ANCIENT EGYPT

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

A WORK OF RECLAMATION AND RESTITUTION IN TWELVE BOOKS

BY

GERALD MASSEY

AUTHOR OF "A BOOK OF THE BEGINNINGS" AND "THE NATURAL GENESIS"

VOL. II

London

T. FISHER UNWIN

ADELPHI TERRACE

1907

APPENDIX.

A comparative list of some pre-existing and pre-Christian data which were christianized in the Canonical Gospels and the Book of Revelation.

Egyptian.	Christian.
The Mysteries	The miracles.
The Sem, or mythical representations	The parables.
The Ritual as the book of resurrection	The Book of Revelation.
The sayings of Iu or Iu-em-hetep	The sayings of Jesus.
Huhi the father in heaven as the eternal, a title of Atum-Ra	Ihuh, the father in heaven as the eternal.
Ra, the holy spirit	God the Holy Ghost.
Ra the father of Iu the Su, or son of God, with the hawk or dove as the bird of the holy spirit	God, the Father of Jesus, with the dove as the bird of the Holy Spirit.
Iu or Horus, the manifesting son of God	Jesus the manifesting Son of God.
The trinity of Atum (or Osiris) the father, Horus (or Iu) the son, and Ra the holy spirit	The Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Iu-Su or Iusa, the coming son of Iusaas, who was great with Iusa or Iusu	Jesus.
The ever-coming Messu or Child as Egyptian	The Hebrew Messianic Child.
Horus (or Heru), the Lord by name, as a child	Child-Jesus as the Lord by name (Gospels of the Infancy).
Isis, the virgin mother of Iu, her Su or son	Mary the virgin mother of Jesus.
The first Horus as Child of the Virgin, the second as son of Ra, the father	Jesus as the Virgin's child, the Christ as son of the father.
The first Horus as the founder, the second as fulfiller for the father	Jesus as the founder, and the Christ as fulfiller for the father.
The two mothers of Child-Horus, Isis and Nephthys, who were two sisters	The two mothers of Child-Jesus, who were sisters.
Meri or Nut, the mother-heaven	Mary, as Regina Coeli.
The outcast great mother with her seven sons	Mary Magdalene, with her seven devils.
Isis taken by Horus in adultery with Sut	The woman taken in adultery.
Apt, the crib or manger, by name as the birthplace and mother in one	The manger as cradle of the Child-Christ.
Seb, the earth-father, as consort to the virgin Isis	Joseph, the father on earth. as putative husband to the Virgin Mary.
Seb, the foster-father to Child-Horus	Joseph, as foster-father to the Child-Jesus.
Seb, Isis and Horus, the Kamite holy trinity	Joseph, Mary and Jesus, a Christian holy trinity.

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Egyptian.	Christian.
Seb, the builder of the house, the carpenter	Joseph, the carpenter.
Seb, the custodian of the mummied dead	Joseph of Arimathea, the keeper of the Corpus Christi.
Sut and Horus, the twin opponents	Satan and Jesus, the twin opponents.
Horus, the sower, and Sut, the destroyer, in the harvest-field	Jesus, the sower of the good seed, and Satan, the sower of tares.
Sut and Horus contending in the desert	Satan and Jesus contending in the wilderness.
Sut and Horus contending on the Ben-Ben or pyramidion	Satan and Jesus contending on the pinnacle.
Horus carried off by Sut to the summit of Mount Hetep	Jesus spirited away by Satan into an exceeding high mountain.
Sut and Horus contending on the mount	Satan and Jesus contending on the mount.
Sut undoing the good that Horus does	Satan sowing tares by night.
S'men, for Khemen, a title of Taht	Simeon.
S'men, who held Child-Horus in his arms as the young solar god	Simeon, who took the Child-Jesus in his arms.
Anna or Annit (a title of Hathor), with Taht-S'men	Anna, the prophetess, with Simeon.
The Petar or Petra by name in Egyptian as revealer to Horus	Peter, the revealer to the Christ.
The house in Annu	Bethany.
The group in the house at Annu	The group in the house at Bethany.
Horus in Annu	Jesus in Bethany.
Asar or Osiris	Lazarus.
The two sisters Mertae	The two sisters Mary and Martha.
Osiris, whom Horus loved	Lazarus, whom Jesus loved.
Osiris perfumed for his burial	Jesus anointed, when the odour fills the house.
Osiris prays that he may be buried speedily	Jesus begs that his death may be effected quickly.
Osiris prepared for burial under the hair of Hathor-Meri	Jesus prepared for his burial beneath the hair of Mary.
Osiris, who slept in the tomb at Annu	Lazarus, who slept in the tomb at Bethany.
Osiris raised from the tomb by Horus in Annu	Lazarus raised from the tomb by Jesus in Bethany.
The mummy Osiris bidden to come forth by Horus	The mummy Lazarus bidden to come forth by Jesus.
The Great One who does the work of washing	Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.
The star, as announcer for the Child-Horus	The Star in the East that indicated the birthplace of Jesus.
The seven Hathors (or cows) who minister to Horus	The seven women who minister to Jesus.
Anup, the Precursor of Horus	John, the forerunner of Jesus the Christ.
Anup, the Baptizer	John the Baptist.
Aan, the saluter of Horus	John, the saluter of the Christ.
Aan, a name of the divine scribe	John, the divine scribe.
Hermes, the scribe	Hermas, the scribe.
Mati, the registrar	Matthew, the clerk.
Taht, Shu, and black Sut	The three kings, or Magi.
Nut at the pool of the Persea, or sycamore-tree, as giver of divine drink	The woman at the well as giver of the water.
Horus born in Annu, the place of bread	Jesus born in Bethlehem, the house of bread.
The vesture put on Horus by the Goddess Tait	The swaddling clothes put on the infant Jesus.

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Egyptian.	Christian.
Offerings made to the child by the worshippers in Annu	Offerings and worship of the Magi.
Child-Horus with the head of Ra	Child-Jesus with the solar glory round his head.
The Bull of Amenta in the place of birth	The ox in the birthplace of the Child.
The ass, Iu, in the birthplace	The ass in the birthplace (catacombs).
The lions of the horizon attending upon Horus	The lions attending the Child-Christ (pseudo-Matthew).
Child-Horus emerging from the Papyrus-reed	The Child-Jesus in the catacombs issuing from the Papyrus.
Horus, the ancient child	The little old Jesus in the catacombs.
Horus, the gracious child	Jesus, the child full of grace.
Horus, one of five brethren	Jesus, one of five brothers.
Horus, the brother of Sut the betrayer	Jesus, the brother of Judas the betrayer.
Amsta, the one brother of Horus in the human form	James, the human brother of Jesus.
The two sisters of Horus	The sisters of Jesus.
Horus the lad in the country and youth in town	Jesus as the child in the country and youth in town.
Horus baptized with water by Anup	Jesus baptized with water by John.
Horus in the tank of flame