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So ancient was Totemism in Egypt that the Totems of the human Mothers had become the signs of Goddesses in whom the head of the beast was blended with the figure of the human female The Totems of the human Mothers had attained the highest status as Totems of a Motherhood that was held to be divine the Motherhood in Nature which was elemental in its origin from Totemism Tattoo and Fetishism as Forms of Sign Language 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 Masseys massive Ancient Egypt The Light of the Worldfirst published in 1907 and the crowning achievement of the selftaught scholarredefines the roots of Christianity via Egypt proposing that Egyptian mythology was the basis for Jewish and Christian beliefs Here Cosimo proudly presents Book 2 of Ancient Egypt in which Massey reads the prehistoric story of human civilization that can be studied in the language of ceremonial rites ancient customs and ritual dance and consequently explores the resultant concept that religion evolved out of expressions of human fertility and sexualityparticularly as embodied in the primeval symbols of blood sacrifice and motherhoodand formed the first influences on JudeoChristianity Peculiar and profound this work will intrigue and delight readers of history religion and mythology British author GERALD MASSEY 18281907 published works of poetry spiritualism Shakespearean criticism and theology but his bestknown works are in the realm of Egyptology including A Book of the Beginnings and The Natural Genesis
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