Jesus Christ as the Sun God throughout History. Excerpt from the ebook by D.M. Murdock/Acharya S "For 'the Sun of Righteousness,' who drives His chariot over all, pervades equally all humanity... " Church father Clement of Alexandria (Exhortation 11) "The result of the Church's encounter with the sun-cults of antiquity was nothing less than the dethronement of Helios. " Dr. In my books and articles, I present the evidence that many aspects of the gospel story about Jesus Christ, and of Christian tradition in general, represent motifs from older astrotheology and solar mythology, specifically reflecting legends and myths regarding the sun gods of antiquity.
The exploration of Christ as a solar figure includes a study of ancient sun worship not only in the Pagan world but also in Israel, as exhibited by the solar nature of Jesus’s purported Father, the Israelite god Yahweh. "Probably the most provocative issue related to the nature of sun worship in ancient Israel...is the specific claim that Yahweh was identified with the sun. " The Bible. Christ in Egypt Preface. By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S Excerpted from "So there grew, during those first centuries of Christianity, a whole literature of the Hermetic sort in which the symbols, interpreted in the orthodox Christian tradition as historical, were being read in a proper mythological sense.
And these then began to link the Christian myth to pagan analogues. The Gnostics, for instance, were in that boat. But the orthodox Christians insisted on the historicity of all these events. " Joseph Campbell, An Open Life (77) Over a century ago, renowned British Egyptologist Sir Dr. This book is the result of decades of study of the world's religions and mythologies, focusing on comparative religion with the intention of showing from where Christianity in particular likely devised many of its most cherished beliefs. In order to set the stage for the various premises of each chapter, I have included quotations at the beginnings thereof, at times both modern and ancient.
D.M. 1 Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, I, xvi. Who Is Gerald Massey? By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S Excerpted from In exploring the various Egyptian influences upon the Christian religion, one name frequently encountered is that of lay Egyptologist Gerald Massey(1828-1907). Born in abject poverty in England, Gerald Massey was almost entirely self-taught; yet, he was able to write and lecture about several subjects with tremendous erudition and authority. Despite his lack of formal education, Massey could read several languages, including not only English but also French, Latin, Greek and evidently Hebrew and Egyptian to a certain degree. Massey was fortunate enough to live during an exciting time when Egyptology was in its heyday, with the discovery in 1799 of the Rosetta Stone and the subsequent decipherment of hieroglyphs in 1822 by Champollion.
Gerald Massey was very influenced by the work of Dr. In the "Introduction" to his book The Natural Genesis, Gerald Massey writes: The German Egyptologist, Herr Pietschmann…reviewed the "Book of the Beginnings"... Dr. Easter: The Resurrection of Spring. By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S Listen to D.M. Murdock/Acharya S discuss Easter on the radio: The article below is excerpted and adapted from: Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection Although it is believed to represent the time of Jesus Christ's resurrection, the festival of Easter existed in pre-Christian times and, according to the famous Christian saint Venerable Bede (672-735 AD/CE), was named for the Teutonic or German goddess Eôstre, who was the "goddess of dawn" and who symbolized the fertility found abundantly during the springtime of the year.
(See CE, V, 224; Weekley, 491) Regarding the ancient fertility goddess, in How the Easter Story Grew from Gospel to Gospel, Dr. "In the polytheistic pantheons of antiquity there usually was a king or chief of the gods, and also a female counterpart who was regarded as his wife. It is noteworthy that even older scholarship reflects the knowledge of the strengthening of the sun at Easter, as exemplified by Rev. Sources. The Star in the East and Three Kings | Wise Men | Magi. By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S Excerpted and adapted from "Osiris's coming was announced by Three Wise Men: the three stars Mintaka, Anilam, and Alnitak in the belt of Orion, which point directly to Osiris's star in the east, Sirius (Sothis), significator of his birth. " Barbara Walker, The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (749) "So this was the harbinger of the annual inundation of the Nile through her appearance with the rising sun at the time when the inundation was due to begin.
Dr. Much has been made of the gospel account of the "star in the east" followed by "wise men" from afar, claimed to have heralded the birth of the newborn savior of the world. "In actuality, many ancient gods, kings and heroes were said to have been born under a 'bright star' or some other sort of celestial sign. " In actuality, many ancient gods, kings and heroes were said to have been born under a "bright star" or some other sort of celestial sign, indicating their greatness and role as "savior" as well. Is Jesus an Egyptian Myth? By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S Excerpted from Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection Well Known in Egypt? In the final analysis, the questions come down to these: Were the various important mythical motifs explored in Christ in Egypt part of Egyptian religion, and, despite their apparent status as mysteries, were they known to those who created Christianity?
We have already seen abundantly throughout this work that numerous of these concepts were found in one form or another in the Egyptian writings and other artifacts, predating the common era by centuries to millennia. The Scriptures must have been well known, as copies of chapters are found by the thousands on the persons of mummies themselves, and on the walls of the thousands of tombs, which would not have been the case were the living majority unable to read. We have also seen that there were evidently possibly a half a billion followers of the Egyptian religion over the thousands of years. Was Horus Crucified? | Egyptian Crucifixion. By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S Excerpted from Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection "Osiris, the Egyptian Saviour, was crucified in the heavens.
To the Egyptian the cross was the symbol of immortality, an emblem of the Sun, and the god himself was crucified to the tree, which denoted his fructifying power. "Horus was also crucified in the heavens. In my book Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection, I delve deeply into various parallels between the Jewish godman Jesus Christ and the Egyptian gods Horus and Osiris. The list of sources cited in the chapter "Was Horus 'Crucified? '" Even with all of the scholarship put together in Christ in Egypt, there remains much confusion concerning this subject, because many people erroneously believe that the contention is that Horus or Osiris were killed via crucifixion, as allegedly happened to Jesus. Testimony of the Church Fathers "We have shown before that your deities are derived from shapes modelled from the cross.
"Chapter 21. Was Krishna Crucified? Part 1. The Christmas Hoax | Jesus is NOT the "Reason for the Season" By Acharya S/D.M. Murdock What is the real "reason for the season? " Excerpted fromSuns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled by Acharya S The December 25th birthday of the sun god is a common motif globally, dating back at least 12,000 years as reflected in winter solstices artfully recorded in caves. "Nearly all nations," says Doane, commemorated the birth of the god Sol to the "Queen of Heaven" and "Celestial Virgin.
" Regarding the date of the "Christmas Feast," the Catholic Encyclopedia ("Christmas") remarks: The well-known solar feast...of Natalis Invicti, celebrated on 25 December, has a strong claim on the responsibility for our December date.... The earliest rapprochement of the births of Christ and the sun is in Cypr., "De pasch. Ancient Greeks celebrated the birthday of Hercules and Dionysus on this date, as the ancient authority Macrobius (c. 400 AD/CE) maintained. By using the term "Dionysus," Graves is not stating that it was written on the walls of the cave.
Easter: Christian or Pagan? Astrotheology of the Ancients. By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S The following article is excerpted from: Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled Introduction The further one regresses in time, the more obvious it becomes that the principal and singular religious worship found around the globe has revolved around nature. The story begins, as far back as the current evidence reveals, with the night sky as the primary focus of pre-agricultural, nomadic peoples. Particular importance in the lives of desert nomads, because the fiery sun was a hindrance to them, while the cool night allowed them to travel.
Determining the archaeoastronomy requires the use of astronomy, archaeology, ethnography and other sciences to study legends, texts, artifacts and architectural remains. That ancient peoples, including those thought to be "primitive," possessed this impressive knowledge, which required precise geometrical capacity as well as astronomical expertise, is a fact. The Archaic Winter Solstice In Prehistoric Lunar Astronomy, S.B. Josephus on Jesus | Forgery and Fraud? | Flavius Testimonium. The 'Historical' Jesus? | Gospel Dates | Justin Martyr | Memoirs of the Apostles. Is Jesus a Remake of Osiris? | The Lord of Egypt. Jesus or Horus | Born of a Virgin on December 25th. Was Krishna Born of a Virgin? | Devaki. Who is the Virgin Mary? | Queen of Heaven. Pliny, Tacitus and Suetonius: No Proof of Jesus. Who was Buddha? | Buddhism, Atheism and Christianity. The Christmas Hoax | Jesus is NOT the 'Reason for the Season' By Acharya S/D.M.
Murdock What is the real "reason for the season? " Excerpted fromSuns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled by Acharya S The December 25th birthday of the sun god is a common motif globally, dating back at least 12,000 years as reflected in winter solstices artfully recorded in caves. Regarding the date of the "Christmas Feast," the Catholic Encyclopedia ("Christmas") remarks: The well-known solar feast...of Natalis Invicti, celebrated on 25 December, has a strong claim on the responsibility for our December date.... The earliest rapprochement of the births of Christ and the sun is in Cypr., "De pasch. Ancient Greeks celebrated the birthday of Hercules and Dionysus on this date, as the ancient authority Macrobius (c. 400 AD/CE) maintained.
The most ancient surviving record of European religious practices is an Aurignacian cave-painting at Cogul in North-Eastern Spain of the Old Stone Age Lenaea. "It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; it was winter... " Who was Mary Magdalene? | Sacred Harlot. By D.M. Murdock/Acharya S The mammoth success of The Da Vinci Code book and movie has propelled into the spotlight one of the world's most interesting figures, Mary Magdalene. In the gospel story, it is not to any of the apostles that the risen Jesus first appears but to Mary Magdalene, a momentous occasion that surely should have cemented her place as one of the most important people in history. The fact that it did not speaks volumes about the blatant disregard for women within the major monolithic religions, even in the face of the reverence for the Virgin Mary within Catholicism.
Obviously, a "virgin mother" must be much more highly regarded than a common prostitute, which is what Mary Magdalene is assumed to have been. Only associated with this prostitute but married her and sired children with her. (The following information regarding Mary Magdalene is excerpted from my book The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold.) Walker also relates: Is the King James Bible Inspired? | History of the King James Version | KJV.