Table Of ContentChrist in Egypt
The Horus-Jesus Connection
by D.M. Murdock
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CHRIST IN EGYPT: THE HORUS-JESUS CONNECTION
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Left: Statue of Isis suckling Horus, from the Gregorian Egyptian
Museum in the Vatican, Italy
Right: Statue of Virgin Mary suckling Baby Jesus, Venice, Italy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
A Word about Primary Sources
Egyptian Language Translations
God, Man or Myth?
Who Is Gerald Massey?
Timeline of Destruction
The Art of Mythmaking
Horus, Sun of God
The Loving, Immortal Father-Mother Sun
The Deceased as Osiris
Of Mysteries and Myths
Who Is Horus?
The Many Horuses
The Horus-King: “Son of the Sun”
Priest as Horus
“Amen-Ra-Osiris-Horus”
Polytheistic Monotheism/Monism?
A Fluid Faith
The Moon and Morning Star
Horus is Osiris Reborn
Horus versus Set
The Astrotheology of the Passion
Who is Set?
Set as Satan
Born on December 25th
Ancient and Modern Voices
Hieroglyphic Evidence
Calendrical Considerations
Monumental Alignments
Clockworks
Winter Solstice Celebrations
Festivals of Osiris
Dual Birthdays of Horus
Festival of Ptah
Feast of Sokar
Festivals of Isis
Christian Sun Worship?
The Virgin Isis-Mery
The Beloved Mother of God
Loved by the Gods
Merry Deities
Isis the Loving and Loved
Mery, Miriam and Mary
Perpetual Virginity
The Paschal Chronicle
Son of Neith
“Isis, the Pure Star of Lovers”
The Virginal Mystery
Isis, Mary and Virgo
Other Virgin Mothers
Mary is Mery Redux?
The Nativity Scene at the Temple of Luxor
The Amenhotep Birth Cycle
The Birth of Pharaoh Hatshepsut
The Christ Connection
The God-King as Horus
“Soft-Core Porn?”
The “Immaculate Conception” and “Virgin Birth?”
Further Parallels to the Gospel Story
The “Magi” Presenting Gifts?
The Star in the East and Three Kings
A Sirius Star
Orion and the Three Kings
Stellar Commonality
Horus at the Ages of 12 and 30
The Sed Festival
The Gnostic Horos
“Anup the Baptizer”
Who is Anubis?
The Boat of the Dead
The Living Water
The Baptism
Horus the Baptist
Anubis, the Jackal Lake and House/Tent of Purification
Aquarius the Water-Bearer
The Twelve Followers
The Egyptian Zodiac
The Book of Amduat
The Book of Gates
The Four Brothers
The Fishers of Men
The Gnostic 12
Serapis and the Twelve
Performing Miracles, Walking on Water, Healing the Sick and Raising the Dead
The Bread of Life
The Lord of Wine and the Sacred Meal
Commanding the Waters
The Raising of Osiris
“The Truth, The Light and The Good Shepherd”
Lord of Truth and Good Shepherd
Sin Bearer and Redeemer
Osiris the Christ?
Horus the Anointed and Beloved Son of the Father
Horus the Word/“Iusa,” the Coming Son and Savior
The Shu Theology
The Lord of Light and Lamb of God
Was Horus “Crucified?”
The Pre-Christian Cross and Crucifix
Shu in Cruciform
Horus of the Cross
Outstretched Arms as the Sign of the Cross
Osiris and Djed Pillar
Set “Crucified”
The “Divine Man” Crucified in Space
Astrotheology of the Cross
The Two Thieves?
The Mystery of the Cross
Burial for Three Days, Resurrection and Ascension
The Resurrection Machine
Lord of Eternity
The Passion Play of Osiris
Three Days in the Tomb
The Descent into the Underworld
“Easter”—The Resurrection of Spring
Horus and Osiris at the Vernal Equinox
The “Ascension into Heaven”
Spiritual or Bodily Resurrection?
The Word “Resurrection”
The Dying and Rising Debate
Osiris as the Life Force in the Material World
Bodily Necessity
The Canaanite Connection
Jewish or Greek?
The Glorified Body
Horus as the Resurrection
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell
“The House of a Thousand Years”
The Phoenix/Benu Bird
Osiris, Horus and the Benu
Jesus and the Phoenix
The Astrotheological Millennium
Conclusion
The Alexandrian Roots of Christianity
The Therapeuts
The Proto-Christians?
Lake Mareotis
The Hybridizing Emperor?
The Library of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria
The Hermetic Writings
The Poimandres
The Gnostics
The Pistis Sophia
Egypto-Christian Texts
Marcion and the Gospel of the Lord
The Gospel of John
The Memphite Theology
Who Wrote John?
Conclusion
A “Unique Divine Revelation?”
Gods Truly Walked the Earth?
The “Horus Christian Class” Dismissed?
Dangerous Endeavors and Occupational Hazards
“Nolo Comprehendere”
Blotting Out the Sun
Mysterious Omissions
Mutable Mythology
Well Known in Egypt?
Which Came First?
Bibliography
Endnotes
