inundation Irenæus Kaffir Kamite language legend Lubalo lunar male Maori means mode moon mother mount myth mythical mythology mythos natural genesis origin Osiris phase Plutarch pourtrayed primitive primordial Ptah pubescent reckoning represented Ritual sacred Sanskrit says Serpent Sevekh seven stars signifies solar solar god Sothis soul spirit stone symbol Taht Tefnut totemic tree Truths twin type-name Typhon Typhonian typology woman word zodiac