Sign-Language and Mythology as Primitive Modes of Representation: Ancient Egypt Light of the World Book 1
Written by Gerald Massey
Narrated by Graham Dunlop
()
About this audiobook
"Myth-making Man" did not create the Gods in his own image. The primary divinities of Egypt, such as Sut, Sebek, and Shu, three of the earliest, were represented in the likeness of the Hippopotamus, the Crocodile, and the Lion; whilst Hapi was imaged as an Ape, Anup as a Jackal, Ptah as a Beetle, Taht as an Ibis, Seb as a Goose. So it was the Goddesses. They are the likenesses of powers that were super-human, not human.... A huge mistake has hitherto been made in assuming that the Myth-Makers began by fashioning the Nature-Powers in their own human likeness. --from "Sign Language and Mythology as Primitive Modes of Representation" It goes unappreciated by modern Egyptologists, but it is embraced by those who savor the concept of a "hidden history" of humanity, and those who approach all human knowledge from the perspective of the esoteric. Gerard Massey's massive Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World--first published in 1907 and the crowning achievement of the self-taught scholar--redefines the roots of Christianity via Egypt, proposing that Egyptian mythology was the basis for Jewish and Christian beliefs. Here, Cosimo proudly presents Book 1 of Ancient Egypt, in which Massey argues that "primitive man" found no human agency in the phenomena of the natural world, which led to a woeful misinterpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics by the Greeks and Romans as well as a misunderstanding of the essence of Egyptian mythology. As a consequence, Massey contends, a deep fount of wisdom of the ancients has been lost, and he goes on to reveal how it can be rediscovered. Peculiar and profound, this work will intrigue and delight readers of history, religion, and mythology. 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 The Natural Genesis.
More audiobooks from Gerald Massey
Ancient Egypt - Light Of The World
Related to Sign-Language and Mythology as Primitive Modes of Representation
Titles in the series (2)
Sign-Language and Mythology as Primitive Modes of Representation: Ancient Egypt Light of the World Book 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTotemsim, Tattoo, and Fetishism as Primitive Forms of Sign Language: Ancient Egypt Light of the World Book 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related audiobooks
Totemsim, Tattoo, and Fetishism as Primitive Forms of Sign Language: Ancient Egypt Light of the World Book 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThoth the Atlantean: His Legendary Legacy and Affiliation with the other Gods of Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are the One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Funerary Texts and Spells of Ancient Egypt: The History of the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and Book of the Dead Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEgyptian Romany - The Essence of Hispania Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Egyptian Hieroglyph Metaphysical Language Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Biblical Creation and The Dragon Myth: Mesopotamian Parallels in Hebrew Tradition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHathor: The History of the Ancient Egyptian Sky Goddess and Symbolic Mother of the Pharaohs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ancient Egyptian Roots of Christianity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Egyptian Book Of The Dead, Part 1: The Ancient Science Of Life After Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thrice-Greatest Hermes: Studies In Hellenistic Theosophy And Gnosis, Volumes 1-3 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Pillars of Enoch: When Science and Religion Were One Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Zecharia Sitchin and the Extraterrestrial Origins of Humanity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEgyptian Mythology: Creatures, Facts, Gods, and Goddesses (2 in 1 Combo) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sumerian Golden Age: Legends of the Anunnaki as Revealed by their Mysterious Discoveries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAncient Egypt - Light Of The World Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAncient Egypt - Light Of The World Volume 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThoth the Atlantean and Other Egyptian Gods: Understanding Key Figures In The Worlds Most Ancient Religion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIsis The Virgin of the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thoth The Author of Ancient Egyptian Wisdom: Exploring The Life and Teachings of Thoth The Atlantean Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Divine Wisdom in the Temples of Egypt: Decoding Ancient Esoteric Mysteries Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Initiates of Egypt: In Search of the Ogdoad and Ancient Adept Wisdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ancient Egyptian Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Esoteric Structure of the Alphabet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wisdom of the East: The Instruction of Ptah-hotep and The Instruction of Ke'gemni Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Egyptian Cosmology The Animated Universe, 3rd edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Ancient History For You
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume I Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing Jesus: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Epic of Gilgamesh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mary Magdalene: Women, the Church, and the Great Deception Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chariots of the Gods Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/51177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Histories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gnosticism: The History and Legacy of the Mysterious Ancient Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of Egyptian Myths Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When God Had a Wife: The Fall and Rise of the Sacred Feminine in the Judeo-Christian Tradition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Meditations Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Alexander the Great Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Greek Mythology: An Elaborate Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Harems, Sagas, Rituals and Beliefs of Greek Myths Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History Is Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Quetzalcoatl: The History and Legacy of the Feathered Serpent God in Mesoamerican Mythology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Caesar: Life of a Colossus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Plutarch's Lives: Volume 1 of 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad by Homer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Our Occulted History: Do the Global Elite Conceal Ancient Aliens? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roman History 101: From Republic to Empire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Sign-Language and Mythology as Primitive Modes of Representation
0 ratings0 reviews